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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

FEATURED STORY At AIPAC, effort to shift focus back to agenda: Iran, foreign aid, Capitol Hill relationships AIPAC leaders at the pro-Israel lobby's annual policy conference were keen to yank the public’s attention back to Iran after months of distraction by the Arab Spring, highlight the need to isolate the Palestinian Authority if it proceeds with its inclusion of Hamas and re-establish relationships on a Capitol Hill dramatically changed by last fall's elections.Read more » EDITORS' PICKS Blogging the AIPAC conference Republicans make hay on 1967 borders, AIPAC parley's diversity, Harry Reid on building and borders, and more updates from the AIPAC Policy Conference by Ron Kampeas at JTA's Capital J blog. Aiding Japan Jewish groups are still working to help quake- and tsunami-ravaged Japan, JTA's Sue Fishkoff reports. Did Bibi blow it? The Jewish Week's Gary Rosenblatt and The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg think that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu misplayed his response to President Obama's speech last week, but Elliott Abrams, writing for National Review, has a different take. The 1967 lines and Israeli public opinion Dahlia Scheindlin of +972 Magazine reviews some survey data from the past decade to see how Israelis have viewed the notion of a peace agreement based on the 1967 lines with land swaps. Strauss-Kahn and 'the dog that didn't bark' The Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal has elements that would seem to be fodder for traditional French anti-Semitism, but in this case anti-Jewish rhetoric has been mostly absent, Robert Zaretsky writes in the Forward. A nonagenarian rabbi's awakening A 95-year-old rabbi speaks with The Chicago Tribune about gaining new perspective on God. Manifold ways of making matzah balls MyJewishLearning.com has six different recipes on how to make matzah balls. BREAKING NEWS Israel's prime minister said he will present his vision for a secure Israeli-Palestinian peace when he addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. At least two Jewish brothers are missing in the wake of a deadly tornado that tore through Joplin, Mo. A homeless man pleaded not guilty to charges of detonating an explosive device outside a Southern California Chabad House. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad suffered a heart attack while in Texas for his son's college graduation, his spokesman told the Associated Press. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to authorize the construction of a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery for fallen Jewish chaplains. The Sabra brand of hummus will continue to be served in cafeterias on the campus of DePaul University in Chicago. A member of a dissident congregation in the Chasidic village of New Square, N.Y., suffered severe burns after confronting a suspected arsonist outside his home. The European Union expanded its sanctions against Syria and Iran. Israel's Finance Ministry has approved funding for the construction of one of the largest water desalination plants in the world. A Scottish municipality has banned from its libraries books by Israeli authors and that were printed or published in Israel.