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Impact of proposed Israeli conversion law under debate

David Rotem, seated, chats with Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's foreign minister, during a Knesset session, March 2, 2010. (Miriam Alster / Flash90 )

A proposed law to ease the conversion process in Israel has drawn fire from critics on the right and left. Read more »

Israelis maintain presence in Haiti for the long haul

Israel's activities in Haiti didn't end with the dismantling of the Israeli field hospital in the country two weeks after the earthquake in January. Read more »

After drilling disappointment, Jewish groups look forward Dismayed by or indifferent to the Obama administration's about-face embrace of offshore drilling, Jewish groups are now focused on the bigger picture: an end to dependence on foreign oil and the development of cleaner energy sources. Read more » Rubashkin sentencing hearing moves into second day A federal judge is expected to issue a judgment in the sentencing of a former kosher meatpacking executive in three to four weeks. Read more »

Editors' Picks Sandra Bullock's big news (People) Forget the Oscar or the tabloid headlines about the movie star. Turns out she gave her adopted son a brit. Israel's 10 richest (Israel 21c, Forbes) Israel21c has compiled the list of Israel'ss top 10 billionaires from Forbes' Rich List. Groveling in Libya (Haaretz) This week's trip to Libya by Israeli Arab Knesset members to kowtow before Arab despots is not just an insult to the intelligence but also harms the just struggle of Israel's Arab minority, writes Salman Masalha. Jewish identity crisis (N.Y. Times) Was the Russian Jewish author Irene Nemirovsky, killed at Auschwitz, herself an anti-Semite? Breaking News Pro-Palestinian protesters tried to attack the deputy ambassador of Israel to Britain. The student government at the University of California, Berkeley fell a vote short in a bid to override a veto against a divestment bill. A Jewish pilot was awarded one of the U.S. Navy's highest honors for sacrificing his life to save his three crew mates. A car crashed into the front steps of a Pittsburgh-area synagogue. The Obama administration indicated that it would grant a visa to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend a United Nations non-proliferation conference. Residents from the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar attacked a local Palestinian village after the arrest of several Yitzhar residents. Israel's interior minister reportedly has been invited to visit the White House, likely in order to soften his position on construction in eastern Jerusalem. A Hamas government minister from the Gaza Strip is unlikely to receive a visa to attend a conference in Germany. Conferees from the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate met to shape a final Iran sanctions bill. Two Jewish businesses in Oakland, Calif., were vandalized within two days of each other. A leading breast cancer organization and the city of Jerusalem are teaming up. Israel's military is investigating the shooting of a Palestinian protester. Ruth Nussbaum, a former neighbor of Anne Frank's family who later played a key role in the Reform movement's embrace of Zionism, has died. A former AIPAC president and board chairman kicked off his campaign for a Massachusetts state office.