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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

FEATURED STORY Attacks by radical settlers on Israeli army spark debate Attacks by radical West Bank settlers on the Israeli army have sparked intense debate over how best to combat lawlessness in the West Bank.Read more » EDITORS' PICKS When Reform Jews have conservative politics The Reform movement is closely identified with signature Democratic positions, but some Reform Jews do not share their movement's politics. JTA's Uriel Heilman reports on the minority of political conservatives within the liberal religious stream. In tough times, relying on the Jewish community Jewish social service agencies across the country are gearing up to help the growing number of needy American families, Penny Schwartz reports for JTA. BREAKING NEWS Cornell University will collaborate with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology for a new science campus in New York City after winning a competition. Israeli leaders and the visiting president of South Sudan reportedly discussed the possibility of repatriating Sudanese infiltrators to the new country. A radical Islamist party in Egypt said it will respect the country's peace treaty with Israel. The interim president of Tunisia called for its Jews to return, although it was not clear if he was reflecting the Islamist-led coalition. A British lawmaker was fired from his job working for a senior Conservative Party minister after attending a Nazi-themed party. Some 76 new immigrants from North America arrived in Israel on the eve of Chanukah. Apple reportedly has purchased its first Israel-based company, Anobit Ltd., a flash storage solutions provider, for an estimated $500 million. Maynard Wishner, a past national president of the American Jewish Committee who also headed other Jewish groups, has died.