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Exhibit at Schindler factory site recalls Nazi-era Krakow

The factory in which Oskar Schindler used Jewish slave labor during World War II has been turned into a Holocaust museum. (Patti McCracken)

Seventeen years after the Oscar-winning film "Schindler's List" brought fame to the factory of Oskar Schindler, the facility will open as a museum showcasing life for Poles and Jews in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Read more »

Flotilla fallout becomes rallying cry for U.S. Jews

This time it's a public relations war rather than a military one that has sent American Jews into the streets warning that a campaign is under way to wipe Israel off the map. Read more »

In Europe, flotilla protests smaller than against Gaza war

European Jewish communities watched the protests in Europe against Israel following the flotilla incident with mild concern, but the numbers of protesters were much smaller than those against Israel in January 2009 during the Gaza war. Read more »

Recession fuels rise in Russian aliyah

Immigration to Israel is up from Russia, with experts citing the economic downturn as the primary motivator. Read more »

Editors' Picks

Debating Israel, and Gaza Tony Judt dismisses some myths about the debate on Israel. Shmuel Rosner dismisses Judt's myths. Emily Henochowicz talks about losing an eye in a protest against Israel. There's no real siege of Gaza, writes Jonathan Halevi.

We are one people (N.Y. Times) A new study shows that Jews from Europe and the Middle East share the same genetic ancestry, and that we're from the Mideast.

U.S. soccer team's Jewish trio (L.A. Jewish Journal) Jonathan Bornstein, Benny Feilhaber and Jonathan Spector will be kickin' it for the American squad at the World Cup in South Africa.

Methodists training Jewish clerics (L.A. Times) Starting in the fall, the Claremont School of Theology, a Methodist institution, will begin training Jewish and Muslim clerics, too. Breaking News Jewish leaders pressed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the issues of incitement and direct talks. The rabbi whose interview with Helen Thomas ended the veteran White House correspondent's career says he has been deluged with hate mail. The Obama administration expects congressional Iran sanctions to provide for exemptions to countries cooperating with the weaker U.N. sanctions. President Obama said the situation in the Gaza Strip was "unsustainable" and that he would budget an additional $400 million to improve conditions there and in the West Bank. Some 43 countries have agreed on non-binding rules for the restitution of property seized by the Nazis during the Holocaust. American Jewish groups are calling on the State Department to designate a Turkish relief group, a main organizer of last month's Gaza flotilla, as a terrorist organization. France's broadcasting authority has ordered a satellite broadcaster to stop carrying Hamas' Al-Aksa TV. The Organization of American States rejected a resolution criticizing Israel for its deadly Gaza aid flotilla raid. Four 18-year-old yeshiva students were arrested in connection with the vandalism of a Bedouin mosque. A French group of movie theaters temporarily canceled screenings of an Israeli film in response to Israel's raid of a Gaza-bound flotilla. A number of Jewish groups, including the Reform movement, joined a call for an investigation into charges that U.S. medical personnel facilitated torture. A foreign policy adviser to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez equated what he called "international Zionism" with "Nazism." U.S. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) beat back a primary challenge from a candidate who advocates a binational solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Leaders of the Orthodox Union met with top administration officials and with U.S. senators. The president of an international umbrella body for Jewish lawmakers is calling for a meeting in Jerusalem to discuss Israel's "delegitimization."