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Community Chronicles of #TheGirlWithTheCancer: Bringing ‘The C Word’ Into The Bedroom
Stav Meishar, 28 years old, was born and raised in Israel. She is based in New York City where she founded the award-winning organization for creative Jewish education, Dreamcoat Experience. When she’s not shaping the futures of young Jewish minds, she is a stage artist specializing in Circus Arts. Stav’s biggest project at the moment…
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Fast Forward Australian Piercing Store Refuses To Serve Israelis
SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) — A retailer in the Australian North Queensland city of Cairns displayed a sign in its window saying that it does not serve Israelis. Israeli tourist Mohr Wenger posted a photo of the sign in the window reading “No Israelis served here” on Facebook. Wenger wrote in her post that she and a…
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Fast Forward Australia Names New Ambassador To Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Career diplomat Chris Cannan was named the new Australian ambassador to Israel. The Australian Foreign Ministry announced the appointment Wednesday. Cannan will in the coming months replace Dave Sharma, who is considered one of the most pro-Israel foreign ambassadors in Jerusalem. Sharma, who will officially complete his nearly four-year tenure in mid-June, asked on…
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Community Chronicles of #TheGirlWithTheCancer: Checking My Cancer Privilege
Stav Meishar, 28 years old, was born and raised in Israel. She is based in New York City where she founded the award-winning organization for creative Jewish education, Dreamcoat Experience. When she’s not shaping the futures of young Jewish minds, she is a stage artist specializing in Circus Arts. Stav’s biggest project at the moment…
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Community Are These Two Jewish Dudes The Aussie Voice Of The Alt-Right?
A version of this piece originally appeared in Plus61J. Nothing Left on Melbourne’s Jewish community radio station J-AIR has a niche firmly in the right. The show’s hosts, Alan Freedman and Michael Burd, say they are there to fill a gap created by what they see as the left-wing media and the political left. Are…
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Community Chronicles of #TheGirlWithTheCancer: Should I Be Thankful For My Cancer?
Stav Meishar, 28 years old, was born and raised in Israel. She is based in New York City where she founded the award-winning organization for creative Jewish education, Dreamcoat Experience. When she’s not shaping the futures of young Jewish minds, she is a stage artist specializing in Circus Arts. Stav’s biggest project at the moment…
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Community Chronicles of #TheGirlWithTheCancer: Stages of Grief
Stav Meishar, 28 years old, was born and raised in Israel. She is based in New York City where she founded the award-winning organization for creative Jewish education, Dreamcoat Experience. When she’s not shaping the futures of young Jewish minds, she is a stage artist specializing in Circus Arts. Stav’s biggest project at the moment…
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Community The Secret Jewish History of Boxing
A version of this piece originally appeared in Plus61J. Boxing and I have a love-hate relationship. A keen tournament competitor as a kid, I was besotted with the fighters and wallowed in their stats, especially those of the Jewish boys. Later I shrank from the corruption, the sleaze and brutality of most of it. But…
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