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Community You Don’t Have To Be An Anti-Zionist To Listen To Palestinian Voices — And Acknowledge Israel’s Imperfections.
On November 27, the Forward published an opinion piece by Palestinian activist and journalist Mariam Barghouti, who asserted that one cannot be both a feminist and a Zionist. Despite the fact that the Forward’s opinion section published, on the same day, an essay promoting the point of view of “Zioness,” a feminist Zionist organization, The…
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Community Zionists Have Never Been Fond Of American Jews
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipy Hotovely’s deplorable dismissal of America’s Jews is sadly not new. Israeli society on the whole, and political and cultural players in particular, have related to American Jews with critique and indifference for decades. As a matter of fact, this disconnect can be traced to the early Zionists who began to form…
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Community When Criticism Of Israel Becomes Anti-Semitism
At the Anti-Defamation League, we have spent more than 100 years fighting anti-Semitism, often referred to as the world’s oldest hatred. And we have labored to distinguish between a more modern phenomenon –- when criticism of Israel can be considered legitimate political conversation and when it crosses the line into insidious anti-Semitism. We feel obligated…
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The Schmooze Gal Gadot Branded ‘Mossad Agent’ By Arab Paper — Would She Really Have Time To Spy?
Gal Gadot really is a Wonder Woman — a former Miss Israel winner who served in the IDF, a movie star who films blockbusters while pregnant, a feminist icon who has taken stances against accused sexual predators and high heels — is there anything she can’t do? According to the Times of Israel, Lebanese paper…
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Fast Forward 3 Israeli Universities Ranked In World’s Top 100 Most Innovative
(JTA) — Three Israeli universities were ranked in the top 100 of the most innovative universities in the world in the Reuters’ annual list. Hebrew University came in at 82, climbing 12 spots from last year. Tel Aviv University was ranked at 88 and The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology was 89. The Reuters…
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Fast Forward Iranian Wrestler Throws Match To Avoid Facing Israeli
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Iranian wrestler acknowledged that he threw a bout at an international championship where he was favored for a gold medal rather than face an Israel challenger in the next round. Alireza Karimi-Mashiani, 23, told the Iranian Students’ News Agency that when his coaches told him he would have to throw his…
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Opinion About That Neo-Nazi Profile: Here’s What The NYT Should Have Done
Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! Richard Fausset’s weekend story in The New York Times about a neo-Nazi’s “normal” life in the Ohio heartland drew a barrage of complaints for soft-pedaling his odious beliefs. The Forward writes about neo-Nazis,…
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Fast Forward Uber Service In Israel Stopped By Court Injunction
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Uber has been ordered by a Tel Aviv judge to stop running its car-sharing service in Israel. The service must be halted by Wednesday morning according to the Monday morning ruling. The judge said in his injunction that the UberDay and UberNight ride-sharing service could not continue because the drivers, who are…
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