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• Pro-Egyptian government counter-protesters in Cairo are screaming "Jew!" at foreign journalists, apparently spurred by Egyptian state TV accusations that Israeli spies are behind the protests.
• Anti-Semitic incidents in Britain fell significantly from their record high, but the number was the second most in a year since records were kept, according to an annual report.
• A Toronto-area police force will not remove a rabbi as its Jewish chaplain following complaints that he made homophobic remarks.
• The aliyah organization Nefesh B'Nefesh says it has slashed18 percent of its staff and will cut the salaries of its remaining employees.
• U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman is writing a book on the benefits of the Sabbath.

• The board of directors of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life elected New York businessman Thomas Blumberg as its next chairman.
• Israel reportedly has refused to allow the cousin of singer Barbra Streisand to make aliyah.
• Washington Redskins' owner Daniel Snyder has filed a defamation lawsuit against an alternative D.C. newspaper, claiming in part that the paper’s depiction of him was anti-Semitic.
• U.S. Rep. Barney Frank pledged to run in 2012 for his 17th term.
• A "working group on Egypt" that includes prominent conservatives and liberals urged the Obama administration to cut assistance to Egypt if violence continues.

• The Italian government has launched a national campaign to collect material related to the Holocaust and Jewish history in Italy for inclusion in two new museums.
• The Conservative movement's synagogue association released a draft strategic plan calling for a narrowing and streamlining of its functions.
• Christians United for Israel garnered more than 20,000 signatures on a letter urging U.S. Sen. Rand Paul to drop calls to end aid to Israel.
• Five readers have filed a class-action lawsuit against former President Jimmy Carter for his book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.”
• Israel must be prepared for any outcome in Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset, "by reinforcing the might of the State of Israel."

• A senior White House official told Jewish leaders that the United States does not deal with the Muslim Brotherhood but would not interfere in the Egyptian transition process.
• Vienna's Jewish community has sued a cinema chain and a film distributor over a newly released Turkish film it calls anti-Semitic.
• Adam Sandler was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• World ORT and ORT Israel both can use the ORT name for fundraising purposes, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled.
• Hitler's Eastern front military headquarters in central Ukraine will be turned into a museum.

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