July 23, 2021 – Jewish Review

5 states are considering sanctions on Ben & Jerry’s after West Bank pullout

July 23, 2021Arsen Mayer

(JTA) — It has been a question insiders have posed all week: Could Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling its ice cream in the West Bank trigger many or all of the laws that U.S. states have passed in recent years to hurt the Israel boycott movement? Well, five states are already looking into […]

Algerian judoka quits Olympics to avoid Israeli opponent

July 23, 2021Jesse Orine

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Meet the Jewish dancer choreographing Simone Biles’ Olympic floor routine

July 23, 2021Sara Wood

This article originally appeared on Alma. There are quite a few athletes who have been called the G.O.A.T., or greatest of all time: quarterback Tom Brady, basketball player Michael Jordan and swimmer Michael Phelps, just to name a few. But gymnast Simone Biles? She might just be the best of the bunch. I mean, come […]

Jewish National Fund-USA launches ‘This Is What Zionism Looks Like’ campaign

July 23, 2021Arsen Mayer

Decades after the U.N. General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, which declared Zionism was a form of racism, Zionists continue to be maligned on college campuses, social media and city streets. Confronting the ongoing hostility toward Zionism in a positive, multifaceted way, Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) launched “This is What Zionism Looks Like,” a campaign that […]

Ben & Jerry’s Tests Anti-BDS Laws

July 23, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

When Ben & Jerry’s announced on Monday that it will no longer sell its ice cream in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel’s defenders immediately jumped into action. Some 35 US states have laws on the books that prohibit their governments from doing business with companies that boycott Israel, and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid took […]

For first time, Olympics opening ceremony honors Israeli athletes murdered in Munich

July 23, 2021Jesse Orine

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Turkey and Israel – are they to be friends?

July 23, 2021David Leibermann

Turkey and Israel – are they to be friends? (L-R) President Herzog and Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan by Neville Teller Diplomats the world over blinked in disbelief on Tuesday, July 13 when the news broke that the previous evening Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had phoned Israel’s newly elected president, Isaac Herzog, to offer […]

David Geffen Gifts $150 million to Yale School of Drama

July 23, 2021David Leibermann

David Geffen Gifts $150 million to Yale School of Drama David Geffen also funds The David Geffen Auditorium in Jerusalem. David Geffen Auditorium ((Simulated image Herzog de Meuron, Mann-Shinar Architects) Entertainment mogul David Geffen has donated $150 million to the Yale School of Drama. The money will be used to make the school’s program tuition-free […]