Allison Kaplan Sommer (Haaretz)
By Allison Kaplan Sommer (Haaretz)
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Israel News San Francisco Federation Funds Far-Right U.S. Groups, Not Just Canary Mission
The recent revelation that San Francisco’s Jewish Community Federation funneled $100,000 to the anti-BDS blacklisting website Canary Mission shocked many. But that donation was only one in a long list of controversial far-right fringe causes supported by the federation through one of its largest “supporting foundations” – the Helen Diller Family Foundation. The federation’s guidelines…
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Israel News Second Woman Accuses Netanyahu Spokesman Of Sexual Misconduct
A second woman publicly accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s foreign media spokesman, David Keyes, of misconduct, hours after New York State Senate candidate Julia Salazar said Keyes sexually assaulted her in 2013. Shayndi Raice, a Chicago-based national news reporter at the Wall Street Journal, tweeted that she “also had a terrible encounter with David…
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News Will Linda Sarsour Friendship Torpedo Palestinan American’s Bid For Congress?
She’s a dynamic, non-white young progressive – the new breed of politician grabbing attention in the Democratic Party. And if Rashida Tlaib wins her primary in Michigan today, she will be a shoo-in for Congress since her district is so deep blue, no Republican is set to contest the seat in the November midterms. This…
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News American Activist Considers Making Aliyah To Skirt Israel Travel Ban
Jewish activist Ariel Gold, who was refused entry to Israel this week because of her support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, says she has not ruled out the possibility of immigrating to the country. Speaking from her home in Ithaca, New York, Gold told Haaretz that making aliyah “is something I am looking…
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News Birthright Caught Between Anti-Occupation Activists And Hard Right-Wing Donors
Like many Jewish institutions, Birthright Israel is rapidly losing the struggle to remain detached from deep political differences in these divisive times. Over the past months, it has been targeted directly by young activist Jews, angry over what they believe is the program’s refusal to deliver a balanced message to its participants regarding the Israeli-Palestinian…
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News Why Stephen Miller Is The Most Hated Jew In America — By Fellow Jews
Until now, Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were the main targets of ire for the overwhelmingly liberal American-Jewish community, horrified that members of its own tribe could have contributed to the policies and tone of the Trump White House. But this past week marked a turning point: Jewish fury is now aimed squarely…
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Culture The Strange-But-True Story Of A Mossad-Run ‘Dive Resort’ In Muslim Sudan
It was one of the Mossad’s most daring, complex and longest-running operations. But only now, 37 years on, is the story of a Red Sea diving resort run by the agency getting its moment in the sun. “Operation Brothers,” which ran for over three years in the early 1980s, was a breathtaking mission. At its…
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Israel News Sarah Silverman Gets Furious Pushback For Supporting Ahed Tamimi
Comedian Sarah Silverman is at the center of a Twitter storm after tweeting in support of detained Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi over the weekend. Silverman, of course, is no stranger to controversy, politics or Israel. She has long been active in progressive Democratic politics – campaigning for Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders – and throws…
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