Thursday, 18 March 2010


Obama on video, Oren in print and talking heads (Fox News, N.Y. Times)

President Obama and Michael Oren play down Israel-U.S. tensions. 

Vice President Joe Biden cracks a joke. 

Jeffrey Goldberg says the U.S. maneuvering was all about Tzipi. 

Benny Avni says it was all about bouncing Bibi. 

Aaron David Miller still isn't sure what the White was thinking, but says it needs to get real. 

And Yossi Klein Halevi blames the president for Palestinian rioting.

AIPAC needs a schvitz (Washington Post)

What's an AIPAC staffer supposed to do with all this U.S.-Israeli tension? Head for the Finnish Embassy's schvitz.

Teaching more than Judaism (CNN)

A Minnesota yeshiva that specializes in children with special learning needs may be forced to close unless it can come up with a chunk of money.

Cal-Irvine Jews speak up (YouTube)

Jewish students at the University of California, Irvine speak out in opposition to a student government resolution supporting the disrupters of a speech by Israel's U.S. ambassador.

London's bigger Jewish museum (N.Y. Times)

A look at London's newly expanded Jewish museum.

Breaking News

In his first public remarks on the strain in U.S.-Israel ties, President Obama said there was no crisis in relations between the two countries.
Sarah Palin called on the Obama administration to hit the reset button with Israel.
A nationwide staffing company settled a lawsuit on behalf of two Jewish employees who were subjected to religious discrimination.
Calgary police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for an 18-year-old male over a slew of spray-painted anti-Semitic messages.
A Polish court convicted three men for stealing the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign from the front gate of Auschwitz.
The international migration agency of the American Jewish community strongly supports new legislation aimed at protecting refugees and asylum seekers.
A migrant worker in southern Israel was killed by a rocket fired by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned two Gaza firms for their ties to Hamas.
The European Union's foreign policy chief crossed into Gaza from Israel during a visit to the region.