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Featured Stories Vancouver Jews gearing up for the Games Vancouver's 30,000-strong Jewish community is gearing up to host the thousands of visitors and athletes expected for the start of the Olympic Games on Feb. 12. (©VANOC/COVAN) With an exhibit on the 1936 Olympics, a prominent torch relayer and even an official rabbi for the Winter Games, Vancouver's Jewish community is preparing for the Olympics. Read more » Preserving the unique heritage of Jamaica's Jews Descended from Marranos, pirates and slave traders, the Jewish community of Jamaica has dwindled to about 200 members. While its leader, Ainsley Henriques, is trying to preserve Jamaican Jewry's unique heritage and traditions, he estimates that the community could disappear in the next 30 years. Read more » Book provides a guide for teens on building better relationships Recognizing a need, Jewish Women's International and United Synagogue Youth collaborated on a comprehensive source book to help educate Jewish teenagers on the importance of developing healthy relationships. Read more » Editors' Picks Idea #2: Reinvent Jewish outreach (Jewcy) The second idea in the 28days28ideas series comes from Jewcy.com, where Patrick Aleph (aka Patrick A), the lead singer for the punk rock band CAN!!CAN and founder of PunkTorah.com, asserts that traditional Jewish outreach events are irrelevant and suggests that we move the Jewish organizational landscape into an online virtual world -- imagine going to Shabbat dinner on Second Life. What if it had been an El Al plane that crashed on 'Lost?' (Jewish 'Lost' fanatics) When The New Republic's Marty Peretz and the Zionist Organization of America smelled something fishy in President Obama's failure to mention Israel when he praised other nations for their efforts in Haiti, it got JTA's staff thinking about another island. Live video from the Herzliya Conference Sessions from this week's 10th annual Herzliya Conference, the annual gathering in Israel on politics and security, are viewable live online. Remembering Avrom Sutzkever (The New Republic) Jeremy Dauber remembers Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever. Responding to the president: The video (Jewish Funds for Justice) Watch a video of communal figures responding to the State of the Union address. It's not quite Bill O'Reilly or Keith Olbermann, but check it out. Breaking News Three Jewish-themed films and an Israeli film are in the running for Academy Awards. Negotiations to bring about the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit have collapsed, a Hamas official said. Israel's Port Authority warned all ships in the Mediterranean Sea to be alert for explosive devices floating near beaches in southern Israel. A Polish court has issued a European-wide warrant for the arrest of a Swedish man suspected of ordering the theft of the famous Auschwitz sign. The diary of the notorious Josef Mengele is set to be auctioned off in the United States. Turkey has denied reports that its ambassador to Israel has asked to be relieved of his duties. Controversy has erupted over the acquisition of an 18-year-old Israeli player by Rome's Lazio soccer team. A heavily armed Palestinian was discovered trying to infiltrate Israel. Seven renowned scientists are the winners of the prestigious Wolf Prizes. Ukraine's chief rabbi said he will give up his own state honor to protest the country's honoring of a wartime nationalist leader