Nachum welcomed Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, who called in live to JM in the AM this morning for the Weekly Update. Nachum and Malcolm began this week’s live Update with a look at the life and passing of Yaakov (Jacob) Birnbaum,Founder of Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry who passed away at the age of 81 this week. They covered a number of timely issues including: participating in the Celebrate Israel Parade,  the passing of Ron Pundak, the Israeli historian who helped engineer the Oslo Accords, Secretary of State Kerry’s comments about Israel and the “peace process,” Iran’s nuclear capabilities and conventional military abilities, Malcolm’s Passover message and much more.