Cantor Meeka Simerly requested that this email be passed along to our congregants and friends.
A group called the " U.S. Academic Campaign to Boycott Israel" is organizing a nationwide boycott of Israeli products. This Saturday they are targeting Trader Joe's calling on all consumers to boycott their stores until they "cleanse" their shelves (their revealing choice of words) of Israeli products.
They will be organizing protests and boycotts this Saturday, June 20th.
Support Israel by specifically buying Israeli products at Trader Joe's this Saturday.
Israeli products carried at Trader Joe's include: Dorot Crushed Garlic, Dorot Chopped Cilantro (both in the freezer case), Holyland Matzos, Pastures of Eden Feta, Trader Joe's Israeli Couscous and Trader Joe's Harvest Grains Blend, which was by the Israeli Couscous. It is a package of Couscous, Orzo, Baby Garbanzo Beans, and Red Quinoa.
For more information, check out two of many resources available online:
An article by Lilly Fowler from the Los Angeles Jewish Journal is linked here:
http://tinyurl.com/mjp6sm
Richard Shulman’s article in the San Francisco Examiner today may be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/nla6ty
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