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Opinion Scarlett Johansson: ‘No Guilt’ About SodaStream
Scarlett Johansson poses for photographers on November 10, 2013, in Rome. / Getty Images Scarlett Johansson signed on this week as the new “global ambassador” for the West Bank-based Israeli company SodaStream and will be featured in the company’s 2014 Super Bowl advertisement. For SodaStream, this deal makes sense: Johansson is remarkably sexy, eco-friendly, loves…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Blasted as ‘Messianic’ by Israeli Defense Minister
Israel’s defence minister called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace messianic, a newspaper said on Tuesday, reporting what it described as remarks made behind closed doors. Moshe Yaalon’s spokesman declined comment on the account in Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel’s biggest-selling newspaper. “Secretary of State John Kerry – who has come to us…
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Israel News MLA: No Boycott, But Censure of Israel for Alleged Curbs on U.S. Scholars
The Modern Language Association’s annual conference here this past weekend was chock full with panels of Jewish interest, including discussions of Philip Roth, Yiddish, Sholem Aleichem, Jonathan Safran Foer, Sephardic film, Jewish monsters, Zionism and Holocaust literature. But the only events of Jewish interest that most people seemed to care about were four sessions that…
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Opinion What If Ariel Sharon Had Died 8 Years Ago?
If today has proven one thing, it is that time can be a healer here in Israel. Imagine that Ariel Sharon had died the day after his stroke in 2006, instead of clinging on to life, unable to communicate. On the personal level, it would have probably been far easier for his family. But on…
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Fast Forward Vice President Biden Holds Talks With Netanyahu After Sharon Funeral
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres following the funeral for Ariel Sharon. Biden and Netanyahu held a private dinner Monday evening following a meeting that included U.S. and Israeli officials. The leaders did not speak to reporters before the meeting and no statement was issued…
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Opinion Israel’s Got No Business Banning Nazi Symbols
A swastika symbol painted on the wall of a synagogue in Petah Tikva, Israel. / Getty Images Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation voted for a bill yesterday that, if it passes three readings in the Knesset, would impose penalties on those who use the term “Nazi” as a comparison, employ Nazi symbols, or call in…
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Fast Forward Israeli Government to Invest $1 Billion to Strengthen Diaspora Jewish Identity
The Israeli government plans to invest more than $1 billion over the next 20 years to strengthen the Jewish identity of Diaspora Jews. The Jerusalem Post reported Monday that the initiative, to be developed and implemented jointly with overseas Jewish communities, was first announced in November, but government officials did not share dollar amounts or…
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Fast Forward Dutch Soccer Team Call Decision To Leave Behind Israeli Player ‘Unfortunate’
A Dutch soccer team said it was an “understandable but unfortunate” decision to leave behind its Israeli player to attend a training week in Abu Dhabi. In a statement posted over the weekend on its website, the Arnhem-based club Vitesse also said it “offers its regrets to people who were offended in any manner or…
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