A Cautionary Tale: BDS Tears Apart the Green Party
by Steve McDonald (EJNews) – In early August, the Green Party of Canada voted at its national convention to endorse Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) measures against segments…
Israel
Poll: Most Israelis, Palestinians oppose current bilateral peace plan
By Andrew Tobin JERUSALEM (JTA) — Most Israelis and Palestinians oppose the kind of peace deal that has been under negotiation in the past, a…
In Israel, first Orthodox Jerusalem synagogue hires female spiritual leader
(JTA) — In a first for an Orthodox congregation in Israel, a woman has been hired as a spiritual leader at a Jerusalem synagogue. Karmit…
Rio pays tribute to 11 Israeli victims of ’72 Munich Olympic massacre
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, Brazilian senior officials joined sports activists from Israel and elsewhere at a…
op/ed: To heal divisions among the Jewish people, divide the land
By Gilead Sher and Robert Mnookin (JTA) — “If there is something that deprives me of sleep it is the fissures in Israeli society,” former…