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Featured Stories U.S. Jewish communities building ties to Haiti Israeli-born Sharona Nathan Elsaieh, one of the few Jews living in Haiti, celebrates with children during the inauguration of a school built by Israeli volunteers on the edge of a refugee camp in earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, March 2010. (Larry Luxner) In the wake of the devastating earthquake in January, Jewish communities are reaching out and getting involved with rebuilding the devastated country. Read more » Haiti's Jews try to pick up the pieces The few Jews who make Haiti their home are trying to pick up the pieces after January's devastating earthquake. Read more »

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Fundermentalvision: Where is Jewish philanthropy?

Check out the video from the Jewish Funders Network conference, featuring The Fundermentalist interviewing professionals on the foundation side and the nonprofit side about the state of philanthropy in 2010. Read more »

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Chabad video: Is Rubashkin worse than Toyota CEO? Chabad steps up its fight against prosecutors' efforts to hit Agriprocessors official Sholom Rubashkin with a life sentence.

Orthodox rabbis: No press (N.Y. Jewish Week) Editor and publisher Gary Rosenblatt criticizes the Rabbinical Council of America for deciding to close its entire conference to the press as it wrestles with the issue of women's leadership roles in the synagogue and community.

AJC + AJCongress = ??? (Jerusalem Post) The American Jewish Committee and the American Jewish Congress reportedly are in merger talks.

Something else you can learn from Dr. Ruth (The Daily Princetonian) Watch the video and read the report on an undergraduate who, after enrolling in a class with Dr. Ruth Westheimer, decided to mark her 20th birthday with a bat mitzvah.

Finding things Jewish in Calcutta (The Telegraph) Calcutta is probably best known for serving as Mother Teresa's base of operations, but the Indian city also has Jewish sites. Breaking News Israel has frozen new Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claims that building would not stop, according to municipal officials. An Iranian nuclear scientist has requested political asylum in Israel, an Israeli lawmaker said. An array of Jewish groups expressed their dismay at the passage of Arizona's restrictive new immigration enforcement law. It soon will be clear whether peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians will resume, Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet. Richard Goldstone will attend his grandson's upcoming bar mitzvah in South Africa, following an agreement with local Jewish groups. A Florida man who hid $10 million in offshore accounts did it because his Holocaust survivor parents taught him to "hide and hoard," his lawyer said. Hungary's openly anti-Semitic nationalist Jobbik Party secured 47 seats in the 386-seat legislature in the second round of parliamentary elections. At least 1,000 demonstrators protesting President Obama's treatment of Israel gathered in front of the Israeli Consulate in Manhattan. Two major accounting firms cut ties with Iran. The South African government has compared new Israeli military restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank to apartheid laws. Police asked the main suspect in Israel's largest-ever real estate scandal if Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef received bribes. A special task force of border police will be stationed in the West Bank to protect Palestinian property. A Hamas terrorist responsible for the death of an Israeli policeman was killed during an arrest operation near Hebron. A delegation of Israeli Arabs, including six Knesset members, is visiting Libya. Hamas released a cartoon video showing captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit returning to Israel in a coffin. Israel has lifted its ban on the iPad. Sen. Charles Schumer's criticism of the Obama administration's Israeli policy drew a rebuke from the White House. Israel and the United States signed an open skies agreement. Israel is being honored at the Budapest International Book Festival. Israeli far right figures marched in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem, prompting riots. The Philadelphia Jewish Exponent has been named "Best Overall Weekly Newspaper" in the state of Pennsylvania.