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Everything you need to know about SodaStream’s move

2014-11-03

By: Federation

On: November 3, 2014

In: The Jewish World

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — SodaStream, the Israeli at-home seltzer machine company, announced last week that it would be closing its West Bank factory and moving the facility’s operations to southern Israel next year. Here’s what you need to know about SodaStream, the controversy that hasContinue Reading

Supreme Court sides with Hobby Lobby on contraception

2014-07-01

By: Federation

On: July 1, 2014

In: Local News

By JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that a privately held business may refuse to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives to employees. Jewish groups had closely watched the case that Hobby Lobby, a crafts chain, and Conestoga Wood Specialties, a cabinet maker, hadContinue Reading