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In Poland, Shabbatons for non-Jews to combat anti-Semitism

A poster in the main square of Piotrkow Trybunalski -- a rundown industrial town in central Poland where walls bear anti-Semitic graffiti -- for a Days of Judaism festival. (Ruth Ellen Gruber)

Holding Shabbatons for non-Jewish Poles is one of the ways Jewish life is being presented in Polish cities and towns with no Jews but plenty of negative ideas about the Jewish people. Read more »

Israel's cooperation on U.N. inquiry signals tactical shift

Israel's decision to cooperate with a U.N. probe into the Turkish flotilla incident signals a tactical shift on dealing with U.N. investigations of its actions and comes after two months of the Jewish state resisting calls for an international inquiry. Read more »

Israeli, Lebanese troops exchange fire

Israeli and Lebanese soldiers exchanged tank and artillery fire on Israel's northern border. Read more »

Op-Ed: On conversion in Israel, there is a way

A Jewish Agency official says the agency's new strategic plan will broaden and increase future funding to programs like Nativ, a crash course in Judaism that presents an opportunity to fast-track the conversion process through the Israel Defense Forces. Read more »

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Up, up and oy vey! (AOL news) A retired hairdresser from Philadephia for more than 20 years has been writing and drawing comic books of Hebrew hero Shaloman, the only superhero who is an openly observant Jew.

The wandering Jewish museum (Washington Post) Downtown Washington's first synagogue, which has served three different congregations, was a grocery store and is now a Jewish museum and historic landmark, will be moved for the second time in its history to make way for a highway ramp and downtown improvements.

Amar'e explores Israel (Israel sport channel 5) Basketball star Amar'e Stoudemire in an interview on Israeli TV during his trip to Israel talks about his connections to Judaism and spirituality. Check out the kipah.

Mr. Cheez Doodles dies (N.Y. Times) Morrie Yohai, 90, the son of Turkish Jewish immigrants, always insisted on spreading the credit for "developing" the popular snack.

The final moments of Himmler (Daily Mail) The discovery of an old British soldier's war diaries reveals that the Nazi Heinrich Himmler, the head of Hitler's SS police force, "bit on a cynanide capsule and dropped dead."

Why 'Dinner for Schmucks'? (JewishJournal.com) The Jewish Journal's Naomi Pfefferman caught up with actor Paul Rudd, director Jay Roach and others from the film "Dinner for Schmucks" and asked: Why title a major studio comedy "Dinner for Schm--ks"? Breaking News Israel's opposition leader criticized the Netanyahu government for agreeing to cooperate with a United Nations probe of the Turkish flotilla incident. A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee allocated a record amount for U.S.-Israel missile defense systems. Two weeks after the American Jewish Congress suspended its operations, the American Jewish Committee has hired its highest-ranking professional. Mitch Miller, a band leader who won fame as the host of the "Sing Along With Mitch" television show, has died. Two Israeli military helicopters made emergency landings in Romania following a technical failure. A new iPhone application teaches the recitation of the Kaddish, the mourner's prayer recited daily in synagogue. A movie distributor is appealing the R rating assigned to a Holocaust documentary. The jail sentence of a Palestinian man convicted of rape by deception has been delayed. Jewish groups are expressing concern about a radical Islamic group banned in America that has held two recent conferences in Australia. The Zionist Organization of America wants the University of California to replace two members of the advisory council addressing anti-Semitism on UC campuses. Florida prison inmates requesting kosher food will be able to join a meal plan supervised by the Aleph Institute. Leading North American and British Jewish communal professionals have gathered in Israel for workshops on theories of learning.

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