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Tuesday, November 23, 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 20 Jewish cantors walk into a church -- it's no joke Can Jewish sacred music sung in a Roman Catholic basilica help relations between Christians and Jews? For the Reform movement's American Conference of Cantors, the answer is a resounding yes.Read more » EDITORS' PICKS Video: Shooting with the wolf JTA's Wandering Jew had never shot a gun until he hit Phoenix this week. Now that it's over, he says he's in no particular hurry to do it again -- even though he was pretty good at it. Check out the video. Learning to hate in England The BBC's "Panorama" program has found evidence that Muslim schoolchildren in England are being taught anti-Semitic and homophobic material from a Saudi textbook. See the video. New push for Jonathan Pollard A combination of timing, diplomatic considerations and, above all, good old-fashioned noodging has culminated in the biggest push in years to free the civilian Navy analyst after 25 years in prison for spying, JTA's Ron Kampeas reports. Nod to Israel on airport screening Amid the uproar that airport screening has become too intrusive, some Americans are now asking why the United States cannot do it like the Israelis, The New York Times reports. Embracing Judaism in Indonesia Northern Indonesia has become the unlikely setting for increasingly public displays of pro-Jewish sentiments as some people have embraced the faith of their Dutch-Jewish ancestors, The New York Times reports. No boundaries The marriage between a Palestinian and an Israeli has survived war, poverty and family ostracism; Donald Macintyre of the Independent reports on Gaza residents Imad Hamdan and his wife, Dalia. How Israel failed Jessica Jessica Fishman made aliyah, served in the army and fell in love, only to find out that while she was Jewish enough to live in the Jewish state, she wasn't Jewish enough to get married there. The Jerusalem Post reports. Hospice bat mitzvah While preparing to die from ovarian cancer in a Chicago-area hospice, grandmother Fern Kravets also prepared for her belated bat mitzvah, the Chicago Tribune reports. BREAKING NEWS Textbooks used in a network of Islamic schools in Britain promote anti-Semitic views, the BBC reported. The United States has a letter prepared for Israel guaranteeing security enhancements, but will not add the Jerusalem pledge on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wish list, according to U.S. officials. Iran reportedly has halted uranium enrichment at its Natanz nuclear facility, a temporary move believed to have been caused by a computer virus. A majority of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza view the two-state solution as a precursor to one Palestinian state, a new poll found. The Hebrew College in Boston must sell its building as part of a deal to free itself of a $32.1 million debt that threatened its existence, according to the school’s president. U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen helped shut down a recent diplomatic opening between Israel and Cuba, according to Politico. The Knesset approved a bill requiring a national referendum on pullbacks from territories under Israel's control. Pro-Israel groups are asking supporters to buy Israeli goods on Nov. 30 to counter a boycott on the same day. "Ramzor," an Israeli sitcom about three longtime friends and their romantic relationships, won the International Emmy Award for best comedy. Israelis voted off the first same-sex partners on "Dancing with the Stars." An 1,800-year-old bathing pool was discovered in excavations prior to the construction of a men’s mikveh in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem. Israel honored its 3,000,001st tourist for 2010.