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Amid heated rhetoric, Israel's reply to Goldstone suggests more civil approach

Israel took a conciliatory tone in its reply to a report on the Gaza War by Richard Goldstone, shown here addressing the media after presenting the report to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Sept. 29, 2009. (UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferre)

Israel's reply to the Goldstone report on the Gaza war acknowledges misconduct in some instances and the role played by the report in bringing certain incidents to the attention of Israeli investigators, but it rebuts many of the accusations. Read more »

The Jewish agenda in Washington for 2010

Following President Obama's State of the Union address and the start of the new congressional year, JTA asked Jewish organizations operating in Washington the following questions: "What is the one goal you hope the administration and Congress will achieve this year, and what advice would you offer them to make it happen?" Read more »

Editors' Picks Idea #3: The next big new idea is neither big nor new. Discuss. (eJewishPhilanthropy.com) The latest installment in the 28days28ideas initiative comes from Joshua Avedon and Shawn Landres of the Los Angeles-based incubator Jumpstart. "Creating economic value -- or, beyond the corporate world, social value -- isn't always about big ideas, nor new ones," they write. "Improving on what's already out there often is a more reliable way to produce results. New ideas are important drivers of change, but broad transformation depends on the scaling, replication, and adaptation of existing models with demonstrated promise." Obama, Israel and Haiti (The Fingerman) We noted Tuesday that The New Republic's Marty Peretz and the Zionist Organization of America were complaining that President Obama had not mentioned Israel in comments praising the contributions of other countries in Haiti. On his blog, Eric Fingerhut points out the problem with this line of attack: Obama made the remarks before the Israelis had their operations up and running in Haiti. Why did Abe Pollin change the name of his team? (Washington Post) Sports blogger Dan Steinberg revisits the question of what role the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin played in the decision of the late Abe Pollin to change the name of his professional basketball team from Bullets to Wizards. The Wolf Man's Jewish psyche (L.A. Times) With a remake of "The Wolf Man" starring Benicio Del Toro due out later this month, The Los Angeles Times reports: "Curt Siodmak's script of the 1941 film was an original story in which the main character feared being hunted and killed, much as the screenwriter and other European Jews did." The tension of the Mel (Chicago WGN-TV) Another Mel Gibson interview turns tense after a few questions about you know what. Read the report and watch the video. Breaking News The diary of the notorious Josef Mengele has been sold. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he is willing to export enriched uranium for further enrichment for use in a medical research reactor. Christians United for Israel objected to an advertisement run by a group it funds that depicted the president of the New Israel Fund wearing a horn. The Goldstone report "tried to incriminate Israel for its justified response to Hamas rockets," Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said. The American who designed the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin was one of two architects recognized with a 2010 Wolf Prize. Mike Huckabee said Washington's policy of pressuring Israel but not the Palestinians to return to peace negotiations is "one-sided." A leading Polish bishop clarified statements published on a conservative Catholic Web site suggesting that the Holocaust was a Jewish invention. Palestinians need to see that "the occupation is on its way to being rolled back," Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said. Israel destroyed two Gaza smuggling tunnels in response to Hamas' attempt to attack Israeli targets in the Mediterranean Sea.