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Featured Stories Carter: Grandson's race not reason enough to apologize Jason Carter, the grandson of the former U.S. president, is considering a run for the Georgia state Senate. (Courtesy Jason Carter) Jimmy Carter is asking the Jewish community for forgiveness -- and insists it's not simply because his grandson has decided to launch a political career with a run for the Georgia state Senate. Read more » Convert cuts up in one-man show 'Circumcise Me' Yisrael Campbell uses humor to bring to life the story of his transformation from lapsed Catholic to observant Jew. Read more » Op-Ed: New U.S. anti-Semitism envoy facing formidable task With anti-Semitism manifesting itself across the globe in a wide range of forms, and likely to face pressure from foreign governments as well as at home, the new U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism has her work cut out for her, write her predecessor in the post and a Holocaust scholar. Read more » Editors' Picks How did Hebrew translator/leaker get a security clearance? (Politico) Politico's Josh Gerstein and Laura Rozen report that experts are wondering how a security clearance was ever granted to Shamai Leibowitz, who recently pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents he obtained during a stint as a Hebrew translator for the FBI. Organ harvesting: Part II A guide to not mixing up an anti-Israel blood libel and a legitimate news report. Steve Rosen: Why my views changed (Foreign Policy) Steve Rosen, AIPAC's former foreign policy director, explains his evolution from hawk to, well, not exactly an inhabitant of the peace camp, but to recognition of the inevitability of U.S. engagement in pursuit of Israeli-Palestinian peace. Fox News and Gilad Shalit (Jerusalem Post) Israeli media outlets are complaining about why information on the Gilad Shalit talks keeps getting leaked to Fox News. Burial battle (Pittsburg Post-Gazette) What happens when an elderly woman in a hospice wants to move her husband to a different cemetery so the family can be buried together -- and the rabbi says no? Frank Lloyd Wright's shul (Wall Street Journal) Taking another look at the synagogue that Frank Lloyd Wright and a rabbi built. Jewish Christmas songs (Forward) The Forward jumps into the holiday music mix with an article by Amir Efrati about Jews who write Christmas songs. Plus J.J. Goldberg says Adam Sandler is old news -- time to check out some new Chanukah tunes Breaking News The German mediator in the Gilad Shalit prison swap negotiations arrived in Gaza and met with Hamas officials. Responding to widespread Jewish criticism, the Vatican said controversial wartime Pope Pius XII would not be beatified at the same time as Pope John Paul II. The major world powers considering sanctions against Iran will resume their talks in the new year. Israel must make energy efficiency a priority to avoid potential disruptions in its power supply, a new study said. Israel's army is taking action to move student soldiers out of a hesder yeshiva whose leader reportedly urged soldiers to defy orders to evacuate settlements. Austria's government will give $28.6 million to restore Jewish cemeteries in the country. Some 300 Christian Palestinians from the Gaza Strip will be allowed to enter Israel to observe Christmas. The West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim was slated to be annexed to Jerusalem even before it was built, according to newly revealed documents. The European Commission will give $10 million to help Palestinian families living in the West Bank. The Moldovan Orthodox Church blamed the Jewish community for the recent anti-Semitic protest in which a public menorah was torn down. An open letter to Joseph Lieberman urged the Connecticut senator to "repent" and support a health care bill with a public option. Brazil has set aside a day to honor Jewish immigrants to the country. A Palestinian teenager tried to stab Israeli security guards at a checkpoint north of Jerusalem. One of Britain's premiere choirs is being prevented from performing in Bethlehem following a Palestinian protest over its scheduled performance in Israel. The security coordinator for two West Bank settlements was dismissed for preventing inspectors from implementing a construction freeze. A 14-year-old Israeli cancer patient has been allowed to smoke marijuana to relieve the side effects of chemotherapy.