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How a Palestinian journalist slanders Israel at the US State Department
A Palestinian journalist routinely bashes Israel during the question and answer period at U.S. State Department briefings, and State Department spokespersons rarely correct the record. By allowing anti-Israel bias to penetrate the briefing room...
New York Times offers swastika-shaped crossword as Hanukkah gift
The Dec. 18 New York Times crossword puzzle, published on the eve of Hanukkah, disturbed readers and elicited online backlash with a design resembling a swastika.
Conservative talk radio host Mark Levin tweeted, “Meanwhile, on the first night of...
Ideological Purity As A Vehicle To Start Feeling Alive
There is a growing concern about the quality of research papers being produced today in the United States. In particular, these papers are not very disruptive to the accepted ideas with regard to the...
Jewish influencers and Israeli soldiers to light Hanukkah candles together
In celebration of the eight nights of Hanukkah that begin on Sunday evening, Friends of the IDF (FIDF) has announced a campaign to show solidarity with those who keep the miracle of the Jewish...
Historic first: Women take Israeli state exam in Jewish religious law
For the first time in Israel’s history, the Ministry of Religious Affairs administered an exam for women Torah scholars to test their expertise in halachah, or Jewish religious law.
In mid-November, 16 women sat for...
Everyone knows ‘Ma’oz Tzur,’ except they don’t
The lights are kindled, the shamash is returned to its place and the family breaks into song: It is a rousing, march-like melody that is the aural equivalent of the menorah’s light—energy, joy and hope in...
Outreach or ‘Pod Squads?’ Breaking Down Bias on the Left and the Right
Top federal officials and Jewish leaders spoke to each other, and together they spoke to the public at large, the public that reads newspapers, watches television news programs and listens to those who run...
Ayman Odeh and coalitions of hate
On Dec. 9, MK Ayman Odeh met in New York with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The meeting was arranged by the PLO’s mission to the U.N. Odeh heads the Hadash Party and is...
Pro-Israel groups want Ilhan Omar bounced from House Foreign Affairs Committee
Several Jewish and pro-Israel groups welcomed received news of the likely removal of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, in the wake of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s...
Unilever settles dispute with Ben & Jerry’s over Israeli sales
Unilever plc announced on Thursday that its legal battle with the independent board of its wholly-owned autonomous subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s, over the brand’s sale of ice cream in Israel, has been resolved.
The Vermont-based ice cream company...