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Security vs. openness: European Jewish institutions seeking a balance

Police on patrol in the historic Venice Ghetto, a major tourist attraction that is the site of several Jewish institutions. (Ruth Ellen Gruber)

In the age of terrorism, European Jewish communities are facing a dilemma: how to protect Jewish institutions without turning them into fortresses that repel the very people they seek to attract. Read more »

It's all in a name: Tale of an orphan's rescue from Chechnya

The story of how David Naumkin's Jewish name saved him from an orphanage in Grozny. Read more »

Op-Ed: The long arm of Iran endangers Israel and the West

With its infiltration of the Western Hemisphere, the world's largest and most successful state sponsor of terror presents an unmistakable danger to democracies there, writes the executive vice president of B'nai B'rith International. Read more »

Op-Ed: Fulfilling summer dreams

A former executive director of the Foundation for Jewish Camp explains why it's important that kids now have a Jewish camp to play hardball. Read more »

Editors' Picks

Will Chelsea convert? (Politics Daily) With Chelsea Clinton's wedding date fast approaching, Politics Daily tackles (well, tries to anyway) the question on many minds: Will the former First Daughter be converting to Judaism?

Synagogue by the sea (jweekly) Jews in Northern California build a spirited community in the redwoods.

'Big Brother' gets a Modern Orthodox contestant (L.A. Jewish Journal) The CBS reality show "Big Brother" has a Modern Orthodox contestant this season, a first for the program. So far, not so good, according to Ilana Angel of the L.A. Jewish Journal.

Unlikely alliance (Chicago Public Radio) Three congregations on the North Side of Chicago have banded together to save the Temple Menorah building and along the way have learned a lot about compromise.

News Shticker Lindsey Lohan's IDF friend. Drake cancels tour to hang with mom. Bill Goldberg offers to teach Mel Gibson a lesson. Breaking News National Jewish groups praised U.S. Presbyterians for rejecting the most controversial anti-Israel proposals at the church's General Assembly. Reports that actor Dustin Hoffman had pulled out of an appearance at the Jerusalem Film Festival were incorrect. The Indian nanny who spirited the son of the Mumbai Chabad house directors out of the building during a terrorist attack has begun the citizenship process in Israel. A Knesset committee approved a new draft of a conversion reform bill, angering non-Orthodox Jewish movements. The alliance between Israel and the United States is "stable and strong," Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet. The chairman of the Women of the Wall was banned from the Western Wall for 30 days after being arrested for holding a Torah scroll at the site. The British ambassador to Lebanon said she regretted praising a deceased Muslim cleric associated with Hezbollah. Germany has banned an organization that directly supports Hamas in Gaza. Jerusalem was voted the No. 1 Best City in Africa and the Middle East and Tel Aviv No. 3 by the readers of Travel+ Leisure magazine. Rabbi Yehuda Amital, a revered yeshiva head and leader of the moderate camp of religious Zionism, has died. A Libyan-sponsored humanitarian aid ship has set sail from Greece and is headed for Gaza, organizers say. A delegation of American university presidents visiting Israel met with their Israeli counterparts and discussed opportunities for academic collaboration. A graphic novel version of Anne Frank's biography was released in the Netherlands. A U.S. public relations firm said it will not renew its contract with a pro-Palestinian group that helped to organize the flotilla that aimed to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.