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Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, salutes its doctors and OR nurse who were among Israel's first responders to the crisis in Haiti. Read more.

Featured Stories

Im Tirtzu founders say their fight is against anti-Zionists, not left-wingers

Ronen Shoval, the chairman and co-founder of Im Tirtzu, insists that his group is "fighting about the identity" of Israel. (Courtesy Ronen Shoval)

With calls for a "second Zionist revolution," the founders of an Israeli student group embroiled in a controversy over the New Israel Fund say that Israel has lost its sense of purpose. Read more » » Breaking down Im Tirtzu's report on NIF » Backgrounder on the NIF fracas: Defending Israel or destorying democracy?

Oren: J Street conflict near resolution

The Israeli ambassador to Washington says his dispute with J Street is close to resolution and that the group was "much more in the mainstream." Read more »

Bernard Lander, Touro founder, dies

NEW YORK (JTA) -- Bernard Lander, who died Monday night at the age of 94, was not a man who cared much for appearances. Read more »

Israel and America, or Israel and the Palestinians?

What we're talking about when we're talking about the Israel-America friendship. Read more »

Editors' Picks

Idea #10: WiseGen and the Great Transition (eJewishphilanthropy) In the latest installment of 28days28ideas.com, Seth Cohen weighs in with a novel idea: "Let's invest in WiseGen too." He explains: "Our Jewish organizations are often so busy focusing on how to engage NextGen that they tend to overlook the fact that WiseGen still have much to offer -- and to learn. While they often populate our boards and serve in leadership roles throughout our community, these individuals have more to offer than just being placeholders until the next generation comes along to take their seats."

Friends with benefits What changes might we see if Israel and America no longer had a "special relationship?" JTA Managing Editor Uriel Heilman has some thoughts, with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

Rabbi trauma training (N.Y. Times) A special program at Yeshiva University's rabbinical school uses actors and role playing to train rabbis to deal with traumas among congregants ranging from sudden deaths to sexual abuse.

A Chicagoan's Negev dream (Chicago Tribune) Chicago Rabbi Asher Lopatin plans to start an open, tolerant and religiously pluralistic community in the Negev -- and many of his Chicago congregants plan to join him.

Conservative Jews: Overturn 'don't ask, don't tell' (Washington Post/Newsweek) The head of the Conservative movement's synagogue wing says the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the U.S. military offends both Jewish and American values Breaking News A Conservative synagogue in southern Israel was burned. The first Israeli player in the NBA received boisterous support at Madison Square Garden. Seven Orthodox Jewish groups appealed to Florida's governor to grant clemency to a convicted Jewish murderer on death row. A Jewish woman filed criminal charges against her estranged husband for violating a court order and taking their daughter to church. Rabbi Yechezkel Besser, the "spiritual father" of the Polish Jewish revival, has died. The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is backing measures that would allow Haitians awaiting immigration visas to come to the United States and work. Elie Wiesel said he would not cry if the "pathologically sick" Iranian president was assassinated. A record number of tourists visited Israel in January. Israel's deputy foreign minister may press charges against a student who shouted "slaughter the Jews" during his speech at Oxford University. An Israeli aid agency has established a child education center in a refugee camp in Haiti. An Israeli soldier was fatally stabbed by a Palestinian while waiting in a traffic jam in the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will submit a bill allow Israelis living or traveling abroad to vote in national elections. Jewish and Israeli groups have signed on to a letter urging President Obama to press Israel to lift its closure of the Gaza Strip.