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Obama reaffirms U.S. ambiguity on Israel nukes

President Obama said he will not press Israel when it comes to nuclear issues. Read more »

With a major assist from Jewish group, 'Son of Hamas' staying in U.S.

The small American Jewish organization EMET and its president were out front in the campaign to stop the deportation of Mosab Hasan Yousef, the son of a Hamas co-founder who had gone undercover to help Israel's Shin Bet prevent terror attacks. Read more »

Op-Ed: Don't exclude in the name of inclusion

Lynn Schusterman with her proposal seeking greater inclusion for gays in the Jewish community could include some Jews by virtue of excluding others, an Orthodox Union official writes. Read more »

Editors' Picks

Tax-exempt funds in the West Bank (N.Y. Times) On the morning of the meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The New York Times gives big play to a feature on the use of tax-exempt donations in Jewish communities in the West Bank. JTA Managing Editor Uriel Heilman questions the positioning of the story.

Sarah Silverman on bedwetting (L.A. Jewish Journal) Comedian Sarah Silverman talks about her new book, "The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee."

'Tik Tok' trouble Watch the video of IDF soldiers dancing on patrol in Hebron to Kesha's hit song "Tik Tok" that has landed the soldiers in a bit of trouble.

The all-American (kosher) hot dog (N.Y. Times) In a column on July 4, JTA correspondent Sue Fishkoff opines about the kosher hot dog success that signaled that American Jews had become part of mainstream America. Breaking News A leading Palestinian official denied a newspaper report that Mahmoud Abbas offered the Western Wall and Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter to remain under Israel's control as part of a peace settlement. The FBI has widened its investigation into fraudulent Holocaust-era claims against the German government, The New York Jewish Week reported. Turkey's foreign minister has threatened to cut ties with Israel unless it apologizes for its deadly interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla, a Turkish newspaper reported. Attorneys for kosher meatpacking executive Sholom Rubashkin filed an appeal of his conviction on federal financial fraud charges and long prison sentence. British Methodists voted to boycott goods manufactured in West Bank settlements. Israel's Cabinet unanimously approved expanding the authority of an Israeli inquiry into the Navy's interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla. Israel's chief army prosecutor will bring charges against some Israeli soldiers for their conduct during the Gaza war. A YouTube video of Israeli soldiers dancing on a deserted street in Hebron has gone viral and may result in disciplinary action. Pope Benedict XVI has come under fire from Jewish groups in Britain following a report that his address to Parliament will occur on the eve of Yom Kippur. Thousands of supporters accompanied the family of Gilad Shalit as it marched into Tel Aviv. The Palestinian terror group leader who said he planned the kidnapping of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics has died. Latvian police prevented a scheduled march in Riga to mark the anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Latvia from taking place. A combined Israeli-Palestinian soccer team is in South Africa to play on the sidelines of the World Cup tournament. France's railroad system will have to fully disclose its role in transporting Jews to Nazi concentration camps to get part of a lucrative contract to build a California rail line. Israel released its blacklist of goods that will not be permitted to enter the Gaza Strip. Yad Vashem criticized a former Israeli Air Force captain caught on camera painting pro-Palestinian graffiti on the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto. A New York judge has ordered a divorcing Orthodox Jewish couple to split their home with a dividing wall as the proceedings continue. A plane carrying 232 new immigrants from North America is set to arrive at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport. Some 120 young Jewish innovators have gathered in Israel for a global summit. An alleged Nazi war criminal living in Australia has escaped extradition to his native Hungary. The United States pledged $15 million to preserve the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp memorial. Dublin's new mayor has proposed twinning the Irish capital with Gaza in a gesture of "sympathy" with the Hamas-controlled territory. A reclusive Russian Jewish mathematician turned down a $1 million prize for solving a seemingly unsolvable math problem.