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Thursday, March 8, 2012 Donate Now | Share This Email

FEATURED STORY With a Broadway show and new CDs, Shlomo Carlebach's tunes resound worldwide The growing ranks of Carlebach minyanim are a part of a surge of recent interest in the late singer-spiritualist Shlomo Carlebach, including a new book, Broadway show and CDs by daughter Neshama Carlebach. Read more » EDITORS' PICKS There's still time There's still a few hours left to Purim, enough time to find some shalach manot bargains. JTA's Edmon Rodman highlights some affordable options. Sold! To the woman in sequins (Huffington Post) Canadian pop diva Celine Dion was part of a consortium that bought a landmark Jewish deli in Montreal. Caught in the anti-Sharia wave (Forward) A Florida bill meant to restrict the application of Islamic law may wind up limiting the ability of Jewish religious courts to arbitrate divorces. Nuclear duck, the remix (YouTube) A nuclear-armed Iran isn't supposed to be a laughing matter -- or is it? Happy Purim! Who sidelined the Palestinians? (Commentary) With a wave of regime collapses over the past year, and a looming nuclear showdown in Iran, the Palestinian issue has been largely relegated to the sidelines -- but whose fault is that? Jonathan Tobin argues that Palestinians have no one to blame but themselves. BREAKING NEWS U.N. nuclear experts accused Iran of attempting to conceal nuclear weapons work. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, welcomed President Obama's emphasis on diplomacy to resolve tensions over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Woody Allen will play a pimp who irks his Chasidic neighbors in a movie directed by John Turturro. An Israeli flag belonging to a Jewish student group was defaced with the word “terrorists” at the University of California, Riverside. An Israeli newspaper reported that President Obama promised Israel bunker buster bombs and other weaponry that could help it strike Iran on the condition that it not act this year. Alan Gross' family is appealing to Pope Benedict XVI to plea for Alan Gross' release when he visits Cuba. The U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs unanimously approved legislation to allow Holocaust survivors to pursue civil action against insurance companies. The Israeli Embassy in Argentina is launching a public campaign about survivors of the 1992 attack there. Former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy said Mitt Romney's gibes at President Obama's Iran policy were irresponsible. The Argentinean and Israeli governments have issued a call for research and development projects.