Trader Joe’s is now selling Bamba, an Israeli snack that is long overdue for a triumphant entrance into the mainstream U.S. market. Bamba is “crunchy, airy, peanutty and highly craveable—kind of like a cheese puff without the cheese,” Trader Joe’s said in its announcement in late October. The snack is made with just four ingredients, […]
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Middle East, Travel and Food, USABy TOI staff A rabbinic court was accused Wednesday of obstruction of justice for preventing a woman from filing charges against her ex-husband for allegedly raping her and violently abusing her and her children. Mavoi Satum (Dead End), an organization which works on behalf of women whose husbands refuse to give them a Jewish bill
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USAWell-known religious businessman David Hager and Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, held a conversation at the beginning of the week on the sidelines of the Israeli American Council (IAC) National Conference in Washington, DC. Hager, a cousin of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe and a well-known supporter of many Torah institutions as well
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International, Middle East, USANo sooner had President Trump nominated Kenneth Marcus, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under the Law, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, than extremist anti-Israel groups began to mount an aggressive campaign to derail the appointment. This is a remarkable affront to a
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Middle East, USA[youtube:2034863] In an interview with Arutz Sheva, Hillel International President Emeritus Avraham Infeld spoke about the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry, emphasizing that, in his opinion, the most important issue is Jewish unity and a sense of belonging. “The message is that we have to recognize that in reality, it’s not the job of
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International, Middle East, USADon’t mince words, Joe, tell us what you really think. Former Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s supporters came out from “under rocks” with a “phony nationalism” that is “undermining the social fabric of the nation.” The comment came at a Philadelphia event where Biden was asked for his “blunt
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USAPresident Donald Trump has hired his son’s brother-in-law to oversee an Energy Department office that apparently is dismantling some of former President Barack Obama’s climate change initiatives. Lara Trump’s brother, Kyle Yunaska, has been named chief of staff of the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, Environmental & Energy Publishing reported on Wednesday. Lara
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USAEllen Social media exploded Wednesday evening as Ellen DeGeneres’ wife Portia de Rossi went public with a story about action movie star and director Steven Seagal. RELATED: Jane Fonda’s controversial statement about Harvey Weinstein’s victims De Rossi tweeted that during a final audition for a Seagal movie she was approached with a lewd advance, saying
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe war of words between Iran and Saudi Arabia is escalating in the media and on the ground after the weekend launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen which hit near the airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The Saudis accuse Iran of arming Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who fired the missile. Saudi state TV announced
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USASAN JOSE, Calif. — It’s difficult to keep guns away from ex-cons and the mentally disturbed, but a one-of-a-kind California program is designed to do just that. And in light of the Texas church shooting that left 26 dead, some are debating whether a program like it could have thwarted Devin Kelley’s murderous rampage. The
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USAWASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced new rules Wednesday to make it tougher for U.S. businesses to work in Cuba and for Americans to travel to the island. The restrictions are aimed at enacting what President Donald Trump in June described as plans to reverse the Obama administration’s diplomatic opening with the communist-ruled island. Effective
By Cathryn J. Prince NEW YORK — For Matthew Bielski his saba and savta (grandfather and grandmother) were nothing short of modern day Maccabees. As the grandson of Jewish partisans Sonia and Zus Bielski, Mattthew Bielski, 33, frequently heard stories about surviving frigid winters deep in the Nalibaki forest, in northwestern Belarus. He also heard
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International, Jewish History, USARacial minorities and LGBTQ candidates picked up historic wins in races across the country Tuesday. They included two openly transgender politicians, African-Americans who prevailed in several mayoral races and the first Sikh mayor in New Jersey. — A transgender woman, Latinas and an Asian-American win in Virginia Danica Roem became the first openly transgender person
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USAWASHINGTON — The Tuesday night rout of Republican candidates up and down the ballot has triggered alarm bells in Republican circles that a deteriorating political environment could set in motion a Democratic wave in the 2018 midterm elections. The most dramatic results unfolded in Virginia, where Democrats swept up victories in the governor’s race and
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