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For top stars like Madonna, Israel gig becoming more common

Hopes are that performances by Madonna, seen here playing Tel Aviv on Sept. 1, 2009, will boost an emerging trend of high-profile acts coming to the Jewish state. (Amir Meiri / Flash90 / JTA)

Audiences, local promoters and officials are hoping the Material Girl's magic will linger and boost an already emerging trend in which Israel is becoming a draw for big-name artists in relatively large numbers. Read more »

Jewish leaders converging on D.C. for advocacy day on Iran

Top congressional leaders and an Obama administration official are scheduled to meet with Jewish leaders to discuss how to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Read more »

Op-Ed: Tougher sanctions against Iran could backfire

The president of Americans for Peace Now explains why her group is opposing the wider organized Jewish community's calls for "crippling" sanctions against Iran. Read more »

Op-Ed: Jewish Web needs cooperation, consolidation

In order to survive, Jewish media outlets must start cooperating and consider merging, says Mark Pearlman, the founder of 4Wall and JInsider. Read more Carter replies to Abrams' reply Jimmy Carter "takes exception" with the "Take Exception" piece Elliott Abrams wrote criticizing the former president's views on Israel. http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1QELQL2dJYw8H777cbktfUnLTAlnPi%2Bi  Breaking News Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit wrote in a letter shortly after he was abducted into Gaza of "waiting for this intolerable nightmare of mine to end." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret visit to Russia, Israeli dailies reported. Final bids were awarded for a construction project in eastern Jerusalem. Iran is "very near or in possession" of enough low-enriched uranium to produce a nuclear weapon, a U.S. envoy told the United Nations watchdog group. A Jewish school in southern France was firebombed. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Israelis are "openly" assassinating Palestinians. Britain's Ministry of Defense appointed its first civilian Jewish chaplain. Australia's top-rated FM radio morning host was suspended for suggesting on air that a popular comedian could lose more weight if she were sent to a concentration camp. A B'Tselem report stating that more than half the Palestinian casualties during Israel's Gaza offensive were civilians is "not based on facts," the Israeli army said. At least eight clandestine camps in Hungary are regularly providing advanced weapons training to neo-Nazis, according to media investigations. Venezuela and Iran are involved together in several economic and nuclear proliferation sanctions-busting schemes, Manhattan's district attorney said. A neighborhood patrol of religious Jews helped capture a check forger trying to bilk a church.