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New prayer book tries for accessibility and inspiration

The Lev Shalem High Holidays prayer book, left, and the new Israeli Masorti siddur aim to speak to the Jewish community at large. (Sue Fishkoff)

With its new High Holidays prayer book, the Conservative movement wants accessibility for beginners and spiritual inspiration for experienced worshipers. Read more »

New Conservative Israeli siddur aimed at all Israelis

Israel's new Masorti prayer book hit No. 4 on Israel's non-fiction best-seller list last January, and is aimed at all Israelis, not just Conservative Jews. Read more »

Montreal teen charged with murdering sister

A Montreal teenager pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of his 14-year-old sister. Read more » Editors' Picks Seoul losing its soul (Korea Herald) An Orthodox rabbi returning to Seoul, South Korea, after four decades to teach Talmud says he believes that with technological advances the country is 'losing its soul.' Netanyahu, the anti-Obama (Washington Post) Arguably the most left-wing administration in American history is trying to knead and soften the most right-wing coalition in Israel's history, says columnist George Will. Navigating the land of grief (CNN) The reaction to the horror of losing his teenage son helped CNN editor Joe Sterling gain a profound respect for organized religious life, he writes on the Belief blog. Last call for Canadian club (Canadian Jewish News) After 130 years the Montefiore Club, once the exclusive preserve of generations of the Montreal Jewish establishment, has closed because of insufficient membership and financial problems. Hummus hubris (Ynet) A former Israeli hopes to take America by storm with his innovation: hummus in squeeze bottles. Breaking News Russia has refused to return a library of sacred documents to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. The U.S. State Department is sending the imam at the center of the plans for a mosque near Ground Zero on an outreach trip to the Middle East. A man being called a "person of interest' in a series of killings and attacks in three states was arrested as he was about to board a flight to Tel Aviv. Hispanic gunmen allegedly shot a Chasidic man in the stomach in Brooklyn. France's interior minister called boycotts against Israeli products in France "a crime." An alleged Israeli Mossad agent suspected of involvement in the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai was extradited from Poland to Germany. Israeli naval commandos should have used snipers to "incapacitate" the activists on the deck of a Turkish ship who attacked as the soldiers were boarding, Israel's military chief said. Turkey has launched its own investigation into Israel's interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla. Israel's Sephardic chief rabbi wrote that he is concerned that non-Orthodox Jews are taking over Israel. The Al Jazeera English news channel was nominated for an International Emmy for its coverage of the Gaza War. The concrete barriers surrounding the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo will be removed, Israel's military announced. A day of Jewish learning, socializing and entertainment for Russian-speaking adults will be held in New York. A 2,200-year-old coin discovered near Israel's border with Lebanon is the heaviest gold coin ever found in Israel.