Netanyahu: “Palestinians Need to Stop Denying History”
Addressing AIPAC’s 2014 Policy Conference on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told an audience of 14,000 people that peace will only begin when…
Presbyterian Church Leaders Visit SodaStream on Fact-Finding Mission
The Presbyterian Church has been known for its support of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) within Israel, having voted in 2012 to boycott companies, such as Ahava and HaDikalim, producing products within Judea and Samaria. More recently, the Israel Palestine Mission Network, a working group under the Presbyterian Church’s administrative umbrella, published a pamphlet called […]
The Horrifying Facts Behind Israeli Apartheid Week
Apartheid, an Afrikaans term meaning “separatehood”, refers to an official system of separation or segregation of groups on the basis of race. It was coined to define the government policies of strict segregation and discrimination against black people in South Africa from 1948 to 1992. In 2005, 170 Palestinian organizations urged supporters to boycott, divest […]
A Sour Note
Aside from being a learned rabbi, inspiring leader, charismatic teacher, talented ba’al koreh (Torah reader), and loving father, my husband, Yossela, is the most gifted, creative, and amazing musician I know. So far, music has been a hobby for him; he plays when he takes a break from learning, teaching, working, and parenting. He hears […]
Huckabee in Israel Calls Boycotters “Embarrassingly Stupid”
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is in Israel this week and he has a lot to say to the world regarding the appalling international treatment of Israel. Huckabee, who is visiting Israel for the 41st time, gave a press conference at the Jerusalem Bible Lands Museum. His trip to Israel, along with almost 300 Christian […]
Third Intifada Already Underway?
In a recent column, influential New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman declared that a third Intifada against Israel had begun. Intifada is an Arabic word which means “shaking off” and is used to refer to a popular uprising. The First Intifada took place in Israel between December 1987 and September 1993. The Second Intifada lasted […]
SodaStream Plans on Bringing Scarlett Johansson to Israel this Year
Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson has been making waves in the news lately for not bowing to pressure to boycott Israel. Johansson, a spokesman for the Israeli based SodaStream company, has been criticized by anti-Israel advocates as supporting an apartheid state and the oppression of Palestinians in Israel. More specifically, the humanitarian group Oxfam International, of […]
United Church of Canada Urges the Boycott of Israeli Products
Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; yea, strife and shame will cease. (Proverbs 22:10) Jewish groups condemned a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign that was launched this week by the United Church of Canada. The campaign, titled “Unsettling Goods,” urges the boycotting of Ahava, Keter Plastics, and SodaStream, which all have […]
Israeli Supermodel Refaeli Slams Pink Floyd’s Waters
Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us. (Nehemiah 4:14) Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli took to Twitter on Wednesday, demanding that former Pink Floyd front-man, Roger Waters, stop using her picture in his show, after Waters wrote an open letter to artists worldwide […]
Controversy Bubbling for Israeli Soda Company
“But let justice well up as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream” (Amos 5:24) While stocks of Israeli home-soda maker company Sodastream (SODA) are up, so are calls for boycotting and divesting from the Ma’aleh Adumim-based company. Sodastream markets machine for carbonating water at home, alongside refillable carbon dioxide gas canisters and special bottles […]
