TOP STORIES RICE IN MID-EAST FOR FRESH TALKS No big announcements are expected during this visit. BBCi US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in the Middle East for the latest American attempt to advance an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Shortly after arriving in Jerusalem on Saturday evening, she had talks over dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. MORE> US MAN 'GAVE SECRETS TO ISRAEL' Mr Kadish was an engineer at the US army's Armament Research Centre A military engineer has appeared in court in the US on charges of passing classified information to Israel. Ben-Ami Kadish is alleged to have given secrets involving information about nuclear weapons, fighter jets and missiles to Israel in the 1980s. MORE> ISRAELIS WITHDRAW MOSLEY INVITE Mosley has come under an increasing pressure to resign Under-fire FIA president Max Mosley has had an official invitation to visit Israel "withdrawn immediately".  Minister of Science, Culture and Sport, Galeb Majadle, acted after learning of the recent scandal involving Mosley. MORE> ISRAEL FOCUS FOR ERDOGAN IN SYRIA Mr Erdogan says Turkey has a role to play as mediator Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, as part of efforts to secure a peace deal between Syria and Israel. Mr Erdogan said both nations had sought Turkey's help on the issue. MORE> ISRAEL 'READY TO RETURN GOLAN' Israel has passed a message to Syria that it would withdraw from the Golan Heights in return for peace, according to a Syrian government minister. The expatriates minister, Buthaina Shaaban, said the message had been passed on by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. MORE> ANNE FRANK GREETINGS CARD FOUND A greetings card signed by the Jewish diarist Anne Frank has been found in an antiques shop near Amsterdam.  The card was sent in 1937, when Frank was eight, and was addressed to one of her best friends, Sanne Ledermann. MORE>

SPECIAL REPORT COUNTING THE OMER TO SHAVUOT Shavuot, also spelled Shavuos (Hebrew: שבועות ) "[Feast of] Weeks"), is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (corresponding to late May or early June). This year it will begin on June 8 at sundown. It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer and the day the Torah was given at Mount Sinai. It is one of the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals (shalosh regalim) mandated by the Torah. MORE> COMMUNITY NEWS LOCAL SYNAGOGUES COMMEMORATE YOM HASHOAH, HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY Holocaust suvivor Anni Lampl was the keynote speaker during the commemoration WESTWOOD -- More than 100 attendees joined Adat Shalom, Congregation Mishkan Tephilo and Kehillat Maarav in observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day on last week The commemoration took place at the Adat Shalom in Westwood, where 93-year-old holocaust survivor, Anni Lampl, was the keynote speaker.  MORE> SCHWARZENEGGER ATTENDS YOM HASHOAH OBSERVANCE AT THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER Photo Credit: Duncan McIntosh, Office of Gov. Schwarzenegger LOS ANGELES -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on last week joined by Simon Wiesenthal Center officials, trustees and other guests, at the dedication of the Museum of Tolerance's newest exhibit in observance of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. A transcript of Rabbi Hier and Gov. Schwarzenegger are attached. MORE> B’NAI HAYIM TO CELEBRATE ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY By HOWARD RUBIN SHERMAN OAKS -- Some contend that the book is a metaphor for the American Dream. One could also argue its relevance in the creation 50 years ago of a small, yet unified and passionate, Conservative Jewish Congregation in Sherman Oaks, California called B'nai Hayim. MORE> AJU TO SHOWCASE THE NATURAL WORLD/DIVERSE PERSPECTIVE LOS ANGELES -- The Platt Borstein Galleries at American Jewish University announced the opening of a new exhibit, "The Natural World/Diverse Perspective," featuring the work of Caroyl LaBarge, Roxanne Norman, Dale Weiss and Bea Mego. The exhibit will be on view at 10 a.m. from Sunday May 25 through July 20, Monday through Thursdays. MORE> BERNARD MILKEN JCC SHOWCASES THE ETHIOPIAN-ISRAELI EXPERIENCE WEST HILLS – The Finegood Art Gallery at the Bernard Milken Jewish Community Campus in West Hills is featuring an exhibition, The Ethiopian-Israeli Experience: 400 Years in 4-1/2 Hours, a moving record of those who have left everything behind to make aliyah to Israel and start a new and better life. MORE> __________________

NEWSMAKERS SCHINDLER LIST SURVIVOR RECALLS SAVIOR Dr Dresner says he owes his life to Oskar Schindler, BBCi As Israel marked its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of those whose lives were saved by German businessman Oskar Schindler has spoken of his lasting gratitude.  MORE> PRINCE OPENS KRAKOW JEWISH CENTER The Prince of Wales attaches Mezuzah to doorpost. BBCi The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have opened a Jewish community centre in Krakow, Poland.  Prince Charles took part in the Jewish custom of fixing a Mezuzah - a scroll inscribed with a Hebrew prayer - to the building's entrance. MORE> ISRAELI MP JAILED FOR CORRUPTION Shlomo Benizri is to appeal against the sentence, BBCi An ultra-Orthodox member of Israel's parliament has been sentenced to 18 months in jail on corruption charges. Shlomo Benizri, a former government minister, was convicted earlier this month of a variety of offences, including accepting bribes. MORE>  LOCAL HILLSIDE MEMORIAL PARK TO HOST 2008 MOTHER’S DAY REMEMBRANCE SERVICE LOS ANGELES -- Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary will host a "Mother’s Day Remembrance Service" on Sunday, May 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  MORE> U.S. JOINS 'WHISTLEBLOWER' CASE AGAINST BEVERLY HILLS-BASED RADIOLOGY CLINIC BEVERLY HILLS -- The United States has filed a complaint in intervention in a "whistleblower" lawsuit that accuses a Beverly Hills based diagnostic clinic of defrauding the federal Medicare program by performing unnecessary radiological tests, such as CT scans and MRIs. MORE> __________________ OP / ED By ANDREA LEVIN : FIRST, REFUTE THE DEFAMATION By CHUCK MANN : KUDOS TO THE US SENATE By SHMUEL SACKETT : MANHIGUT YEHUDIT SUPPORTS RABBI KANIEVSKY ON JEWISH LABOR

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