Business & Finance

Financial Rating Service Agrees to Eliminate Anti-Israel Bias from Reports

A neutral and objective ESG rating system must operate on the assumption that companies operating in Israel should “be held to the same standards of corporate responsibility and action as any other companies operating anywhere else in the world.” The report offers pointed guidance on how this neutrality can be achieved, and why such neutrality is essential to maintaining the integrity of the ESG process. [press release]

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Business & Finance, Israel, Press Release, USA

$9M+ Distributed by County and JFS in Wake of Pandemic

“As a result of the pandemic and soaring inflation, families lost jobs, cars and homes — especially those in local areas hardest hit by the pandemic,” Pollard said. “This program further proves the need for guaranteed income to help Black, Indigenous and people of color, low-income and differently abled San Diegans work toward the economic security they need to thrive.” [Times of San Diego]

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Business & Finance, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Times of San Diego, USA

23andMe Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Privacy Breach Targeting Chinese And Ashkenazi Jewish Customers

Published by Benzinga Genetic testing company 23andMe Holding Co. (NASDAQ:ME) is under fire in a class action lawsuit, accused of inadequately protecting the privacy of nearly 7 million customers whose personal information was compromised in a data breach last year. The lawsuit, filed yesterday in federal court in San Francisco, alleges that the company failed

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Antisemitism, Business & Finance, Nordot, USA

Druze Diplomat Emphasizes Importance of Transcending Religious, Cultural Boundaries

Amit Mekel — the Los Angeles-based Deputy Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Southwest and the first non-Jewish Israeli diplomat in this region — shared that “I feel an even deeper calling to openly share my personal journey at every event since the war’s onset.”[Israel Bonds Press Release]

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Business & Finance, California, Israel, Press Release, USA

Likud lawmakers to government: Keep Palestinian workers out

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], January 18 (ANI/TPS): Palestinian laborers from Judea and Samaria should not be allowed to return to work across the Green Line inside Israel’s pre-1967 territory, a dozen Likud lawmakers wrote in a letter to Cabinet members made public on Wednesday. “The time has come to say explicitly that

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Business & Finance, Israel, Middle East, Nordot

2023 Was a Record-Breaking Year for Israel Bonds, with $2.7B in Investments

A year that began on a festive note, as Israel Bonds commemorated the Jewish state’s milestone 75th anniversary later turned somber with the October 7 Hamas massacre. Yet at Israel’s darkest moment, Israel Bonds produced its most significant accomplishments — securing an additional $1 billion in such investments by the war’s 30-day mark. This historic groundswell of investments included purchases from more than 15 U.S. state and municipal governments and institutions. [Israel Bonds Pres Release)

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Business & Finance, Israel, Press Release, USA