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FEATURED STORIES For two kinds of 'survivors,' filling in the gaps on family medical history Rifky Atkin, left, with her mother, Ethel, and twin sister, Chavie, told a Sharsheret teleconference about the difficulty about not knowing her medical past. (Courtesy of Sharsheret) To better understand the effects of the Holocaust on breast cancer today, the nonprofit group Sharsheret organized a program to address the concerns of breast cancer survivors and Holocaust survivors. Read more » Israel will reject preconditions for talks Israel said it will reject any preconditions set forth by the Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators on resuming direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Read more » Presidents Conference: Walk out on Ahmadinejad at U.N. A major Jewish umbrella organization has called on member states of the United Nations to walk out on a speech by Iran's president. Read more »

EDITORS' PICKS The mosque wars Hamas weighs in. Why does Michael Bloomberg feel so strongly? Fake Foxman on Twitter. The "Ground Zero" mosque is neither. Remembering when synagogues were banned. Coexistence in the supermarket (Pajamas Media) A West Bank market that opened this summer has been packed with Israelis and Arabs, who are getting along just fine. I want my plain bagel! (N.Y. Post) A rumble over bagel lexicon erupts in Starbucks on the Upper West Side. Holocaust course for Catholic school teachers (Boston Globe) A seminar focused on the Holocaust, centering on its history and the profound moral questions it raises, is part of an initiative to provide development courses for Catholic school teachers. BREAKING NEWS Reports saying that a judge ruled that the New York Mets' ballpark must allow a kosher-food vendor to sell its products on the Jewish Sabbath "mischaracterize the court's verbal ruling," the team said. The developer of a proposed mosque near Ground Zero said it would consider building elsewhere a day before President Obama defended its right to build there. The Arab-Israeli suspect in a series of killings and attacks in three states waived his extradition to Michigan. Google removed Nazi-related applications from its Android downloads following protests from Jewish users. More than 150 Irish artists have said they will participate in a cultural boycott of Israel. Iran will begin building its third plant for enriching uranium in 2011, the head of its atomic energy organization said. An Israeli won a gold medal in the Youth Olympic Games when his Iranian opponent withdrew before the finals, citing injury. Israel's Defense Minister has approved the purchase of the world's most advanced warplane from the United States. An alleged Israeli Mossad agent suspected of involvement in the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai returned to Israel after a German court released him on bail. Six African migrants attempting to cross into Israel were killed by their smugglers and by Egyptian forces. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee has enlisted a group of volunteers to help elderly Jews in Moscow during a recent heat wave in Russia. Australia's opposition Liberal Party has vowed to prosecute a Muslim group that is banned in America.