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• Orthodox Union has found solution to Orthodoxy’s problems: Houston
• Bishop Eddie Long apologizes for Torah scroll ceremony
• A deaf Indonesian 12-year-old is not your typical bat mitzvah
• Op-Ed: Colleges playing catch-up on Israel
• Komen backs down on defunding Planned Parenthood
• Shmuley Boteach declares intent to run for Congress
• Obama extends sanctions to Central Bank of Iran
• After string of foiled plots, concerns mount over Iranian-backed terror

• Israel’s Lieberman meets Clinton in Washington
• Rabbi Elyashiv, leading halachic authority, in grave condition
• Messianic groups condemn Torah ceremony
• Is Hamas trying to change its stripes?
• Ahead of March meetings, Israel and the U.S. close ranks on Iran
• Hadassah probing top officials on allegations of misusing funds
• Komen official resigns following Planned Parenthood furor
• Sandler and Samberg on Fallon, Joan Rivers’ plastic surgery ‘700 club,’ Oprah’s Chasidim show