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FEATURED STORIES Christian student group case poses dilemmas for Jewish groups Orthodox Jewish groups say a Supreme Court case dealing with a campus ban on an exclusively Christian society would adversely affect Hillel -- some of its participants are shown meeting on campus -- and other Jewish student organizations. (Max Orenstein) A case concerning the right of a Christian student group to recognition on its campus has split Jewish groups, which have filed briefs friendly to the group and the University of California's law school. Read more » Bibi-Medvedev meeting focuses on Mideast peace The Middle East peace process was the main topic of discussion during a meeting in Moscow between Benjamin Netanyahu and Dmitry Medvedev. Read more » Op-Ed: J Streets wrong turn The executive director of Christians United for Israel says his organization has been the target of unfair attacks by J Street, adding that such tactics raise questions about the group's stated commitment to widening the pro-Israel tent. Read more » Op-Ed: CUFI's dead end The head of J Street, responding to an Op-Ed by the executive director of Christians United for Israel, suggests an end to name calling and attacks and an open debate on what's best for a democratic Israel and the broader Jewish community. Read more »

EDITORS' PICKS Catching up on the ideas Check out the installments of the 28days28ideas initiative that ran over the holiday weekend: "Idea #13: Birthright Diaspora" "Idea #14: Open source curriculum" "Idea #15: Return of the Matchmaker" "Idea #16: Chai Mitzvah" Cat fight at Auschwitz (Reuters) A squabble has broken out over whether to build a shelter for a cat living at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Growing old together (Worchester Telegraph) Profiling a Jewish couple married 61 years and how they are dealing with the wife's dementia. Swastikas and swimsuits (Sports Illustrated) Israeli supermodels Bar Refaeli and Esti Ginzburg making it into the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition is so last year's news. The buzz on the Internet is about an online photo of Genevieve Morton in front of an airplane with swastikas on it. As the caption makes clear, the "swastikas painted below the fuselage on the plane represent the confirmed kills by American pilot Lt. R. H. Parker during World War II." Purim: There's an app for that (Cleveland Jewish News) Two Clevelanders unveil "Grogger Factory," a mobile application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that enables users to build their own unique grogger from multiple models, textures, backgrounds and sounds. The 3-D noisemaker spins and makes a satisfying racket when the user gently shakes the chosen iDevice. BREAKING NEWS Israel's Shahar Pe'er reached the third round of a tennis tournament in Dubai a year after being denied a visa to compete there. The Zionist Organization of America is calling on Jewish students not to apply to the University of California, Irvine because it does not condemn campus anti-Semitism. Police have released the video of a shirtless burglar at a Florida synagogue in a bid to catch the thief. Rosa Rein, believed to be the world's oldest Jewish person, died about a month shy of her 113th birthday. A Hungarian court ruled that an international neo-Nazi march can take place in Budapest. Men and women worshiping at the Western Wall shouted insults at women who gathered for a Rosh Chodesh prayer service. Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Israel and areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority. U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, a leading Democratic pro-Israel voice, announced he is not running for re-election this year. A large and advanced 1,400-year-old wine press was discovered in southern Israel. Publisher and real estate mogul Mortimer Zuckerman is considering a run for the U.S. Senate, The New York Times reported. Hamas forces in Gaza arrested and detained a British documentary filmmaker. The prosecutor in the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has gone on an indefinite leave of absence. Some 29 West Bank settlements have violated the construction freeze, Israel's Defense Ministry reported. The world has "little choice" but to impose "greater costs" on Iran for its refusal to cooperate on the nuclear issue, Hillary Rodham Clinton said. President Obama named a White House legal counsel as his special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The U.S.-led Quartet on the Middle East will intensify its efforts to facilitate Palestinian statehood, Hillary Rodham Clinton said. The White House issued a hedged denial that it had named an ambassador to Syria. Doug Fieger, the lead singer for The Knack who wrote "My Sharona" for his Jewish girlfriend, has died. Israelis traveling abroad are at great risk of being kidnapped, Israel's Counter-Terrorism Bureau said in a travel warning. The editor of an anti-Semitic newspaper was sentenced to a prison colony after being convicted of inciting ethnic and religious hatred. The option to attack Iran "is still on the table," the U.S. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said. A bomb that exploded in a crowded cafe in India was likely meant for the nearby Chabad house, Indian authorities said. Education authorities in Quebec changed the school calendar to accommodate Orthodox Jews, a Montreal daily revealed.