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FEATURED STORIES Nice pictures, but what did Obama and Bibi discuss? President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Oval Office, July 6, 2010. (Amos BenGershom / GPO) The optics were perfect, but details were elusive following a meeting between the U.S. president and Israeli prime minister. Read more » Era of trips back to Germany for persecuted Jews draws to a close With the number of Holocaust survivors dwindling, the German programs that sponsored trips for former Jewish residents of German cities to visit their old hometowns are ending.Read more » As Israel's image sinks, whither Israeli PR? More than ever, Israel needs an efficient PR machine capable of undermining its would-be delegitimizers. Who is running Israel's PR, and why have they not been more successful?Read more » Moscow exhibit gives a voice to Jewish Red Army soldiers Exhibit at a Russian war museum tells the story of Jewish Red Army soldiers during World War II through letters, diaries, pictures and video. Read more »

EDITORS' PICKS The morning after Bibi-Obama JTA Washington bureau chief Ron Kampeas rounds up the reactions to yesterday's summit between President Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu. Peter Beinart, Aaron David Miller, Mort Klein, Noah Pollack and others weigh in. Yemen's Jews cling to religion -- and country (Lebanon Daily Star) The few remaining Jews in Yemen remain devoted to Judaism and, despite their recent troubles and dwindling numbers, many are intent on staying in their home country. Aliyah gone sour (Haaretz) The Israeli army arrested two sons of a couple from Los Angeles who immigrated to Israel years ago and is looking for two more after the boys went AWOL from their mandatory army service. IDF inspired by eBay (Businessweek) The Israeli military, inspired by the success of eBay, has started its own website on which units and bases can sell surplus equipment. What would Cahan do? (Go to shul!?) On the occasion of Abraham Cahan's 150th birthday, two of his successors wonder what the legendary founding editor of the Jewish Daily Forward would be doing today. BREAKING NEWS In an apparent reaction to the Gaza flotilla incident, actors Meg Ryan and Dustin Hoffman reportedly have backed out of attending the Jerusalem Film Festival. Israel's Shin Bet confirmed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security detail lost four handguns during a flight from New York to Washington. Facing significant budget cuts, a San Francisco-area Jewish federation will lay off 33 staff members, according to the federation's CEO. A practicing Muslim and an Orthodox Jew have been chosen to run a New Jersey township. Americans for Peace Now delivered a petition to the White House asking President Obama to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend a settlement freeze. More than 2,000 haredi Orthodox Jews protested outside the White House against the excavation of ancient graves in Israel. A proposal to twin Dublin with Gaza has been shelved until September. Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum, the former chief rabbi of Uruguay, has taken the same post in the Italian city of Turin.