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Allen Iverson and the top 6 basketball players outside the NBA

Here is a list of five of the most notable basketball stars who have left the NBA in recent years to play abroad.

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Jerusalem: The Biography

Chronicling the world's holiest city
US and Israel haven't learned their history lessons. Palestinians and Abbas have.

Billions in US aid dollars to individual economies and militaries in the Middle East have not strengthened peace. The success of post-war Europe shows the key to unity is to get citizens of different nations to work together. That hasn't really happened with Israel, Jordan, and Egypt.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 10/07
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Interview with David Margolick: How a photo spawned a history of its own

Author David Margolick talks about his book "Elizabeth and Hazel" and the long history between Little Rock 9 photo subjects Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan.
YouTube death threat against Rep. Eric Cantor nets two-year prison term

Norman LeBoon, the man who admitted to posting a death threat against Rep. Eric Cantor on YouTube, received a two-year prison sentence Thursday.
Egypt's Christians pick up the pieces after deadly News Year's Eve church bombing

Priests called for calm as mourners gathered Sunday at the scene of the New Year's Eve church bombing that killed 21 and wounded 90 in Alexandria, Egypt.
How parents keep the faith: a Christmas gift of mitzvahs

More important to the Caplans than temple attendance is modeling their Jewish identity – like offering mitzvahs of music as a Christmas gift – as a way to help their children keep the faith.
Allen Iverson and the top 6 basketball players outside the NBA

Here is a list of five of the most notable basketball stars who have left the NBA in recent years to play abroad.
Yom Kippur fasting day beginning; Israel grinds to a halt

Yom Kippur: Israel all but shuts down for the duration of the fast day. There are no TV or radio broadcasts, businesses are shuttered and the streets are so devoid of cars that thousands of children take advantage of Yom Kippur to ride their bicycles down highways.
Norman Leboon charges: threats against Congress nothing new

A Philadelphia man, Norman Leboon, was charged Monday with threatening to kill Rep. Eric Cantor, a Jewish Republican. It follows a week when threats became a political issue.
Is it OK to wish Jews a Merry Christmas?

Like most Jews in America, I don’t take offense when someone wishes me a Merry Christmas.
Jerusalem's grand mufti: Israel wrong to block Al-Aqsa Mosque

In rare interview, Al-Aqsa Mosque's Sheikh Hussein speaks out against Israel's actions.
Some US Hispanics trace their Jewish past

They discover roots in the Sephardic Jews of Spain through DNA testing.
Riots fracture rare Jewish-Arab ties in mixed Israeli town

Israeli President Shimon Peres led a reconciliation effort Monday after four days of ethnic violence.
Israel's never-ending struggle for security

On May 7, Israelis began celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state. Soon, Palestinians will mark the nakba, or catastrophe. The Monitor looks, in a 2-part series, at the differing narratives of Israelis and Palestinians who lived through 1948.
At 60, Israel's never-ending struggle for security

On May 7, Israelis began celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state. Soon, Palestinians will mark the nakba, or catastrophe.