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Food When Anthony Bourdain Journeyed To Israel
Anthony Bourdain, whose mother was a secular Jew, died of an apparent suicide on June 8, 2018. Here’s how the Forward covered an episode of his food show in the Holy Land. I have a confession — a somewhat unacceptable one for a food editor — I do not enjoy food television. Thank you very…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Rudy Giuliani Gets Down In Israel
Rudy Giuliani is mixing business with pleasure on his tip to Israel. Guiliani, the former New York mayor and one of President Trump’s personal lawyers, was in Israel this week for a business conference, but on Wednesday, he found some time to let loose. At a restaurant in Mahane Yehuda, an open-air marketplace in the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Children’s TV Star Questioned In Connection To Cocaine Ring
Beloved Israeli children’s television star Yuval Shem Tov, also known as “Yuval Hamebulbal” (Yuval the Befuddled), confessed to purchasing cocaine from a drug ring, the Times of Israel reported Wednesday. Three people were arrested two weeks ago at an apartment in Tel Aviv as part of a police sting in connection to widespread distribution of…
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The Schmooze Sit Down, Shut Up, And Watch Rudy Giuliani Partying In Jerusalem
I don’t care if you think Rudy Giuliani is the last sane man in America or a baldheaded minion of Satan: there is something for everyone to enjoy in this clip of the former Mayor of New York City partying at a Jerusalem restaurant. In a clip posted to Twitter by Yael Friedson, a writer…
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Community Don’t Teach Students To Fight For Israel — Show Them How To Fall In Love With It
For decades, pro-Israel organizations have been teaching students how to argue on behalf of Israel; they equip students with talking points, facts and figures, data sheets and detailed pamphlets on the conflict, on the innovations of Israel and on the obstacles to peace in the region. In short, they’ve been teaching students how to litigate…
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Fast Forward Argentina Cancelled Pre-World Cup Match With Israel Over Palestinian Pressure
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — Argentina’s national soccer team canceled this week’s friendly match with Israel after pressure from the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. After two months of pressure against the match with Israel, the Argentinian team’s players late on Tuesday announced the cancellation of the match scheduled to be held on Saturday night…
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Opinion Three Myths About Gaza Dispelled
The front-page photos and nightly news reports of the killings at the Gaza/Israel border have faded; the issues that fueled the confrontation have not. That the lives of 119 Gazans have been lost and thousands more unalterably changed is horrific. It will be just as tragic if the history of Gaza and the truth is…
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Opinion The Loneliness Of The Liberal Zionist
To be a “liberal Zionist” in the United States is to lead a lonely existence. It often means having few friends, aside from other liberal Zionists. It means you support the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their historic homeland while simultaneously supporting progressive causes in your American homeland. It means wanting to…
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