UJA-Federation buys 20,000 bags of Bamba in response to Brooklyn co-op boycotting Israeli products

(JNS) — The UJA-Federation of New York said that it purchased 20,000 bags of Bamba in response to the Park Slope Food Coop’s recent decision to boycott Israeli products.

The UJA, the largest Federation in the world, which distributes $275 million in grants annually, described the co-op boycott as “divisive and hate-driven.”

Food co-op members voted 67 percent to 31percent to boycott Israeli products. Some 8,400 members, out of 17,000, reportedly voted at the meeting, which was moved online due to security concerns.

The Federation said it will distribute the beloved Israeli peanut butter-flavor...