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Eliana Rudee is a journalist and marketing professional based in Seattle. She spent nearly a decade working as a journalist in Israel, focusing on global Jewry and culinary arts. She is a trained culinary tour guide of Jerusalem, has led culinary workshops and retreats, and has written several digital cookbooks on the intersection of food, culture and Jewish peoplehood.

While the agency, which has long been tied to terror links and promotes incitement through its textbooks, says its mandate will end with the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even though UNRWA’s very existence is a factor that prevents any resolution.
The goal is to bring compelling content to a landscape that the organized Jewish community has largely left unexplored.
It reveals the intentions behind political warfare against Israel, which have nothing to do with human rights, illustrated by the movement’s links to terror groups.
Two academic institutions—Pitzer College and the University of Haifa—have been at the center of a highly publicized BDS debate in recent months.
Sarah Idan, who made headlines for taking a selfie with Miss Israel in 2017, has made a commitment to connecting Muslims and Jews, Arabs and Israelis.
While people are feeling “loss and shock,” Feigie Troupiansky, who grew up on the moshav, noted that the amount of aid that is being brought is “beautiful.”
After discovering a unique way to isolate yeast from ancient pottery—and together with a local brewer—the Israeli archaeologists and microbiologists produced high-quality beers that modern drinkers can enjoy.
“Gaza could be like Singapore, but Hamas has chosen to direct all their resources to building terror tunnels and rockets, instead of investing in hospitals and schools,” stated Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based non-governmental organization U.N. Watch.
“Our aim is to empower the shared economy between Israelis and Palestinians, working closely together to empower and strengthen the economy,” said businessman Sheikh Ashraf Al Jabari.
“While we may not all be related,” said Federation of Greater Pittsburgh president and CEO Jeff Finkelstein, “we are all family in the Jewish world. Remembering our fallen is a global Jewish responsibility.”
Raising eyebrows within the Jewish and international community, the conference was supported and promoted by the terror-affiliated Palestinian National and Islamic Forces, and attended by leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian Liberation Front.
Even though they sit on the front lines of riots and rocket attacks (and some very sandy driveways), the communities in southern Israel along the border with Gaza are experiencing economic growth that is double that of the rest of the country.