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Monday, January 9, 2012

FEATURED STORY Santorum's social conservatism could be a tough sell for Jews Rick Santorum has a strongly pro-Israel record, but his views on abortion, gay rights and other social issues make it hard for him to garner Jewish support in his bid to gain the Republican presidential nomination. Read more » EDITORS' PICKS Olmert and the politics of corruption The indictment of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and 17 others is the latest shoe to drop in a country where political corruption is reaching epidemic proportions. JTA's Linda Gradstein reports. Fighting for a Hebrew charter (New York Times) The application for a New Jersey Hebrew-language charter school is filled with misrepresentations, The New York Times reports. But it's still in the running for a charter.

BREAKING NEWS Casino and hotel magnate Sheldon Adelson donated $5 million to a group supporting Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords led the Pledge of Allegiance at a vigil marking the one-year anniversary of an attack on the congresswoman and her constituents at a political event. The Anti-Defamation League called on Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum to avoid religious appeals to voters. Iran has begun enriching uranium, a newspaper in the Islamic Republic reported. A Knesset committee has approved a measure that would prohibit the use of Holocaust and Nazi terms and symbols. Four Palestinians attempting to enter Israel through a West Bank checkpoint with a dozen bombs were arrested. The father of pop star Katy Perry, a preacher at an Ohio church, ranted against Jews during a sermon. Police in Turin are investigating a high school teacher who threatened in a Facebook post to massacre Jews and go “target shooting” against African immigrants. Spectators at a University of Kansas men's basketball game relished the chance to buy kosher hot dogs, selling out the stand in its debut. Veteran Israeli journalist Yair Lapid has left his job as a television news anchor to enter politics. Israel's Cabinet voted to approve free education for children starting at age 3. A photo of a Nazi concentration camp was removed from an advertising campaign for a Dubai gym. A Jewish prison inmate has filed a complaint alleging that the Nevada Department of Corrections is refusing to serve him kosher meals. An evangelical pastor from Uganda who recently began preaching support for Israel is being treated in an Israeli hospital after an acid attack. An attack on Israeli credit card records is akin to a terrorist attack, Israeli leaders said after hackers published a third file of credit card details of thousands of Israelis. Six Israeli Arabs were arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a prominent Greek Orthodox Church leader in Israel. Five right-wing activists were indicted on charges of tracking the movements of Israeli troops in the West Bank.