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Community Natalie Portman Missed An Opportunity To Speak In Support Of The Peacemakers
Dear Natalie Portman, I was looking forward to seeing you receive your Genesis Prize in our homeland, and disappointed upon hearing the news that you would not travel to Israel to receive what some call the “Jewish Nobel” because you found recent events there “distressing.” When one of the Children of Israel is crying about…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg Still Plans To Attend Genesis Gala That Natalie Portman Is Snubbing
Natalie Portman, it was announced on Thursday, will not attend the ceremony to accept the Genesis Prize in Israel, citing “recent events in Israel” that are “extremely distressing to her.” But as the news of Portman’s shocking stand ripples across the globe, the question remains: will Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the inaugural winner…
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Culture Natalie Portman Just Made A Really Big Mistake
Natalie Portman has announced that she will not travel to Israel to accept the Genesis Prize, informally known as “the Jewish Nobel,” an award in the past given to the likes of artist Anish Kapoor, violinist Itzhak Perlman, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and actor-director Michael Douglas. By taking this public stance at…
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Opinion Natalie Portman Is Just The Latest Jew To Abandon Israel
Recently a colleague, an American left-of-center media influencer, reached out to me, sharing the news that students at Barnard, that most Jewish of schools, had passed a resolution calling on the college to “divest from eight companies that profit from or engage in the State of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.” She asked me why it…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman’s Complete History With Israel, Annotated
Israeli-born actress Natalie Portman will not travel to Israel to accept the prestigious Genesis Prize, the organization announced on Thursday. A representative told the prize committee on the actress’ behalf: “Recent events in Israel have been extremely distressing to her and she does not feel comfortable participating in any public events in Israel.” The representative…
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Fast Forward Natalie Portman Slammed For Falling Into ‘Dark’ Hands Of Israel Haters
(JTA) — Israel’s culture minister said actress Natalie Portman has “fallen like a ripe fruit into the hands of the BDS movement supporters” over her refusal to come to Israel to receive an award. Miri Regev’s assertion Friday about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel and Portman, an Israeli-born Jew, followed news Thursday…
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Opinion Natalie Portman Isn’t The Problem. The Genesis Prize Is.
Citing recent “extremely distressing” events in Israel, Natalie Portman announced yesterday “she does not feel comfortable participating in any public events in Israel.” The granting of the Genesis Prize, which she was due to receive in June, has been cancelled. Portman “joins those who see the story of the wondrous success of the rebirth of…
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The Schmooze Which Jewish Celebrity Are You?
Inside of us all, there is a Jewish celebrity. Are you Mayim Bialik or Lena Dunham? Natalie Portman or Zac Efron. Daniel Day Lewis or Ben Platt? Finally, we have the technology to find out which celebrity that is. Just take our awesome quiz!
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