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Man on a mission to save the Jewish deli

David Sax ate in more than 150 Jewish delis to research his new book "Save the Deli." (Christopher Farber)

Deli aficionado David Sax wants young Jews to help save a disappearing staple of American Jewish life. Read more »

Two schools in Argentina provide model for Jewish education

As U.S. Jewish communities struggle with making Jewish education appealing to unaffiliated families, a pair of pluralistic Jewish schools in Buenos Aires could serve as a model. Read more »

Olmert indicted in corruption cases

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted in three corruption cases. Read more » Not so heroic in Libya The head of the Libyan development agency says that no government officials were present for the return of the convicted Lockerbie bomber and that the press misrepresented the event. Too little, too late on Iran? Editorials in the Jerusalem Post and The Wall Street Journal both detect signs that Western resolve against Iran is stiffening, but is it enough to head off the threat of an Israeli strike? Margi controversy continues The leaders of the Conservative rabbinate in Israel lash out at a Shas government minister in a continuing controversy over remarks that non-Orthodox movements should not receive Israeli state funds. Israel's richest woman Shari Arison is a philanthropist who might be the richest woman in the Middle East. But a Washington Post profile shows she also has some unorthodox interests. Reading Bernie The Washington Post takes a look at the first round of Bernie Madoff books. Breaking News Hamas condemned the United Nations for switching to a new textbook for Gaza schoolchildren that includes a chapter on the Holocaust. Israel's Education Ministry cut off funding to three private religious schools in Petach Tikvah after they refused to enroll Ethiopian students. Madonna made a late-night visit to the Western Wall. Libyan President Muammar Gadhafi has canceled plans to stay in New Jersey next month. Anti-Semitic incidents increased dramatically in Buenos Aires during the first two months of 2009, according to a newly released report. A long-running dispute over construction on the site of a historic Jewish cemetery in Lithuania was settled. An Israeli-Arab man was indicted for helping Hezbollah in a plot to assassinate the Israeli army's chief of staff. A Palestinian man allegedly stabbed and killed a Jewish man at a hostel in Jerusalem. The Vatican and Israel are working toward finalizing their bilateral relations with an economic agreement. Israel's Foreign Ministry accused the International Atomic Energy Agency of hiding information about Iran's military nuclear program. Fervently Orthodox Jews stepped up their protests against a Jerusalem parking lot open on Shabbat.