Daniel Lubetzky

Two articles recently posted on PeaceWorks and OneVoice and our efforts… JEWCY.COM: Peace Through Pesto: Daniel Lubetzky Schools Us on Building Bridges and Empowering Moderates,  by Helen Jupiter, July 11, 2008 and JERUSALEM POST, Don Quixote comes to Israel, Jul 24, 2008, by Heather Robinson JERUSALEM POST: Don Quixote comes to Israel Jul. 24, 2008 [...]

China seems intent on using its veto at the UN to minimize any interference with national sovereignty, even at the expense of basic human rights and values, to the point of again vetoing a UN resolution against Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s atrocious dictator, and seeking to fight an ICC warrant against Sudan’s genocidal President.  Howard French [...]

It is a sign of how messed up the region can get that Palestinians in Gaza were motivated to throw rockets at Israel to try to undo the cease-fire agreement, rekindle the fighting, ensure a continued closure of the borders, preventing imports and trade, and thereby keeping at artificially high levels the prices of seeds [...]

Kenneth Pollack offers a compelling perspective on the effects an oil boom in the Middle East. July 13, 2008 Op-Ed Contributor Drowning in Riches By KENNETH M. POLLACK Washington YOU might think that $140 per barrel oil would be good for at least one part of the world, the Middle East. It’s too soon to [...]

This episode of the Colbert Report is hilarious. Reporting on the news that fruit overtook cookies as the #1 snack for kids over 6, they note: It’s an outrage that cookies are no longer the number one snack for children under six. Fruit is un-American.

Today we received some samples of interesting products from Turkey: fruits stuffed with nuts.  I thought they were great possible additions to our healthy snacks family – minimally processed, all natural, flavorful, just sun dried.  But it was funny (and sad) that in informal focus groups, most consumers were turned off by the look of [...]

I was struck at this Fancy Food Show at how many companies are starting to tie their new products to commitments to give donations to social causes. You’d think that is great and to be encouraged, but I was quite turned off, because it was so clear that to a lot of these companies it [...]

Epicurious, the blog that is an institution among foodies (published by Conde Nast, which also guides Gourmet and Bon Appetit Magazines), ranked KIND as one of the best products they tasted at the 54th Annual Fancy Food Show in NYC.  It was the only product in the snack bar category that got such mention.  Here [...]

The article below points to local opposition to water bottling facilities, but does not even highlight one of the biggest reasons why bottled water is causing such backlash: it’s plastic bottles overwhelming negative environmental impact… Portland Press Herald (Maine) June 30, 2008 Monday Final Edition FRONT; Pg. A1 Bottled water industry faces growing opposition; Last [...]

The line may be blurry on this one. Japan, Seeking Trim Waists, Measures Millions - an effort to prevent diabetes and obesity from the Japanese government by strictly imposing waistline limits on the population, with penalties for corporations and local governments that do not meet guideposts… New York Times June 13, 2008 Japan, Seeking Trim Waists, [...]