July 26, 2021 – Jewish Review

At least 50 CUNY professors quit union over resolution calling Israel a ‘settler-colonial state’

July 26, 2021Mark Hershlag

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There’s a Reason Jewish Delis All Have ‘That Look’

July 26, 2021Meghan Froy

Eating at a Jewish delicatessen engages all your senses. You taste the juicy pastrami bursting between two slices of rye, smell the sweet scent of schmaltz, hear the hot dogs sizzling on the grill, and feel like you’re eating with family — welcomed, yet your privacy is invaded by the tad-too-nosy waiter. But what exactly […]

Exporting the Tools of Apartheid

July 26, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

LAST WEEK, a joint investigation by 17 media outlets—including The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Haaretz—revealed that Israeli intelligence firm NSO Group had licensed military-grade spyware known as Pegasus to a long list of authoritarian regimes. The report drew on a leaked list of more than 50,000 phone numbers; a close forensic analysis of some […]

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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Sukkah 20

July 26, 2021Meghan Froy

Today’s daf begins a new chapter of our tractate and a new series of questions about how to fulfill the mitzvah of dwelling in the sukkah, and it starts with the following mishnah: One who sleeps below the bed in a sukkah has not fulfilled their obligation to sleep in the sukkah. The Talmud never tells us why […]

Israeli Startup Propel Has PR Solutions

July 26, 2021David Leibermann

Israeli Startup Propel Has PR Solutions Propel just raised $1.1 million. Propel is an Israeli startup offering software for use by public relations professionals. Propel just brought in $1.1 million in new investments led by LogicBoost Labs. Public relations does not sound like a field that one ordinarily associates with new startups or any single […]

3 Jewish fencers fail to medal in individual events at Tokyo Olympics

July 26, 2021Jesse Orine

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Groundbreaking project shifts search for aliens from military to science

July 26, 2021David Leibermann

The possible existence of aliens is one of the most intriguing subjects on the fringe of military and scientific communities, and has become more mainstream in recent years. But now, a groundbreaking new scientific initiative is creating a unified telescope network to see if mankind is truly alone in the universe. Dubbed the Galileo Project, […]