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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A settlers' umbrella group unilaterally ended the West Bank construction moratorium in response to the terrorist attack near Hebron.

Hundreds of settlers gathered at sites throughout the West Bank to begin construction on several structures whose building was delayed by the freeze on building in the West Bank, which began in late November 2009 and is to end Sept. 26.

Boca Raton, Fla. — Since moving here five years ago, Laura Reiss and her husband have not found a synagogue they are comfortable enough to join.

But when the High Holy Days begin Wednesday night, they and their three young daughters plan to attend a two-hour program featuring selected prayers at the Levis Jewish Community Center here — accompanied by their mothers, who have not been to synagogue services in more than 20 years. Reiss’ sister, who is intermarried, is also coming and bringing her family.

 With the 92nd Street Y’s recent decision to offer bar/bat mitzvah training at Connect, its supplemental school, could Manhattan’s JCCs and synagogues, like those in Boca Raton, Fla., be on a collision course?

Like Boca’s JCC, the Y holds High Holy Day services; in addition, it runs weekly children’s Shabbat services, called Shababa. And across town, the JCC in Manhattan runs a supplemental school, called Havurah.

Or, in a city teeming with Jews (and Jewish institutions), is competition a non-issue?

 With the Internet awash in outrageous images — from porn to boogieing IDF soldiers in the hotbed of Hebron — can a racy Jewish magazine whose stock in trade is shock value have the same impact solely online?

That’s the question this week following the announcement that Heeb Magazine — known for its covers featuring Roseanne Barr in Hitler attire, a sexualized image of Jesus and a pig trouncing a loaf of challah — has shut down its print edition.