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Opinion This Mosaic Is Uniting Jews and Arabs Across Israel
The many issues that divide people in Israeli society tend to drag me down, so I try to focus on projects that build community to hearten and inspire me. Since December, I’ve been involved in one such endeavor that’s connecting people regardless of religion, background or age. As a liaison in Galilee Medical Center’s International…
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The Schmooze MazelTov: Jeremy Piven Becomes A Man — Again — On Trip to Israel
Jeremy Piven is a bar mitzvah boy — again. Last week, at a private ceremony overlooking the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Piven — star of “Entourage” and “Mr. Selfridge” — celebrated his second bar mitzvah, surrounded by his friends Omri Casspi and Amar’e Stoudemire. He posted a picture to his Instagram account, writing, “Today I…
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Opinion Stop Being So Arrogant, White Jews. Black Lives Matter Is Not About You.
Last week, the Movement for Black Lives released a comprehensive and provocative platform called “A Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom, and Justice.” Because of a sentence that ambiguously called for divestment from Israel, Jewish media outlets immediately declared the document A Vision for the Destruction of the Jewish State. Thankfully…
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Fast Forward Israel Denies Obama’s Assertion That It Now Supports Iran Deal
Vigorously disputing President Obama’s claim that Israeli officials now support the Iran nuclear deal, Israel’s Defense Ministry compared last year’s deal to the Munich Agreement of 1938. Responding to comments Obama made Thursday saying that Israeli defense officials now back the deal — which lifts sanctions in exchange for Iran curbing its nuclear program —…
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News Explainer: Does the Black Lives Matter Platform Single Out Israel?
A recent Black Lives Matter platform described Israel as “an apartheid state” committing “genocide,” drawing fire from Jews across the spectrum. “The US justifies and advances the global war on terror via its alliance with Israel and is complicit in the genocide taking place against the Palestinian people,” the statement reads. Does it really single…
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Opinion Don’t Like Black Lives Matter? Get Ready To Lose Young Jews Like Us.
Two days after the Movement for Black Lives — a coalition of more than 50 racial justice organizations from across the country — released its detailed, visionary policy platform, the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council released a statement to “disassociate from the Black Lives Matter platform and those BLM organizations that embrace it.” As members…
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Israel News 6,000 Year Old Israeli Barley Provides Clues to Early Farming
The discovery of 6,000 year old barley in a cave in Israel’s Judean desert has led to an important finding about the origins of human agriculture. A team of German and Israeli scientists sequenced the genome of the barley, and, comparing it to present-day barley discovered that the grain was first domesticated in what is…
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Opinion Black Lives Matter Lost Me With That Israel-Bashing Platform
Why has Black Lives Matter let itself be co-opted? Black Lives Matter put out a policy platform this week, with demands for reforms in six areas, with specific policy proposals on the state and federal levels. It’s good that the leadership is moving from slogans and rallies to tangible policy, and there are many good…
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