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FEATURED STORY Concern in Israel over growing backlash against African migrants, Arabs The rising chorus of anti-foreigner sentiment, coupled with recent calls against renting or selling homes to Israeli Arabs, have prompted a national debate in Israel about the depth of racism and xenophobia in the country.Read more » EDITORS' PICKS The Texas Christians of Texas Christian University: Jewish students When the football team at Texas Christian University takes the field for the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Saturday, some of the hometown team's loudest fans will be Jews from the school. JTA's Edmon Rodman reports. Kissinger apology for gas chambers remarks not enough Why not just move on after Henry Kissinger's quasi-apology for his gas chambers remark? Because he never told President Nixon that he found Nixon's bigotry against African-Americans, Irish, Italians and Jews offensive, Menachem Rosensaft writes on JTA. Final gavel falls After nearly 30 years in politics, U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold is going home a private citizen; the Wisconsin State Journal profiles the Jewish senator's career. Lebanon free press A five-year-old venture in Lebanon breaks the Arab media mold with a newspaper that's pro-gay rights, feminist -- and a strong supporter of Hezbollah. The New York Times reports. Generation F Many American Jews, especially in their 20s and 30s, wear different Jewish hats until they find one -- or, as is often the case, several -- that feel comfortable, the New York Jewish Week reports. JEWISH IDEAS DAILY Sponsored Content In the Portable Homeland Advanced Jewish scholarship flourishes as never before. How much of it is of interest beyond academic circles, or relevant to Jewish daily life? Read more » PR NEWS TICKER Conspiracy Theory Links Israel to WikiLeaks Share your news with JTA's readers and media partners. Click for details.

BREAKING NEWS A natural gas field discovered in Israel's territorial waters contains an estimated 16 trillion cubic feet of the natural resource. More than two dozen Israeli rabbis' wives have signed a letter urging Jewish women not to date or work with Arab men. More than 19,000 new immigrants arrived in Israel in 2010, a 16 percent rise over last year. WikiLeaks' release of thousands of classified diplomatic cables has caused a backlash of anti-Israel conspiracy theories, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Twenty Israeli companies that are helping to build a new Palestinian city in the West Bank have agreed to boycott goods and services from Israeli settlements. Israel's military this week fired on a group of Palestinians that it said was preparing to plant explosives on the Israel-Gaza border.