“Make Hummus, Not War.” That was the message behind a recent event that brought local Jews, Muslims and other Arabs together in Argentina’s bustling capital city of Buenos Aires. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up On Sunday, 20 amateur chefs participated in a
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International, Travel and FoodWant to market Nazi memorabilia, or recruit marchers for a far-right rally? Facebook’s self-service ad-buying platform had the right audience for you. Until this week, when we asked Facebook about it, the world’s largest social network enabled advertisers to direct their pitches to the news feeds of almost 2,300 people who expressed interest in the
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Travel and Food, USANEWARK — A 77-year-old woman who uses a wheelchair was left alone and stranded at a gate at Newark airport for 12 hours after United Airlines bumped her from her London-bound flight, the woman’s son alleges, according to a report. The woman’s son, Steven Williams, had left his mother in the care of United Airlines
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Travel and FoodHurricane Irma has put a temporarily halt to operations at Florida’s usually bustling cruise ports, forcing cruise companies to cancel several trips and shorten others. When the monster storm ripped through the Caribbean and Florida, it struck the world’s three busiest cruise ports — Port Miami, Port Canaveral and Port Everglades — as well as
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Travel and Food, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — We were recently talking over dinner about our daughters’ weddings, when one of the women blurted out how at her own wedding in Phoenix her mother reproachfully said to her, “Did you have to pick the hottest day of the year to get married?” My friend is
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodA Toronto airline excluded a local family from a flight, pushing them to spend an extra $4000 on tickets, only to take the same flight the next day. Air Canada prevented Shanty Thivakaran, her husband Thiva Maheswaran, their two young boys and Maheswaran’s mother from getting on a flight on June 27. The airline manager
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International, Travel and FoodORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Irma has forced Florida attractions — including Walt Disney World’s four theme parks — to close their doors to guests for multiple days, starting Saturday evening. Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme parks will close at 7 p.m. Saturday, followed by Magic Kingdom and Epcot at 9 p.m. All
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Executive Cher Giselle Wellman is set to move in a new direction in the cooking world, and some lucky students will benefit from this. In July 2017, she became the new executive chef at San Diego Jewish Academy. She has always loved working with children and wanted to do
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodUnited Airlines won’t be punished by the federal government over a passenger’s forced removal from a flight in April that put a spotlight on the growing tensions between airlines and travelers. The Department of Transportation has concluded its investigation into the dragging of passenger Dr. David Dao and found no reason to fine the airline,
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Travel and Food, USADelta’s in trouble again. The airline was accused of “jacking” up the price of one of their flights nearly 600 percent after a traveler tried to book a flight out of Miami in the midst of Hurricane Irma Tuesday. Leigh Dow, a public relations executive, was trying to safely evacuate from the hurricane area and
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Travel and Food, USAA fight broke out aboard a recent Ryanair flight from England to Spain in an incident that saw both male and female passengers throwing punches during the brawl. The airline said following the Thursday incident that a passenger involved in the fight has been banned from flying with the carrier for life. It wasn’t clear
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International, Travel and FoodAmid a climate of ‘hate-baiting’ in the US, a bizarre choice of license plate numbers is driving one reporter up the walls By Marshall Weiss DAYTON, Ohio — A bizarre byproduct of the surge in hate activity and hate-baiting in the United States is debate about the nature and usage of the word “goy.” When
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