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No resolution to U.S.-Israel tensions

Rather than ending a two-week period of tensions between Israel and the United States, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House underscored the differences between the two. Read more »

Conservative Judaism set to open first shul in Australia

Maxine Silbert celebrates her bat mitzvah last year at a Havdalah ceremony at Kehilat Nitzan, Australia's only independent Conservative synagogue, with Rabbi Ehud Bandel on guitar. (Capture Now)

Australia's only independent Conservative congregation is readying to open its new shul -- but first it needs a new rabbi. Read more »

No resolution to U.S.-Israel tensions

Rather than ending a two-week period of tensions between Israel and the United States, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House underscored the differences between the two. Read more »

Israel gags news of soldier turned journalist under arrest

Israel has held a journalist under secret house arrest since last December based on allegations that during her military service she leaked classified documents suggesting that the Israeli army violated laws dealing with targeted killings. Read more » Obama's seder (N.Y. Times) Now in its third year (what Jews might call a "chazaka"), the Obama seder has become a new and unlikely tradition that neither the Talmudic sages nor the founding fathers would recognize. The Christians' Pesach (Houston Chronicle) Christians are holding their own versions of the Passover seder, adding Jesus' redemption as the Passover lamb to the traditional Exodus story. The Christianized seder, which became popular about 30 years ago, seems to be experiencing a resurgence across denominations. The next war (Wall St. Journal) Ronen Bergman writes about how the next Middle East war could start. All scenarios involve Iran. McCarthyism in Israel? (Haaretz) Israel is inadvertently turning into a racist and discriminatory society, writes David Landau, the former editor of Haaretz. Breaking News A majority of Israelis will not eat chametz on Passover, according to a poll. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called recent unflattering Israeli media reports about the Obama administration "unacceptable." Jimmy Carter's apology last December to the Jewish community was insincere, the Anti-Defamation League said. Boston's Jewish community has abandoned a plan to build an $80 million arts and cultural center to be designed by renowned architect Daniel Libeskind. A man and two women were brutally attacked in Berlin allegedly after the assailants demanded to know whether they were Jewish. The Obama family is hosting a seder in the White House. Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited the home of a soldier killed in Gaza. The Israeli army has put a closure on the West Bank for Passover. Israeli police have restricted Muslim access to the Temple Mount over fears of more violence. A former Australian prime minister is urging the Labor government to expel Israeli diplomats over forged Australian passports used in the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai. Israeli reserve soldiers delivered a letter demanding the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Arab League voted at its annual summit to continue backing an initiative that would give Israel land for peace. Two Israeli soldiers killed in a firefight with Palestinian terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip were buried. A Jewish shop owner is generating controversy for trying to sell a bar of soap allegedly made from the remains of Holocaust victims. Italy's prime minister called on Israel to stop building settlements and to return the Golan Heights to Syria as part of a global peace settlement for the Middle East. Former Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek has quit as a candidate for the top job after his comments on gays and Jews were reported in a Czech newspaper. The first "green" Jewish cemetery in the United States was dedicated. One of Israel's heaviest travel seasons began. A world surfing champion apologized for offending the Jewish community.