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31
Jul
2019

Israeli Baseball Takes First, Proving a Big Hit for Audiences

 

The Israel national U18 team celebrates following their surprise win at the European Championship qualifiers in Stockholm, July 2019. Photo by Margo Sugarman.

The Israel national U18 team celebrates following their surprise win at the European Championship qualifiers in Stockholm, July 2019. Photo by Margo Sugarman.

Playing in their first major international tournament, Israel’s U18 (“18 and under”) youth baseball team shocked the competition last week, returning home from the European Championship qualifiers in Stockholm with a first-place finish. The win qualifies team Israel for a place in next summer’s prestigious U18 European Championships, with that venue yet to be determined.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
26
Jun
2019

Touchdown! NFL, Patriots, Robert Kraft Score Friends and Followers in Israel

 

More than a dozen players from the 2019 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots in Israel as part of the program “Touchdown in Israel III,” the third installment of a VIP trip to Israel for NFL players organized by Patriots chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. Credit: Josh Hasten.

More than a dozen players from the 2019 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots in Israel as part of the program “Touchdown in Israel III,” the third installment of a VIP trip to Israel for NFL players organized by Patriots chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. Credit: Josh Hasten.

In addition to his contributions to football across the board, Genesis Prize winner Robert Kraft announced that he was earmarking $20 million to establish a foundation dedicated to combating anti-Semitism and BDS.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
19
Jun
2019

Israeli Youth Discuss Sovereignty, and Future Prospects in Judea and Samaria

 

The nearly 800 youth in attendance at a lecture at Bar-Ilan University concerning the sovereignty movement in Israel. Photo by David Weil.

The nearly 800 youth in attendance at a lecture at Bar-Ilan University concerning the sovereignty movement in Israel. Photo by David Weil.

Asaf Jayson, 18, one of the organizers of the “Youth Sovereignty Conference,” helps energize a contingent of young people in Israel with a platform to put their ideology into action.

Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
16
Jun
2019

Is Anti-Semitism Becoming Mainstream? Experts See Alarming Trend in Media, Campus and Public Life

 

A panel of experts from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) discuss anti-Semitism in the media, campus and public life. Photo by Kineret Rifkind.

A panel of experts from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) discuss anti-Semitism in the media, campus and public life. Photo by Kineret Rifkind.

Is anti-Semitism becoming mainstream? Experts see alarming trend in media, campus and public life “The ongoing decades-old long demonization and dehumanization of the Jewish state has been misunderstood as political criticism when in truth, it has been the new virulent form of anti-Semitism,” said Dan Diker, a fellow and senior project director at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
02
Jun
2019

In Israel, Florida’s Governor Hailed for making the Sunshine State ‘Most Pro-Israel’ in America

 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) meets with Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, as well as small-business owners and community leaders, at the Hub Etzion co-working space and small-business center in Gush Etzion on May 29, 2019. Credit: Shannon Nuszen.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) meets with Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, as well as small-business owners and community leaders, at the Hub Etzion co-working space and small-business center in Gush Etzion on May 29, 2019. Credit: Shannon Nuszen.

Becoming the first U.S. governor to lead a trade mission to Judea and Samaria, Gov. Ron DeSantis took a clear stand against BDS while bolstering Florida’s economic ties with the Jewish state through several agreements.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
19
May
2019

It’s all Business (And a Little Socializing) at Collaborative Israeli-Anglo Forum in Jerusalem

 

Duvi Honig (second from left), founder and CEO of the Orthodox Chamber of Commerce at the Anglo-Israeli/American Jerusalem Expo and Conference. Credit: Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce.

Duvi Honig (second from left), founder and CEO of the Orthodox Chamber of Commerce at the Anglo-Israeli/American Jerusalem Expo and Conference. Credit: Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce.

Several hundred entrepreneurs and business professionals gathered to introduce their products and services, network, hear lectures and attend workshops at the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Anglo-Israeli/American Jerusalem Expo and Conference.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
11
Mar
2019

Outdoor Israeli Leadership Program Engages Siblings of Kids with Disabilities

 

Children participate in the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel's (SPNI) education and leadership program, which allows siblings to bond with other children growing up under similar circumstances. Credit: SPNI.

Children participate in the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel’s (SPNI) education and leadership program, which allows siblings to bond with other children growing up under similar circumstances. Credit: SPNI.

Youngsters meet on a regular basis out in nature, where they hike and are given educational workshops on skills related to the land, and ultimately, are taught how to be guides.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
03
Feb
2019

Netanyahu’s Decision to End International Monitors in Hebron ‘Strengthens’ Israeli Sovereignty

 

Members of TIPH, or Temporary International Presence speak with Israeli soldier outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on August 8, 2018. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Members of TIPH, or Temporary International Presence speak with Israeli soldier outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on August 8, 2018. Credit: by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Advocates praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to end the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, or TIPH, which they contend stoked hostilities and friction between Jewish and Arab residents.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate