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Foreman gains respect even in losing title

Yuri Foreman, left, ended up losing his title fight to Miguel Cotto, but picked up some hard-earned respect along the way. (Chamber of Fear/Flickr)

Yuri Foreman continued to fight through what he called "sharp pain" in his knee in the last three rounds of his super-welterweight championship bout against three-time champion Miguel Cotto at Yankee Stadium. Read more »

Helen Thomas quits

Helen Thomas is stepping down after her controversial comment that Jews should leave Israel. Watch the original video of her comments and check out who joined the call for her ouster. Read more »

Mapendo and Freedom Now founders win Bronfman Prize

The founders of two human rights organizations have been named the winners of the 2010 Charles Bronfman Prize, an annual $100,000 award presented to an individual (or team) age 50 or younger engaged in humanitarian work. Read more Editors' Picks Madoff's life in prison (New York magazine) Unrepentant conniver. Pal of Jonathan Pollard. Messy cell mate. Inexperienced showerer. New York magazine takes a look at Bernie Madoff's life behind bars. Turkey and the Holocaust (Washington Post, JTA) Turkey's ambassador to Washington wants an apology from Israel, especially considering what he describes as his country's sterling record when it comes to the Jews. JTA's Ron Kampeas says it's not quite as sterling as the ambassador suggests. Reagan and Osirak (N.Y. Times) Richard Allen, a former national security adviser to President Reagan, recalls the day 29 years ago today that the White House had to figure out how to respond to Israel's bombing of the Iraqi Osirak nuclear reactor. Breaking News Iran's Red Crescent said it would send two aid ships to Gaza. Israel said it identified several passengers on board a Turkish ship intercepted near Gaza who are known to be involved in terrorist activity. Israel has rejected a United Nations proposal to establish an international commission to probe the deaths of nine activists on a Gaza-bound flotilla. Israel peacefully intercepted a seventh Gaza-bound ship and brought it to Ashdod port. Richard Goldstone was removed from the board of governors of an Israeli university. Israel's Navy killed four men that it said were planning a terror attack at sea. A new Jewish cultural center was dedicated in Odessa. The Conservative movement has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the captivity of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Pope Benedict XVI renewed calls for international efforts toward Middle East peace and urged respect for the embattled Christian minority in the region. Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, spiritual leader of the national religious movement in Israel, has died. A Knesset committee has recommended revoking some privileges of an Arab-Israeli lawmaker who participated in the Gaza flotilla. The United States has asked Israel to investigate the protest in which an American Jewish art student lost her eye. Seven high school seniors in Southern California have been disciplined for playing a highway chase game called "Beat the Jew." In more apparent fallout from Israel's interception of a Gaza-bond flotilla, the American alternative rock band the Pixies canceled a scheduled concert in Israel. Greek Pro-Palestinian activists occupied the Athens offices of an Israeli irrigation company. Australia's prime minister met Jewish leaders to bolster bilateral relations following the government's expulsion of an Israeli diplomat and its reaction to the Gaza flotilla deaths. Eight Reform synagogues in New Jersey have signed on to become movement leaders in greening their facilities. Democrats pressed Republicans to distance themselves from a major donor involved in Richard Nixon's campaign against Jewish government employees.