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This record-breaking 4-ton bowl of hummus, prepared in the Israeli-Arab town of Abu Ghosh in January, was bested in mid-May in Lebanon when some 300 chefs made a 10-ton bowl of the stuff. (Rachael Cerrotti/Flash 90)

Finishing school for Israeli lawmakers, food fights and bad religious investments. Read more »

U.S. Jewish leaders to Netanyahu: Withdraw conversion bill

Jewish leaders sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging the withdrawal of a proposed conversion bill it called "disastrous to the unity of the Jewish people." Read more »

Op-Ed: Fighting the new divestment effort on campus

The Jewish community must recognize the seriousness of the warning signs from this year and be prepared to fight next year's divestment battle on campus, the leader of Hillel writes. Read more »

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'I'm a Jew' (YouTube) Several Israeli artists have collaborated on a song called "I'm a Jew" that has received about 50,000 hits on YouTube.

Talking to Israel's critics (Haaretz) Shlomo Avineri wrings his hands about the growing rift between Israel and Diaspora Jews. Nowadays, even the Zionists are fed up with Israel, he writes.

Lebanon's borderline resort (N.Y. Times) The Lebanese entrepreneur behind a resort under construction along the Israel-Lebanon border, the Wazzani Fortress, acknowledges that people think he's a bit crazy to build a vacation spot in Hezbollah's heartland and within view of Israeli soldiers.

Superman's Jewish roots (Deutsche Welle) An exhibition in Berlin's Jewish Museum traces the roots of the comics and superhero industry to the American children of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Breaking News An 83-year-old native of Germany has been sentenced to six months in jail for scrawling anti-Semitic graffiti in a Canadian city in Ontario. Burger King will shut down its Israel stores this summer. The Obama administration's new missile defense plan means batteries located in Israel could be relocated to other nations in the region depending on the threat, a top U.S. official said. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is refusing to put its stamp of approval on the first-ever postage stamp issued jointly by Canada and Israel. A Jerusalem court acquitted the head of the Islamic Movement in Israel of involvement in a 2007 riot in Jerusalem. The Jim Joseph Foundation will give Stanford University $12 million to renew its Jewish education studies department. A memorial to Greek victims of the Holocaust was unveiled in Athens. Chess grandmaster Andor Lilienthal has died in Budapest at the age of 99.