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Opinion Hacking SodaStream Debate
In addition to the Scarlett Johansson Super Bowl ad, part of the reason that SodaStream has gotten so much attention — as opposed to many other products on the boycott Israel list — is because it presents an ethical conundrum for its lefty customers. SodaStream has become a symbol for health and environmentalism, but also…
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Fast Forward New York Assembly Tweaking Bill on Israel Boycott
The New York Assembly is modifying a bill that would bar state funds from being used for groups that boycott Israeli universities. A spokesman for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who sponsored the bill, told The Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog on Wednesday that the bill was being altered to make clear that it did not…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Battle Police Over Planned Cuts
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel blocked highways and clashed with police on Thursday in protest at a government decision to cut funds to seminary students who avoid military service. Police arrested about three dozen demonstrators at a number of hot spots, including eight who threw stones at officers, and used water cannon to disperse…
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Fast Forward Israeli Lawmaker David Rotem Sorry for ‘Reform Not Jewish’ Remark
Israeli lawmaker David Rotem apologized for comments attributed to him that said members of the Reform movement are not Jewish, saying his words were “misinterpreted.” “Comments attributed to me regarding the Reform Movement have been misinterpreted by elements within the media. I have never said belonging to the Reform Movement makes anyone less Jewish,” Rotem…
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Fast Forward Shimon Peres Gives ‘Largest’ Online Civics Class
Israel’s President Shimon Peres delivered an on-line civics class to more than 9,000 Israeli high school students in 215 classrooms across Israel, setting a new world record. The Presidential Class, held Thursday morning at Cisco Israel headquarters in Netanya, was billed as the largest on-line civics class in the world. Cisco officials decided to make…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Plays Down Mideast War of Words
Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday brushed off Israeli criticism of his Middle East peace efforts, saying he has been “attacked” with bullets in the past and would not be intimidated by words. On Sunday, Israeli’s minister for strategic affairs accused Kerry of holding a gun to Israel’s head by speaking of “an increasing…
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Fast Forward Firestorm Over Israeli Lawmaker’s Claim That Reform Movement is ‘Not Jewish’
Israeli lawmaker David Rotem, who heads an influential Knesset committee, said the Reform movement “is not Jewish.” Rotem, chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, and a member of the ruling government coalition from the Yisrael Beiteinu party, reportedly said during a committee meeting on Tuesday, “The Reform movement is not Jewish ……
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News Project Zug Promotes Jewish Textual Study Using Internet Video Technology
A few months into his rabbinical studies in Jerusalem in 2012, it struck Benjamin Ross how little Israelis seemed to know about American Jews like him. At the same time, the second-year Hebrew Union College student was mulling over the fraught, distanced relationships American Jews have with Israelis. “Many Americans have no concept of life…
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