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March against Ben & Jerry’s to take place in New York ahead of worldwide ‘call for action

Published August 9, 2021
Activists and community leaders will hand out educational materials about the BDS movement against Israel, in addition to free ice-cream.
sraeli artistic gymnast and gold medalist Artem Dolgopyat, Aug. 1, 2021. Source: Israel Olympic Committee via Facebook.

“Israel will claim my son’s Olympic gold but won’t let him marry here,” says athletes mother

Jonathan S. Tobin, The Jewish News SyndicatePublished August 9, 2021
Olympic star Artem Dolgopyat has become the face of the law of return conundrum facing those who qualify for citizenship but aren’t classified as Jews.
This Week's Jewish Trivia Quiz: Israel at the Olympics

This Week’s Jewish Trivia Quiz: Israel at the Olympics

Published August 9, 2021

The just-completed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games included, for the first time, an official memorial to the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Israel had her most successful Olympics participation with 90 athletes competing, a record...

Ben & Jerry’s franchisees call for company to rescind Israel decision

Aaron BandlerPublished August 5, 2021

(Jewish Journal via JNS) Several U.S. Ben & Jerry’s franchisees have sent a letter to the company calling on them to rescind their July 19 decision to stop doing business in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The letter was signed...

A color composite of the electron-capture supernova 2018zd (the large white dot on the right) and the host starburst galaxy NGC 2146 (toward the left). Credit: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale; Las Cumbres Observatory

Tel Aviv University may have uncovered a clue to a 1,000-year-old astrophysical mystery

Brian BlumPublished August 5, 2021

(Israel21c) - Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the University of Tokyo have identified a rare “electron-capture” supernova, and in the process, may have shed light on an astrophysical mystery dating back nearly 1,000 years. An electron-capture...

Looking out of Malham Cave in Israel, the world’s longest salt cave. Photo by Anton Chikishev/Hebrew University

10 of the best underground attractions in Israel

Haim SilbersteinPublished August 5, 2021

(Israel21c) - When tourism resumes in Israel, whether it’s in the rainy winter or the sizzling summer, outdoor conditions are irrelevant if you do your sightseeing underground. In this video, we recommend: 10. Templar’s Tunnels, Acre (Akko):...

Pixellot’s smart unmanned device follows and films a game for it to be broadcast and analyzed. Photo by Shai Pardo

Thanks to this Israeli startup, you can now watch almost any sports match in the world

Naama BarakPublished August 4, 2021

(Israel21c) - The last few weeks have been incredibly thrilling for soccer fans, who spent their evenings religiously glued to the Euros and the Copa América. Aside from hijacking our TV sets every night, what these two leagues have in common is that...

50 positive stories this week from Israel

50 positive stories this week from Israel

Michael Ordman, Very Good News IsraelPublished August 4, 2021

NETANYA, Israel –In the August 4, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:  An Israeli device enables people without hands to operate electronic devices. Two Israeli families and one from the UAE exchange kidneys. ...

IDF shells targets in Lebanon following rocket fire on Israel’s north

Published August 4, 2021
Two of the projectiles landed in Israel, while a third came down in Lebanese territory, according to the Israeli military.
Israel begins offering Covid booster shots, but is it wise?

Israel begins offering Covid booster shots, but is it wise?

Published August 2, 2021

With rising Covid-19 cases caused by the Delta variant and concerns about how long the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine remains effective — and how effective it is against Delta – the Israeli government decided on July 29 to make a booster shot available to...

Tel Aviv’s Sherry Herring sandwich shop to open on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

Tel Aviv’s Sherry Herring sandwich shop to open on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

Published August 2, 2021

(JTA) — If there was any doubt that the Upper West Side of Manhattan was a Jewish neighborhood, a new herring shop opening in the area should seal the deal. Sherry Herring, a Tel Aviv sandwich shop offering herring sandwiches — served with a shot...

Hannah Senesh. Credit: Jewish Virtual Library.

Do you know this Jew? Why Israeli paratroopers just honored her

Yaakov Lappin, The Jewish News SyndicatePublished August 1, 2021

(JNS) Israeli paratroopers have described being deeply moved last week by their experience in a commemorative expedition in Slovenia, held to honor the memory of Hannah Senesh (Szenes) and other Jewish paratroopers who parachuted into the same area of...

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