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Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Donate Now | Share This Email

FEATURED STORY With fond memories of native land, Iranian Israelis worried by talk of war Iranian Israelis have a more nuanced -- and cautious -- view of a possible war with Iran than do many other Israelis. Read more » EDITORS' PICKS An Evangelical couple's Shabbat for 'lone' Israeli soldiers An American Christian couple living in Jerusalem provides home hospitality to Israeli soldiers because they believe God has called them to help the Jewish people. Meredith Mandell has the story and a video for JTA. Hip-hop bar mitzvahs -- Drake vs. Bobb'e J Drake's new bar mitzvah-themed video isn't the first time a rapper has been inspired by the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony. Six Degrees (No Bacon) wants to know which video you prefer. Inside the Istanbul talks (AL Monitor) The Istanbul talks with Iran over its nuclear program had their ups and downs, according to insiders. Poet laureate: 'I'm a typical example of a certain kind of American Jew' (Tablet) The U.S. poet laureate, Philip Levine, says he's "liberal, radically left, independent, big-mouthed, angry, proud." Yiddish for the Japanese (NPR) A Japanese linguist who retired last month had spent two decades creating the first Japanese-Yiddish dictionary. The yen for German passports (NBC News) German passports are increasingly popular among Jews who fled Nazi Germany and their descendants -- even Dr. Ruth has one now. The lost Temple Emanuel (Daytonian in Manhattan) New York's grand Temple Emanuel had an earlier building in Midtown Manhattan that was equally imposing but no longer exists. Who wrote this modern text? From "The Sabbath" to "Everything Is Illuminated," do you know which authors wrote these modern texts? MyJewishLearning has a quiz. JEWISH IDEAS DAILY Sponsored Content Getting Hitler Among the American journalists and diplomats living in Germany during Hitler's rise to power, some were clueless, some became Nazi apologists, and only a handful produced insightful reporting. Read more »

BREAKING NEWS

Israel did not promise the United States that it would abstain from attacking Iran while negotiations are going on, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.

At least 1,200 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have launched an open-ended hunger strike.

President Obama will commemorate the Holocaust at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

American author Dave Eggers said he will not travel to Germany to accept a literary prize from the Gunter Grass Foundation.

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, a major giver to the Newt Gingrich presidential bid, has donated $5 million to a Super PAC supporting Republican candidates.

An Arab-Israeli member of Israel's Knesset appears to have contravened an Israeli law by calling on Canadians to boycott Israel.

More than half of the nongovernmental organizations monitoring hate crimes in the European Union have no working definition for what constitutes a hate crime, according to a new survey.

Google's Street View in Israel will go online next week.

An exploration well in Israel is scheduled to produce natural gas in July, just as the country's sole reservoir is about to be drained.

Two activists who arrived in Israel as part of the pro-Palestinian "fly-in" protest drew a large swastika on the wall of their holding cell.

Denmark has asked Israel for an "explanation" and more details about an incident in which a senior Israeli military officer hit a Danish pro-Palestinian activist in the face with the butt of his rifle.