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Conservatives rap ADL report on anti-government anger

"Tea partiers" paying homage to talk-show host Glenn Beck -- both were criticized in an Anti-Defamation League report for comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler -- at a rally Sept. 12, 2009. (AgnosticPreachersKid / Wikimedia Commons)

Some conservatives are accusing the Anti-Defamation League of launching a partisan attack following its report asserting that a "current of anti-government hostility" has swept the United States in the year since Barack Obama was elected. Read more »

Islamic Movement gathers steam in Israel

The Islamic Movement in Israel is growing thanks to a strategy that takes a page from Hamas' focus on social services. Critics say the movement is radicalizing Israel's Arabs. Read more » Editors' Picks Fighting with faith (BBC) The British news service checks in with Dmitriy Salita, as the Orthodox fighter prepares for his upcoming title fight in England. Bar mitzvahs for special needs students (Chicago Tribune) A local look at how synagogues are increasingly opening the doors to a rite of passage for special needs children, catering programs and celebrations to their abilities. Power Jews (Forward, JTA) JTA's Ami Eden breaks down the Forward's annual list of influential Jews. And he wants to know what you think. Bagel brawl: N.Y. vs. Montreal (N.Y. Times) Jennifer 8. Lee blogs on the question of whether Montreal boasts better bagels than ... New York!?! Breaking News A vote in Switzerland banning the construction of minarets on new mosques is drawing criticism from Jewish groups. Jews and Arabs clashed over a house in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood. Israel's Supreme Court rejected a petition to release information about the deal for the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit. The Jewish Labor Committee is calling on Jews to boycott Hyatt Hotels. The 10-month settlement construction freeze is "one time" and "temporary," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The trial of accused Nazi camp guard John Demjanjuk was postponed because the defendant was too sick to come to court. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel cannot do a "damn thing" to stop his country's nuclear program. Dreamworks Studios will produce a documentary series at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Palestinian officials have threatened to withdraw from a competition to name the Dead Sea a world natural wonder. A classified report recommends that the European Union take steps to strengthen the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem. An Israeli father gave two organs to his son for transplantation. The mayor of a West Bank settlement was arrested after preventing government inspectors from entering the community to enforce a construction freeze. Chanukah was celebrated at the New South Wales Parliament House for the first time since the house was established in 1856.