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Daily Briefing Tuesday, March 1, 2011 FEATURED STORY For J Streeters, pro-Palestinian is pro-Israel The crowd of 2,400 people who showed up for the second annual conference of J Street, the "pro-Israel, pro-peace" organization, made clear that their main beef is with Israel and the traditional pro-Israel camp, not the Palestinians. Read more » EDITORS' PICKS Internet's ubiquity and the Orthodox The Orthodox are grappling with how to cope with a technology that is becoming increasingly necessary for carrying out an ever expanding universe of daily tasks but offers limitless possibilities for religiously inappropriate behavior, JTA's Ben Harris writes. FSU Jewish women making women's case A Jewish women's group from the former Soviet Union is representing all women in their region at meetings in New York and Washington, JTA's Sue Fishkoff reports. Oscar can't stop deportation Some of the stars of the Oscar-winning documentary "Strangers No More," which features a Tel Aviv school that caters to the children of illegal foreign workers, are facing deportation, The New York Times reports. Ex-Chasid has the chops for cooking pork "Worst Cooks in America" champ Joshie Berger, who grew up in a Chasidic family in Borough Park, Brooklyn, earned his title cooking pork chops and tells NYBlueprint that his parents accept his life choices. Life between fights Since former boxing champ and rabbinical student Yuri Foreman lost his title at Yankee Stadium last June, he has had knee surgery, his wife gave birth to their son and his manager died, The New York Times reports. The first Jewish 'Idol'? Long Island's Robbie Rosen has a real chance to become the 10th "American Idol," according to the experts -- and the first Jewish "Idol," too, the New York Post reports. The Eulogizer: Len Lesser and Arnost Lustig JTA's Appreciation column remembers Len Lesser, "Uncle Leo" of "Seinfeld," and Czech author Arnost Lustig. JEWISH IDEAS DAILY Sponsored Content J Street's Last Hurrah? No amount of wordplay may suffice any longer to make the case that pushing the Jewish state back to indefensible borders is the "pro-Israel" thing to do.

BREAKING NEWS

Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, blamed Israel for planning and funding protests in several Arab states.

Competing anti-Israel and pro-Israel weeks are getting under way on more than two dozen North American college campuses.

Two more Israeli bodies were identified in New Zealand, and at least two others remain missing since last week's devastating earthquake.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said international pressure over West Bank construction is growing and criticized settlers seeking new construction tenders.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center called on the Japanese rock group Kishidan to apologize for wearing SS-like uniforms during an MTV Japan interview.

Hundreds of representatives of Israeli nonprofits met to discuss how to improve their organizations and the entire sector.

North American college graduates will teach English in a new program targeted at underprivileged communities in Israel.

Iran is protesting the logo for the 2012 Olympic Games, saying it spells the word "Zion."

Abby Leibman, who has served in a leadership capacity at several nonprofit organizations, has been named president and CEO of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger.