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Featured Stories Italian Jews launch new Jewish newspaper -- for non-Jews The online version of Pagine Ebraiche, or Jewish Pages, which is starting its print version in October 2009 and will feature news reports, essays, commentaries, historical articles and cultural pieces. (Pagine Ebraiche) The new Italian Jewish newspaper geared toward non-Jews reflects the extraordinary interest in Italy in things Jewish and underscores a new self-confidence among the country's Jews. Read more » Q&A with UJC's Jerry Silverman Jerry Silverman, who has been at the helm of the UJC/Jewish Federations of North America for a month, sits down with JTA's Fundermentalist, Jacob Berkman. Read more » Op-Ed: Time for straight talk about assimilation Rather than view a killed Masa ad on assimilation solely as a dragon successfully slain, the Jewish community should see it as an opportunity to ask tough questions about the best ways to draw in disengaged Jews, Jewish Theological Seminary professor Jack Wertheimer writes. Read more » Editors' Picks Nobels, politics and parochialism Ron Kampeas explains why Alfred Nobel would be happy with his eponymous peace prize being awarded to Barack Obama. And another thing: Herta Mulleris a better choice than Philip Roth for the literature award. How I learned to keep loving Israel Daniel Gordis responds to Jay Michaelson's essay about losing his love for Israel. If there are Israeli Arabs, why not Palestinian Jews? A former CIA director asks: Why can't Jewish settlements become a part of a new Palestinian state? Are Conservative leaders living up to their own standards? Conservative movement leaders have been outspoken on issues of social justice, and particularly ethical treatment of workers. Nathaniel Popper reports in the Forward on how well they're doing adhering to their own standards. Chanukah Diamond Guess who's singing about Chanukah: Neil Diamond-a. Breaking News Mahmoud Abbas said he was ordering his envoy to the U.N. Human Rights Council to demand a special session for a vote on the Goldstone Report. The Dalai Lama visited the sukkah of a Washington-area synagogue.. The world will not wait "indefinitely" for Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment program, Hillary Clinton said. The mayor of an Israeli city said he had no plans to establish a sister-city relationship with Dachau, despite recent rumors. An openly gay Jewish attorney has been nominated by Barack Obama as America's new ambassador to New Zealand. Jewish music will be the focus of an annual Moroccan music festival. Richard Sonnenfeldt, the chief interpreter for the prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials, has died. Turkey's foreign minister said his country excluded Israel from a joint military exercise because of its military offensive in Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu called on Arab citizens not to believe "lies" by "an extremist minority" accusing Israel of digging under the Temple Mount. Israel lifted restrictions on Palestinian entry to the Temple Mount. A Palestinian lawmaker compared Palestinian suicide bombings to the establishment of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. New Zealand students who dressed as Nazis for an Oktoberfest party were punished by a university disciplinary committee. Canada's leading comedy tour has dropped a controversial Irish comic for his anti-Semitic remarks about Jews and the Holocaust.