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The leaders of the U.S. Helsinki Commission urged European foreign ministers to unequivocally denounce an anti-Semitic article in a Swedish newspaper.

Three private religious schools in Petach Tikvah agreed to admit Ethiopian students.

Several U.S. states are cutting funding for Holocaust education programs due to cutbacks.

Iran significantly increased its ability to make nuclear fuel this summer, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said in a new report.

Some 23 unauthorized outposts will be evacuated, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told settler leaders.

Two former Israeli government ministers entered prison.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will speak at the United Nations General Assembly.

Israeli Arab leaders threatened to "revolt" after Israel's education chief said the word Nakba would be removed from their classrooms.

President Obama will moderate a meeting next month at the United Nations between Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli President Shimon Peres said.

The Justice Department is seeking to deport a Michigan resident for collaborating with the Nazis.

A Palestinian teen shot by Israeli soldiers for allegedly throwing firebombs at a Jewish settlement died of his wounds.

European leaders marked the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II.

A Palestinian girl filed a complaint against Israel in the International Criminal Court.

Rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza for the third straight day.

Alex Grass, the founder of the Rite Aid pharmacy chain and a prominent Jewish philanthropist, has died.

The Left Party ran strong in German regional elections, sending a strong message to the current government.

Dmitry Polonsky, a Ukrainian Jewish composer, cellist and poet, has died.

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Is Mohammed Dahlan back? Mohammed Dahlan, driven into exile and blamed for losing Gaza to Hamas, has returned to the Palestinian Authority's inner circles, reports the L.A. Times.

Matisyahu crosses over Matisyahu is crossing over from reggae into electronica, pop and guitar rock, and some of the Hasidic star's fans aren't happy, reports The Associated Press.

Those young Florida Jews New Voices magazine has the story on the Jewish student boom in the Sunshine State.

Is he kosher? Michael Goldfarb of the Weekly Standard is criticizing J Street for inviting Salam al-Marayati, executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, to speak at J Street's October conference, noting Marayati's comments in a radio interview just a few hours after the 9/11 attacks blaming Israel.