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Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Share This Email

Today's Daily Briefing Sponsored by: JewsOnFirst.org A Muslim Community Center? Why Not? Why Should Jews Care? For this time of fasting we offer food for thought... Click here, please. To make your announcement for only $180, click here right here! FEATURED STORY Jewish groups sticking with Pearl in the face of scandal Bruce Pearl, the men's basketball coach at the University of Tennessee and a spokesman for Jewish causes, including the international Maccabiah Games, is under fire over recruiting violations. But Jewish groups say they have his back. Read more » EDITORS' PICKS On West Bank freeze, mum's the word Don't expect a familiar American echo now that West Bank settlers are gearing up to fight the possible extension of Israel's settlement freeze, JTA's Ron Kampeas writes. Welcome help for mourners JTA's Life Cyclist blog reports on the new online service Shivalistings.com, which provides a central location for Jews to announce a death, post an obit and provide funeral and shiva details. Artists fight over Israel: The sequel Big-time Hollywood Jews rallied to defend Israel last year -- but it's more complicated this time around now that the fight is over settlements, JTA's Ami Eden and Sue Fishkoff report. Fast, but not furious New York Jewish Week columnist Elicia Brown talks about the personal traditions that turn her challenging Yom Kippur fast into a meaningful fast. Israel's chief tweeting officer The Israeli Foreign Ministry's "Internet commando unit" surfs the web every day, uploading positive content to social media sites, Ynet reports. Hillary and Shimon's special friendship Israeli President Shimon Peres and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton share a relationship that spans more than three decades and goes way beyond diplomatic niceties, The Jerusalem Post reports from a meeting of the two leaders. JEWISH IDEAS DAILY Sponsored Content Jonah and Yom Kippur What, really, makes the book of Jonah so significant, and what lesson does it teach about Yom Kippur? BREAKING NEWS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are meeting in Jerusalem. Actor Jon Voight called Time magazine's Sept. 13 cover story anti-Semitic. Britain's national trade union again voted to support a boycott of goods made in West Bank settlements and of companies profiting from the area. Rocket attacks on southern Israel from Gaza have increased dramatically following the opening of peace talks in the region. Israel has privately signed off on a proposed arms deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia, a Washington columnist reported. The Anti-Defamation League is offering a reward in the vandalism of a billboard featuring NBA player Omri Casspi. An annual initiative will provide more than 50,000 secular Israelis with free Yom Kippur prayer services. Avigdor Lieberman will address the United Nations General Assembly. An envelope containing white powder and a letter making threats against Israel was sent to the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. Anti-Semitic graffiti was painted on a synagogue in the capital of Moldova. Jewish children entered the first Jewish preschool in half a century in the Serbian capital. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell terminated a contract with an Israeli-American agency that tracked peaceful protests and reported them as potential terrorist threats.