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This haredi Orthodox mom is the face of a new Adidas campaign

July 30, 2021Arsen Mayer

(JTA) — In 2016, Beatie Deutsch placed sixth in the Jerusalem half marathon. Watching Deutsch, an Israeli born in America, you would have never guessed that she had taken up running only four months earlier. The following year she ran the Tel Aviv Marathon while seven months pregnant with her fifth child (really!). Even while […]

Israeli forces reportedly kill Palestinian man at funeral for a child also shot dead by soldiers

July 29, 2021Arsen Mayer

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Orthodox institutions dominate Jewish ritual in Israel. Could the new government change that?

July 29, 2021Arsen Mayer

(JTA) — When Israel’s current government managed to unseat longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month, it did so by the narrowest of majorities and with the most ideologically diverse coalition in history. Now that the government has turned to governing, it’s unclear what it can accomplish. The coalition, which includes right-wing, centrist and left-wing […]

Nigeria frees 3 Jewish filmmakers who had been held for weeks in ‘horrendous conditions’

July 29, 2021Jesse Orine

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Ben & Jerry speak out: We endorse the Ben & Jerry’s West Bank pullout

July 28, 2021Arsen Mayer

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Jared Kushner to leave politics to set up investment business with Israel focus, report claims

July 28, 2021Mark Hershlag

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4 dead, including 3 Jerusalem yeshiva students, in Ukraine plane crash

July 28, 2021Jesse Orine

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Ben & Jerry’s board chair says ‘I am not anti-Semitic’ as Unilever disavows BDS movement

July 27, 2021Arsen Mayer

(JTA) — One week after Ben & Jerry’s announced that it would stop selling ice cream in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” the company’s board chair for the first time publicly rejected the suggestion that the move was antisemitic. And the brand’s parent company, Unilever, disavowed the movement to boycott Israel. The disavowal comes as Unilever […]

Retaliating against boycott decision, NYC grocery chain to reduce Ben & Jerry’s sales

July 26, 2021Arsen Mayer

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First commercial direct flights from Israel land in Morocco

July 26, 2021Jesse Orine

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