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The Mofaz plan -- state now, ask questions later

Shaul Mofaz, shown at a Knesset session in April 2009, says his proposal aims to change the atmosphere between Israel and the Palestinians, so the gaps on the final-status issues can be bridged. (Miriam Alster / FLASH90 / JTA)

As he positions himself for a run for prime minister, Shaul Mofaz is promoting a plan to give the Palestinians a state now -- and only then to begin negotiations on final-status issues. Read more »

Palin joins other GOP prospects in slamming Obama on Israel

As Sarah Palin embarked on a tour for her just published book "Going Rogue," she became the latest prospective Republican presidential candidate to criticize the Obama administration's policy on Israel. Read more »

The change has come to Jewish life in Eastern Europe

Twenty years ago, Jewish life in Eastern Europe seemed on the verge of disappearing. Today it looks more like Jewish life in free societies the world over. Read more »

Eastern Europe's Jews now out of the shadows

When the Cold War ended 20 years ago, Jewish communities in Eastern Europe were small, weak and generally veiled. Now Jewish life, culture, religious practice and ethnic identity are part of Europe's contemporary mosaic -- often unabashedly so. Read more »

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Postville's uncertain Jewish future (Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier) Postville's Orthodox Jews say the new meat plant in town -- which took over from Agriprocessors -- is not enough to sustain the struggling community.

'Messenger' of war (j) Oren Moverman, the Israeli-born filmmaker behind "The Messenger," starring Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster, talks to j, the Jewish paper in northern California, about how his experiences in the Israeli army influenced the script.

Amsterdam film fest (Wandering Jew) JTA's Wandering Jew, Ben Harris, reports on the Middle East-related films at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.

Cocaine and sex, but not treif (London Jewish Chronicle) A rabbi in Britain accused of a drug-running operation admits to having having sex with prostitutes and snorting large amounts of cocaine, but not to eating treif. Breaking News Under a Hamas-brokered deal, armed groups in Gaza have agreed to stop firing rockets at Israel. A faculty strike at a Jewish day school in suburban Philadelphia appears to be over. Reports about a deal to secure the release of a captured Israeli soldier are misleading, the prime minister's office said. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel is conducting secret negotiations with Hamas. Two men who reportedly planned to assassinate Yemen's chief rabbi were arrested. A Manhattan-based Islamic charity is funding anti-Israel, pro-Iran professors at Columbia and Rutgers universities, the New York Post reported. Ties between Israel and Turkey are as strong as ever, an Israeli government minister said in Istanbul. Hundreds of Jewish and non-Jewish Brazilians protested in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit. Police in riot gear broke up a recruiting meeting of the outlawed neo-Nazi Hungarian Guard. Iran began an air defense drill designed to protect its nuclear program, Iranian state television reported. The Gaza war has spurred more Israeli recruits to request service in combat units, the country's army said. Fervently Orthodox demonstrators protested again at the Intel factory in Jerusalem for operating on Shabbat. The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog opposed additional sanctions on Iran if it did not accept an offer to process its enriched uranium abroad. Israel will send a warship to join a NATO anti-terror force, bolstering its ties with the alliance. A member of Hungary's Jobbik Party promised a new extermination of "vermin" in a forthcoming "cleansing" of the Hungarian nation. Two Pakistanis suspected of helping facilitate the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai were arrested. The online auction Web site eBay said it took down an ad offering biological samples from Benito Mussolini before anyone could bid on them. Israel arrested five Palestinian Authority intelligence officers in the West Bank. The oldest synagogue in Wales will be converted into apartments. Mendel Kaplan, a prominent South African Jewish leader and philanthropist, has died. German police are investigating a violent protest in Hamburg against the screening of a documentary on Israel. Hannah Rosenthal has been appointed the U.S. State Department's Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. An Australia lawmaker assailed the government for abandoning Israel in the United Nations. Jews in Brazil "live in harmony" with their neighbors, the president of the World Jewish Congress said.