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New PQ leader says no to BDS: The new Parti Québécois (PQ) Leader, Jean François Lisée, says he’d never support BDS, and that he wants to heal relations between the PQ and ethnic Quebecers.

Battling bar/bat mitzvah performance pressure: Rabbi Erin Polansky thinks it’s time the community re-evaluates its expectations for bar/bat mitzvah students, especially those with special needs.

Graduates won’t hear Hatikvah:Hebrew University has decided not to play Israel’s national anthem at an upcoming graduation ceremony, saying it doesn’t want to offend the school’s Arab students.

Shackle and hoist imports banned: Israel is banning imports of meat slaughtered using the controversial “shackle and hoist” method. The ban will come into effect in 2018.

Well, this is awkward: U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly spoke on the phone earlier this week but didn’t discuss the elephant in the room. 

Surrogacy as therapy: This Tel Aviv sex therapy clinic provides clients with sex surrogates, believing people without partners are also entitled to getting help for their intimacy issues.