By Michelle Albert Four car bombs exploded in front of Shiite mosques in Baghdad this morning, killing 39 people and wounding 54. The Rabbinical Council of America is meeting this Sunday to discuss the possibility of female leadership in Orthodox synagogues. This comes a few months after a woman was almost ordained as a rabbi by one of the RCA's members. The XX Factor reviews Sarah Silverman's new book, The Bedwetter. England's Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, answers questions about dealing with anti-Semitism on university campuses, Israeli use of British passports in Dubai and how he feels about being the first British Prime Minister to address the Knesset. Berlin's Free University has launched an Internet database documenting more than 20,000 works of art deemed "degenerate" by the Nazis and removed from German museums in 1937. In honor of Israel's 62nd birthday, the...

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