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FEATURED STORY Abbas: Palestinians, despite unity pact, will still talk peace The Palestinians will continue to handle any peace negotiations with Israel despite the Fatah-Hamas unity agreement, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said.Read more » EDITORS' PICKS Israel's salvo in restitution turf war The Israeli government has launched Project Heart, an organization that is amassing hundreds of thousands of new claims for survivors and their heirs, JTA Managing Editor Uriel Heilman reports. Mazal tov to the royal couple As Anglophiles around the world prepare for the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton, British residents of the Israeli town of Modi'in will hold a Shabbat sheva brachot in the couple's honor, The Jerusalem Post reports. William and Kate's royally Jewish wedding Los Angeles Jewish Journal blogger Lauren Botner offers seven reasons why Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding is pretty "Jewish-ish." Traditional text, today's lingo JTA's Sue Fishkoff writes about a 35-year-old social media entrepreneur in Buenos Aires who in an online project is trying to put together a crowd-sourced Jewish prayerbook. Will Israel's electric cars change the world? Ordinary Israelis could be driving electric cars and pulling into switch stations and charging posts as early as November, Time magazine reports. But will they? Making a Jewish grilled cheese Los Angeles public television station KCET answers the burning post-Passover question: What would a Jewish grilled cheese look like anyway? Comings & Goings Two progressive Jewish groups are merging. Ivy Barsky is moving to Philly from the Big Apple. OneVoice has created and filled a CEO position. Nancy Abramson will be singing for her supper farther uptown. The Eulogizer: Igor Birman and Milton Glick JTA's Appreciation column remembers Russian emigre economist Igor Birman and Milton Glick, the president of the University of Nevada, Reno. JEWISH IDEAS DAILY Sponsored Content Loving the Jews BREAKING NEWS A second woman will be ordained under the title "rabba." An apparent arson attack destroyed a renovated kosher supermarket in New York City that was set to reopen. Reacting to news that rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas had agreed to a reconciliation deal, the Obama government said any Palestinian unity government must accept Israel's right to exist and renounce terrorism -- conditions that Hamas does not meet. Three students reportedly have admitted to anti-Semitic and racist vandalism at their Southern California high school. Dozens of young Jewish settlers attempted to make an unauthorized visit to Joseph's Tomb, leading to the arrest of 13. The American Jewish Committee said a government decision to classify campus anti-Semitism as prohibited discrimination is being abused by those seeking to silence criticism of Israel. Israel ranked seventh worldwide in the happiness level of its residents, according to a survey conducted by the Gallup Institute. Kirk Douglas will be honored at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival this summer. A non-Jewish man who took possession of the chametz given to him by a haredi Orthodox community just before the start of Passover returned the goods shortly after the end of the holiday. Doubts have surfaced about the veracity of a book in which the author said he smuggled himself into Auschwitz to witness the atrocities. Among the non-Jewish actors with whom Israel treats, a significant number are real lovers of Jews as well as of the Jewish state. Read more »