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New report slams social media giants for ‘failing to act on antisemitism’

(JNS) A new report by the Center to Counter Digital Hate (CCDH) revealed that five major social media companies failed to act upon 84 percent of antisemitic posts on their websites, despite promising to double down on antisemitism. Researchers from the non-governmental organization examined 714 racist anti-Jewish posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok that […]

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International

How three Israeli filmmakers wound up becoming the story in Africa

By Josh Hasten (JNS) Three Israeli documentary filmmakers arrived home safely from Nigeria at the end of last week, after what they described as 20 “hellish days” detained under inhumane conditions by the government’s Department of State Services (DSS) security agency. Rudy Rochman, David Benaym and Noam Leibman had set off for the African country

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Middle East

Shabbat in Baja

By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California — When it came to planning my family’s summer vacation this year, the process could be summed up by a Yiddish proverb: Der mentsh trakht un Got lakht. Man plans and God laughs. Initially scheduled to depart for Hawaii on August 24, we later realized that we booked that

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Jacob Kamaras, Travel and Food

Why Are We Bailing Out the Palestinians?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hady Amr, the Biden administration’s envoy to Israel and the Palestinians, went on a mission to help Palestinians. He asked Israel to take steps to alleviate “Palestinian suffering” and help the Palestinian economy. What he really meant was to help Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

UCSD Student Wins Award for ‘Courage and Leadership’ on Israel Education, Antisemitism

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — University of California, San Diego (UCSD) student Sivan Barashy, a 2020-21 StandWithUs (SWU) Emerson Fellow, has been named the first-place winner of the prestigious Roberta Seid Award for Courage and Leadership. The award is named in honor of SWU’s first Director of Research and Education Dr. Roberta Seid. Sivan is

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Yad Vashem Marks Olympics with Online Exhibitions of Jewish, Non-Jewish Athletes

(July 23, 2021 / JNS) Gymnast Estella Agsteribbe was one of five Jewish women to participate in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928. She was a trailblazer not only as a Jewish athlete, but as one of the first women permitted to compete in gymnastics at the global sports event. In September 1943, Estella

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International, Sports & Competitions

Will US anti-BDS laws cause financial meltdown for Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever?

By Sean Savage (July 22, 2021 / JNS) The recent announcement that Ben & Jerry’s plans to end its sale of ice-cream in “occupied Palestinian territory,” primarily Judea and Samaria as well as eastern Jerusalem, has stirred a fierce reaction, including potential legal and financial repercussions for the ice-cream maker and its parent company Unilever.

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Middle East, USA

Choosing a Flavor of Response to the Ben & Jerry’s Boycott

By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California — One thing is clear about the recent decision by Ben & Jerry’s to stop selling ice cream in what the company described as “Occupied Palestinian Territory” (referring to parts of the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem): Jewish opinions about the frozen products are on fire. As the passionate

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Jacob Kamaras, Middle East, USA

Herzog, Kosher Winery in Southern California, Welcomes New Senior Winemaker

OXNARD, California (Press Release) — Herzog Wine Cellars, a Southern California-based kosher winery owned and operated by America’s oldest wine making family, is pleased to announce and welcome celebrated winemaker David Galzignato as its new senior winemaker and director of winemaking operations. Galzignato will work with one of Herzog’s founding winemakers, Joe Hurliman, who has

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Travel and Food, USA