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BREAKING NEWS Quebec's Orthodox Jewish community is fighting a bill that would ban women from wearing a Muslim face veil when receiving government services. The Israeli people "are no longer divided into two opposite camps," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during the main memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin. Hillary Rodham Clinton told a Palestinian-American audience that the only path to statehood is through direct talks with Israel. A Chicago man who took his daughter to church despite a restraining order by her Jewish mother was cleared of contempt of court charges. The U.S. Defense Department has notified Congress that it is planning to sell $60 billion in advanced military equipment to Saudi Arabia. The Israeli soldier who ran over American activist Rachel Corrie with a bulldozer in Gaza testified in a Haifa courtroom. An Israeli chess grandmaster is playing 525 ranked chess players simultaneously in Tel Aviv in an effort to beat an Iranian's world record. A campaign is being launched to help New York rabbis encourage couples to perform screening for Jewish genetic diseases before pregnancy. The leaders of Israeli and Palestinian trade unions have agreed to meet to plan joint activity. A delegation of senior U.S. counterterrorism specialists visited the police command center in Tel Aviv. Actor Tom Bosley, best known as the "Happy Days" dad Howard Cunningham, has died Daily Briefing Thursday, October 21, 2010 Share This Email Today's Daily Briefing Sponsored by: You! For only $180, you can use this prominent spot to announce an honor or celebrate a milestone. To make your announcement, click here. FEATURED STORY Hitler exhibit opens in Berlin, with Jewish applause As the first-ever exhibition in Germany dedicated to the German fascination with Hitler opened, a Jewish organizational leader said it conveys important lessons at a time when nostalgia for Nazi leadership is growing in Germany. Read more » EDITORS' PICKS Political Points: Kirk invokes Soros, Klein likes bikers, too Mark Kirk's campaign wants Alex Giannoulias to give back George Soros' money, but it's not clear why. Ron Klein poses with bikers, but not Outlaw bikers. Ron Kampeas reports on JTA's Capital J blog. Out of fashion While non-Jews discovering Jewish roots has been in vogue in recent years, Jewish as high fashion is not going to last because of negative feelings about Israel, J.J. Goldberg writes in the Forward. Charity, beautifully disguised The Wall Street Journal reports on Bobbie's Place, a Brooklyn children's clothing store started by a Jewish couple that is conventional in every way but one -- the merchandise is free. Blowing out of the Windy City The businesses in the Jewish section of Chicago's Devon Avenue are pulling up their stakes and leaving, the Chicago Reader reports. Notably, after 70 years, Rosenblum's Judaica store is moving to Skokie. Closing 'Brotherly Love' Nearly 120 years after it opened, Ahavath Achim Synagogue in New Bedford, Mass., an Orthodox synagogue with a rich history, is slated to close at year's end, a victim of declining membership and support, South Coast Today reports. The Wandering Jew Is back ... and needs your help! After a short hiatus the Wandering Jew is hitting the road again this winter, visiting communities across the American Southwest and Europe. Follow his dispatches on the blog. And don't forget to e-mail us with story suggestions. JEWISH IDEAS DAILY Sponsored Content Under Islam Among the other virtues of his illuminating new history of Jews in Muslim lands, Martin Gilbert explodes the myth of pre-modern harmony between Islam and Judaism.