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Featured Stories Reinharz leaving Brandeis with strengthened Jewish identity Jehuda Reinharz will be leaving Brandeis University with a stronger Jewish identity than ever. (Brandeis University) Jehuda Reinharz took many by surprise when he abruptly announced that he would be stepping down as president of Brandeis University at the end of this academic year. But he and several others close to the university say his departure will not undo the school's 14-year effort to rebuild its Jewish identity that has occurred under Reinharz's watch. Read more » Poll: U.S. Jews back Iran strike, denominations split on Obama A new survey shows that a majority of American Jews would support a U.S. military strike on Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons -- a significant increase from a year ago. Orthodox and non-Orthodox split on Obama administration's handling of Middle East issues. Read more » Op-Ed: Where the blogosphere meets the boardroom A group of young Jewish leaders outlines its vision for a new relationship between Jewish federations and young Jews. Read more » Op-Ed: Let's engage with young Jews at federation The Jewish Federations of North America must do more to engage younger people, no matter their giving levels, writes the new president and CEO of UJC, the federation umbrella group. Read more » How U.S. should handle Iran On the Washington Post Op-Ed page, Robert Kagan and Andrew Albertson both say the United States should de-emphasize the nuclear issue with Iran, but they differ when it comes to sanctions. Obama as Rabin New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman warns that the demonizing of President Obama in the health care debate echoes the demonizing in Israel of Yitzhak Rabin before his assassination in 1995 by a Jewish nationalist. A Cohen of Israel JTA's Ron Kampeas reflects on why Israelis love Leonard Cohen, the boycott-busting songwriter. William Safire's record Maureen Dowd remembers wangling a Yom Kippur break-fast invitation from Safire, and Ron Kampeas adds some of his own memories of the late New York Times columnist and linguist. Breaking News Israel's Security Cabinet will release 20 female Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for a recently recorded videotape of Gilad Shalit. A London judge rejected a call to issue an arrest warrant against Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The former chief financial officer of the defunct Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant pleaded guilty to conspiracy. The top U.S. Middle East negotiator is meeting his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts. The chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee announced plans to introduce Iran sanctions legislation. Top U.S. and Syrian officials are meeting in Washington to "advance" the relationship. Moderate Arab nations reiterated their support for President Obama's efforts to reconvene Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. Israel's Air Force targeted three smuggling tunnels along the Gaza-Egypt border. A monument to the victims of Babi Yar based on a book about Nazi-occupied Kiev during World War II was unveiled. Pope Benedict XVI will attend a concert to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, the Vatican announced. Human Rights Watch called on the Obama administration to endorse the Goldstone commission report. Turkey's prime minister says his country will urge the U.N. Security Council to discuss a report detailing war crimes during Israel's Gaza operation. Palestinian gunmen shot an Israeli civilian in the West Bank. A Palestinian teenager died after being hit by an Israeli army jeep, which the army said was accidental and the Palestinians said was intentional. A monument to Holocaust victims was erected in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk. Markers for the unmarked graves of 266 indigent Jews were erected at a New York cemetery. Gazans will export lulavim to Israel after regular suppliers in Egypt tripled their price. Rabbi Shimon Natan Neta Biderman, rebbe of the Lelov Chasidim, died on Yom Kippur. Architect Daniel Libeskind was hired to design a new synagogue for the progressive congregation in Munich.