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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Donate Now | Share This Email

FEATURED STORY Shabbat conflict sends Beren Academy basketball squad to the sidelines After the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools refused to change its schedule, the Robert M. Beren Academy's boys high school basketball team, which is 24-5 this year, will have to sit out the state semifinals because the games are scheduled for Shabbat. Read more » EDITORS' PICKS Through the eyes of J Street What happens when a group of U.S. congresswomen visit Israel with J Street? Linda Gradstein reports for JTA. Vice in Gaza (Vice) Vice magazine brings its gonzo-style video journalism to one of the most desperate places on the planet. What to do about Apartheid Week (Tablet) It's Israel Apartheid Week on U.S. campuses. What should the pro-Israel community do about it? Tablet magazine polls some students and activists for answers. A peace activist in Doha (Forward) After the first day of the Arab League's conference on Jerusalem, a pro-Israel attendee finds that few speakers can bring themselves to acknowledge the legitimacy of Jewish claims in the city. How Norman Finkelstein became a pro-Israel darling (N.Y. Jewish Week) Norman Finkelstein, the controversial professor and bane of the pro-Israel community, has won accolades for his recent comments on BDS. BREAKING NEWS Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is in Washington to meet with his U.S. counterpart, Leon Panetta, and other key U.S. security officials. The Anti-Defamation League again reprimanded Rick Santorum for his advocacy of a church role in governing. Israeli officials will not warn the United States if they decide to attack Iran's nuclear infrastructure, according to a report citing an unnamed U.S. intelligence official. A lawsuit seeking to overturn a Washington State food co-op's boycott of Israeli goods was dismissed in state Superior Court. The Jewish Agency will provide emergency aid to the Jewish community of Greece facing a serious financial crisis. Israel will increase the number of immigrants from Ethiopia for the next several months after bringing in many fewer than it had promised. Veteran Nazi hunter Beate Klarsfeld has jumped into the German political fray as an alternative candidate for president. Israeli soldiers shot and killed a man attempting to infiltrate into Israel from Egypt.