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An Israeli high school student videoconferences with a North American baby boomer for a weekly English lesson. (Courtesy of Israel Connect/via JTA)
April 6, 2018, 2:57 pm
North American baby boomers teach Israeli kids English — via video chat
For students in many underprivileged periphery schools, Israel Connect is a gateway to cultural exposure, academic excellence and professional success
By Ben Sales
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Ladd–Peebles Stadium, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Mobile, Alabama. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
January 20, 2018, 6:54 pm
Trump to bring ‘America first’ to Davos, the epicenter of globalization
In the past, Trump’s attacks on ‘global special interests’ were accused of being anti-Semitic
By Jitendra Joshi
This combination of pictures made on April 23, 2017 shows French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron, left, and Marine Le Pen, right, posing in Paris. (Eric Feferberg, Joël Saget/AFP)
May 7, 2017, 5:26 am
Macron, Le Pen face off in dramatic final vote of French election
After Brexit and Trump’s win, race between pro-Europe centrist and anti-immigration far-rightist seen as bellwether of anti-globalization trend
By Adam PLOWRIGHT
Stephen Bannon, left, and Jared Kushner attending a White House swearing-in ceremony of senior staff, January 22, 2017. (Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
April 7, 2017, 3:32 am
Why some Jews are uneasy that Bannon called Kushner a ‘globalist’
Trump’s top strategist uses the term as an economic argument, but observers say the accusation is a convenient catch-all for uniting rightists and racists
By Ben Sales
Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Facebook, speaks at the CEO summit during the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
February 17, 2017, 3:33 am
The Zuckerberg manifesto: How he plans to debug the world
Facebook founder hopes social network can encourage more civic engagement, an informed public and community support
By Barbara Ortutay
British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks in central London on January 9, 2017. (AFP/Pool//Dan Kitwood)
January 14, 2017, 8:12 am
Governments grapple with globalization backlash
Politicians facing legions of long-disgruntled voters are now scrambling for solutions, but experts warn populist remedies may only make things worse
By Antonio RODRIGUEZ
US President Barack Obama is greeted at a ceremony to commemorate Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on November 11, 2016. (Yuri Gripas/AFP)
November 14, 2016, 4:29 am
Obama on farewell tour to a Europe fearful of ‘Trump effect’
After calling GOP president-elect ‘unfit,’ US president must now calm jittery allies; will deliver speech in Greece on globalization’s challenges
By Jerome Cartillier
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