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The "professor's gate" at George Washington University. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

GW becomes first American university to offer master’s program in Israel education

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George Washington University’s ​​Graduate School of Education and Human Development is now offering a master’s degree program in Israel education. The private university in Washington, D.C., is the first major educational institution in the United...
Unilever company. Credit: Unilever.com.

Maryland joins list of states reviewing contracts with Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever

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Maryland is joining a list of states examining its relationship with the ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry’s, as well as its parent company, Unilever, after the company announced last month that it will no longer sell...
Florida license plate; one will soon feature a boost to Israel, December 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Florida set to ban Unilever from state contracts if Ben & Jerry’s boycott stands

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The state of Florida notified Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream, on Tuesday that it has 90 days to cease its “boycott of Israel” or face a ban on contracts and...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on the conflict between Israel and Palestinians, May 13, 2021. Source: Screenshot/C-SPAN.

RJC: It won’t delete tweet critical of JDCA not confronting anti-Semitism, despite legal threats

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The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) publicly stated on Monday that it will not comply with a threat from the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) of legal action if a tweet it posted last month criticizing...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in a video teleconference with the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 22, 2021. Credit: State Department. Photo by Ron Przysucha/Public Domain.

US says Iran nuclear talks cannot continue ‘indefinitely’

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that negotiations with Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal could not continue “indefinitely.” “We are committed to diplomacy, but this process cannot go on indefinitely,”...
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). Credit: Flickr.

Republican senators introduce bill to ban anti-Semitic country-of-origin labels

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A group of Senate Republicans led by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced a bill on Thursday that would prevent the Biden administration’s State Department or U.S. Customs and Border Protection to rescind late 2020...
Deborah Lipstadt. Credit: Courtesy.

Biden nominates Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt as next anti-Semitism envoy

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After months of pressure from Jewish communal organizations to appoint someone to the position, the Biden administration on Friday nominated Deborah Lipstadt to serve as the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism. Lipstadt,...
The City University of New York (CUNY). Credit: Shutterstock.

Zeldin calls for firing of City University of New York professor after anti-Semitic sermon

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Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) this week called for the firing of City University of New York (CUNY) of Professional Studies professor Mohammad Abbasi, after a video of him preaching to a congregation in New...
Founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Jerry Greenfield, was the keynote speaker at the Maala Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Tel Aviv, October 28, 2008. Photo by Kfir Sivan / Flash 90.

Ben & Jerry’s Jewish co-founders back company’s decision on boycott

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The Jewish co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s said in an op-ed for The New York Times that they support the company’s decision to stop selling its products in the “occupied Palestinian territories.” “As Jewish supporters of the...
Israeli Defense Attaché to the United States, Maj. Gen. Hidai Zilberman. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

New Israeli defense attaché to US takes office

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The new Israeli defense attaché to the United States, Maj. Gen. Hidai Zilberman, officially took up his position on Wednesday. Zilberman previously served as the Israel Defense Forces chief spokesperson to the Hebrew media. He...