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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 594

Sabra

Sabra hummus stickered with anti-Israel message in the US, January 2024 (L) and packages of Sabra hummus on display in Los Angeles, April 2021 (Facebook screen capture / The Image Party/Shutterstock.com)
November 24, 2024, 6:52 pm
Strauss divests stake in Sabra US hummus venture to PepsiCo for $244 million
Food manufacturer sells holding in joint venture after declining sales, amid fierce competition and an uptick in the anti-Israel boycott campaign in the US
By Sharon Wrobel
Screenshot of Shira Haas as Ruth Bat-Seraph in the trailer for Captain America: Brave New World. (MCU, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 14, 2024, 9:46 am
Marvel rewrites Shira Haas’s Israeli character, dropping Mossad link
Superhero agent known in the comics as Sabra rewritten as former Black Widow and US government official
By ToI Staff
Sabra hummus stickered with anti-Israel message in the US, January 2024 (L) and packages of Sabra hummus on display in Los Angeles, April 2021 (Facebook screen capture / The Image Party/Shutterstock.com)
January 22, 2024, 6:40 pm
Sabra hummus’s US market share has dipped. Why large-scale BDS isn’t to blame
More than Mideast politics or an uptick in a long-term boycott sticker campaign, a 2021 salmonella scare made the company unpalatable to consumers
By Matt Lebovic
Comic book artist Uri Fink drew and posted his Sabraman retort on Twitter to Marvel's Sabra character in an upcoming 2024 film. (courtesy, Uri Fink/Twitter)
October 12, 2022, 1:10 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 12: Comics fans marvel at choice of Sabra; IDF builds fake Gaza
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian reports on continued manhunt for soldiers’ killers; culture editor Jessica Steinberg explains Eretz Nehederet’s 20-year staying power
By ToI Staff
Comic book artist Uri Fink drew and posted his Sabraman retort on Twitter to Marvel's Sabra character in an upcoming 2024 film. (courtesy, Uri Fink/Twitter)
October 6, 2022, 9:58 am
Sabra may get Marvel role, but she’s a superficial character, say comic book artists
Uri Fink, whose Sabraman superhero may have inspired Marvel’s own, says patriots are problematic protagonists
By Jessica Steinberg
Curator Avivit Agam Dali and Holon's mayor at the opening of 'Anything for an Impressionistic Photo,' an exhibit about Israeli rock in the 1990s at Holon's Beit Meirov Gallery, through August 2022 (Courtesy Avivit Agam Dali)
June 10, 2022, 9:25 pm
Israel’s 1990s rock n’ roll scene features in new exhibit
Yermi Kaplan’s guitar, Kobi Oz’s shoes and a Monica Sex original hoodie are displayed at Holon gallery spotlighting local rockers and their imagery from years past
By Jessica Steinberg
UBQ Materials has developed a technology that takes unsorted household waste -- from banana peels to dirty diapers to used yogurt containers and cardboard -- and converts it into a bio-based thermoplastic -- a plastic substitute (Courtesy)
September 4, 2019, 9:25 am
Sabra hummus founder says plastic is the perfect way to upcycle waste
Israeli company UBQ Materials takes unsorted trash and converts it into plastic pellets; it just released recycling bins in Virginia, its first product for the public
By Melanie Lidman
Early infestation of an Indian fig prickly pear. (Courtesy Prof. Zvika Mendel of the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center)
August 8, 2019, 4:14 am
Israeli scientists fight to save iconic Sabra prickly pear from devastating pest
Predatory flies from Mexico are being released to devour an insect that is decimating the Sabra cactus across northern Israel
By Sue Surkes
Hilal Tubi, one-half of the brother pair who created hipster spirit, Tubi 60. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
May 2, 2017, 2:25 am
Israel’s hipster drink Tubi 60 heads stateside
Made with some 60 herbs and fruit essences, the 80-proof elixir is making its way from the Jerusalem bar scene to markets overseas
By Jessica Steinberg
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
February 13, 2017, 2:07 pm
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
Israel’s valentines
A native Israeli finds the promise, challenge, and love of her homeland in olim kissing the tarmac when they arrive
Sabra Hummus (Screenshot/YouTube)
February 6, 2017, 3:14 am
UC Riverside student government votes to remove Sabra hummus from dining service
Resolution supported by Students for Justice in Palestine not enforceable; administration says no plans to remove the product
By JTA
Stephen Colbert plugs Sabra Hummus during his premiere as "Late Show" host on September 8, 2015 (Screen capture via YouTube)
September 10, 2015, 10:53 pm
BDSers not amused by Stephen Colbert hummus plug
Anti-Israel activist says ‘Late Show’ host’s endorsement for IDF-supporting Sabra company part of ‘devil’s bidding’
Illustrative: A Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) protest at University of California, Riverside (screen capture: YouTube)
May 1, 2015, 12:45 am
UC Riverside removes Sabra hummus from campus store
In response to protests by the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter, university to start carrying different brand
By JTA
Illustrative photo of a plate of hummus (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
April 17, 2015, 4:46 am
How Sabra hummus conquered America
A few decades ago, no one really ate the chickpea paste; now it’s available in supermarkets, airports and NFL stadiums
By Uriel Heilman
Sabra hummus (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
April 9, 2015, 3:00 pm
Sabra recalls 30,000 cases of hummus over listeria fears
Food-borne illness can be fatal; no cases reported so far in connection with product
By AP
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