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Israel News Needy Israeli Brides Find Wedding Day Nirvana Courtesy of Charities
Ally Betech would have never predicted that her trip to the chuppah would include a detour down a Jerusalem alleyway and into the fluorescent-lit basement of a bomb shelter. But that is where the Modern Orthodox 24-year-old discovered the wedding dress of her dreams: an embroidered ivory gown that covered her upper arms and collarbone…
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Israel News Israel Luxe Hotel Boast Rooftop Sukkahs
(JTA) — With its panoramic views of Jerusalem, cushiony sitting area and decorative elements, this could be almost any other room at the Inbal Jerusalem Hotel. Except the floor is made of AstroTurf, the walls are made of transparent cloth and roof is a bamboo mat. Welcome to one of a dozen private sukkahs built…
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Fast Forward 350 Anthropologists Sign Boycott Israel Petition
More than 350 anthropologists from around the world have endorsed a boycott of Israel and its academic institutions. The statement was posted on Oct. 1 on the website jadaliyya.com with 231 signatories and a call for others to add their names to the list. On Friday, the list had reached 360 names. “As a community…
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Fast Forward ‘War Crimes’ Push Would End Peace Process, Benjamin Netanyahu Says
A Palestinian push to try Israeli officials for war crimes at a U.N. tribunal would end any chance of reaching a peace deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu spoke to Army Radio on Friday, a day after the Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the United Nations said his government would join the International Criminal…
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Opinion Israel’s Culture of Debate Needs Serious Fixing
Getty Images In her recent New York Times op-ed, Mairav Zonszein describes incidents in which left-leaning Israelis were intimidated and even attacked by right-wing thugs. She concludes that, to quote the title of her piece, “Israel Silences Dissent.” By using this phrase, she suggests that Israel displays a state-based system of intimidation against those who…
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Food Israeli Coffee Chain Meets Ice-Cold Boycott
Cofizz created the wrong kind of buzz when it used this map of Israel in a promotion. Facebook The Israeli coffee chain Cofizz may have the “best coffee” and “best price” — at least according to its slogan. But its advertising studio just brewed something far less popular. The company recently posted a map of…
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Opinion Newest Anti-Israel Hashtag? #JSIL
(Haaretz) — It was fairly predictable. The Israeli government, after all, has been doing its best lately to send the message out that we’re all on the same side when it comes to opposing the monstrosity that is the Islamic State. But that message upsets those who don’t want the world to forget that there’s…
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The Schmooze 3 Can’t Miss ‘Humans of New York’ Photos From Israel
New York’s favorite hipster photographer, Brandon Stanton, founder of Humans of New York (or HONY, to those in the know!), just published a selection of portraits from his recent “unscheduled side trip” to Israel. The photos, posted on his Humans of New York Facebook page, are no different than his other work: they are not…
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