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Friday, September 25, 2009

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Featured Stories Revelations of Iranian plant return nuclear threat to center stage A protester at the Sept. 24, 2009 rally in New York against the Iranian regime holds up a sign portraying Iranian President Mahomoud Ahmadinejad as a Nazi. (Dave Alvarez) The revelation that Iran has a second, secret uranium-enrichment plant led to the most explicit threat in years of tough sanctions against Iran. Read more » Jews turn out for anti-Iran demonstrations in N.Y., D.C. Several thousand people rallied in New York City for freedom in Iran in a demonstration put together by Jewish groups and numerous other organizations. Read more » Iran rally: The video Watch clips from Thursday's rally in New York against the Iranian regime. Read more » Netanyahu's UN speech: The video and transcript In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Israel's prime minister takes on Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial and the Goldstone Report. Read more » Someone's listening on Yom Kippur Yom Kippur is a difficult day with fasting and Yizkor. So as an aid to help awaken your listening skills and sermon focus, here are some tips. Read more » Editors' Picks Wired on Yom Kippur Writing in Slate, Michael Weiss says it's becoming increasingly difficult for Israel to unplug for Yom Kippur. Take off those Crocs Israel's most revered haredi rabbi says Crocs are too comfortable for Yom Kippur. Plus Tablet's Allison Hoffman has all the other shoes news you need for the Day of Atonement. Video Jew does G-20 The L.A. Jewish Journal's Video Jew goes home to Pittsburgh for the G-20 (and the holidays). Bibi and the Rebbe During an address to U.S. Jews, the Forward reports, Benjamin Netanyahu recalls some advice from the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Jewish 18 The National Museum of American Jewish History has selected the first 18 inductees for its "Only in America Gallery/Hall of Fame." Breaking News The president of Brandeis University said he will be resigning to head a major Jewish nonprofit. Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes the "adversaries of the Jews do their own personal accounting" between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Ehud Olmert's trial on corruption charges is set to begin on Feb. 22, 2010. Deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya said he is being tortured by "Israeli mercenaries." Illinois will divest $133 million of state pension funds from foreign companies doing business with Iran's energy sector. A Reform Jewish organizational leader testified in favor of U.S. legislation banning employment discrimination against gays and lesbians. The U.S.-led Quartet driving Middle East peace talks gave a qualified approval to a Palestinian plan for statehood within two years. Rahm Emanuel said Israeli and Palestinian leaders must take advantage of a "unique moment" for making peace. An Australian legislature passed a bill demanding the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Jerusalem municipal workers are planting hundreds of trees along the light railway line currently under construction in the city.