From
Sojourners Magazine...
What
Would Yeshua Wear?
American business leader Adam Neiman,
founder of Bienestar International, which produces union-made,
sweatshop-free apparel under the No Sweat label, has
started a fair trade clothing business in Bethlehem with
Palestinian Christians and Muslims. He was interviewed
by Sojourners associate editor Rose Marie Berger in November
2006...
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From
Haaretz...
Doing
Good Is No Sweat
A
Jewish-American businessman has teamed up with a factory
in Bethlehem to produce Palestinian-made clothes and accessories
for sale on the international market. Adam Neiman, head
of Massachusetts-based No Sweat, a sweatshop-free apparel
label that sells clothing and shoes, was in Israel recently
to discuss plans with a Bethlehem factory. He will produce
organic and fair-trade cotton yoga wear for the American
and European markets. The line will be launched in Tel
Aviv in December, in London in March, 2007, and then in
New York next September...
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From
Al Jazeera...
Common
Ground? No Sweat.
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From
The Jewish Advocate...
No
Sweat More Than Cool Looks
Amid
tensions in the Middle East, a Jewish-American businessman
in Newton has boldly stepped forward to provide work for
Palestinians. Adam Neiman, founder of the sweatshop-free
apparel manufacturer Bienestar International, which produces
clothing and footwear under the label No Sweat, has recently
partnered up with a unionized Bethlehem factory to create
a new line of yoga wear with international distribution...
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From
The Arab Washingtonian...
Promoting
Peace One T-shirt at a Time
Two
Buckingham Browne & Nichols students – one Jewish
and one Muslim – have joined forces to promote a
cause that they hope will help bridge the divide between
Israelis and Palestinians. Cambridge resident Zander Sebenius,
16, and Chelmsford resident Tarek El Jahmi, 17, both juniors
at BBN, have become what they call “social entrepreneurs,” in
which they are now selling sweat-shop free T-shirts produced
at a unionized factory in Bethlehem. The duo teamed up
with Newton businessman Adam Neiman, founder of the sweatshop-free
manufacturer Bienestar International Inc., which produces
clothing and footwear under the label No Sweat, this fall,
and have already made some successful sales locally since
their partnership...
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From
The Cambridge Chronicle...
T-Shirts
Might Solve Middle East Peace
Zander
Sebenius leans back comfortably in his chair when asked
about the union labor-made he sells. He breezily tosses
out the term “social entrepreneurship,” which
he said means making money while solving a social problem.
And like a true salesman, Sebenius addressed the question
on any consumer’s mind before it ever comes up. “The
shirts are really within a dollar or two of most other
brands,” he said. “Price isn’t a deterrent.” At
only 16, Sebenius, a rising senior at Buckingham, Browne
and Nichols, knows the ins and outs of the sales business...
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From
The Boston Globe...
Making
A Buck and a Point in Bethlehem
A
Boston-based Jewish entrepreneur plans to start selling
a new line of clothing, made by unionized Palestinian laborers
in a Bethlehem factory, on Christmas Eve. The project has
drawn support and assistance from both Israeli government
officials and the Palestinian Authority, and has Palestinian
union representatives hoping to jump-start the depressed
Palestinian textile industry, which has stagnated since
the beginning of the Intifada. Currently, unemployment
in Bethlehem runs upward of 40 percent...
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