Releasing Pollard and more news....

Here is a quick rundown of happenings in the Jewish world:

Yale researchers may have discovered a more effective and less costly treatment for Gaucher disease — a rare disorder most common in the Ashkenazi Jewish populace.

Members of the Israeli Knesset parliament are requesting that President Obama release Jonathan Pollard.

The Debate in Israel over the Kollel Stipend continues.

Jews in the UK are dealing with a kosher meat shortage.

Esquire features a story:  A Terrorist Almost Bombed My Synagogue.

NYC Jewish museum is featuring "Houdini: Art and Magic," which opens Friday at The Jewish Museum, tells the story of an impoverished son of Jewish immigrants who harnessed the power of the mass media, and the emerging technologies of film and photography, to become one of the 20th century's most famous performers.

Looking for Kosher products? There is an app for that! CRC releases Kosher 1.0.