Jewish leaders are gathering in Washington to meet with Congress ahead of a rumored summit between President Obama and Israeli PM Netanyahu. Wonder if Bibi will make it to the White House Jewish American Heritage party on Thursday? Rahm Emanuel won’t be there, he’ll be in Israel to celebrate his son’s bar mitzvah and to kibitz with Israeli leaders.

The WaPo asks what’s become of Dems much ballyhooed faith outreach.

A NYC community board backed plans to build a Muslim cultural center near the WTC. The Times Square attempted bombing suspect is eating halal in prison, and the Red Cross is getting slammed for giving first aid lessons to Taliban fighters.

Italian bishops say 100 sex abuse accusations have been made against Catholic clergy during the last ten years, and everyone seems to think that’s a serious understatement. A small Catholic sect in Cyprus is really excited about Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming visit; some Orthodox Christian bishops are less enthused. Orthodox Christians in the former Soviet states are glastnosting.

A Swedish University invited back a cartoonist who drew Prophet Muhammad as a dog after his previous talk was interrupted by Muslim protesters. North Dakota won’t let an atheist get “ISNOGOD” on his license plate. Church-state separationists are asking states not to send criminals to a planned all-Christian prison in Oklahoma.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America welcomed two gay pastors to its official roster of ordained clergy. Elton John will rock the kasbah in Morocco, despite protests that the Rocket Man should be banned because he’s gay. Hindus in India don’t like plans to build a Buddha park. A bus poster that proclaims “There definitely is a God,” drew more complaints than any other ad in England last year.