Lilach Baumer
By Lilach Baumer
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The Schmooze WATCH: African Singer Goes Viral By Poking Fun At Israeli Life
Over the past two months, a commercial for Israeli satellite television provider Yes has gone viral in Israel, topping the country’s radio playlists and turning its star, 20-year-old Stephane Legar, from an Instagram and Youtube sensation into a household name. Legar, a soldier in the Israeli military, was born in Israel to parents from Togo…
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Life As LGBT Protest Sweeps Israel, Business Sector Rallies in Support
On Wednesday, Israeli parliament approved a new surrogacy law that fails to extend the right of couples to use surrogate mothers to the country’s gay population. In response, members of the Israeli LGBT community and their supporters protested in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Wednesday evening. Now the community is escalating its demonstrations with a…
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