Keyword: SodaStream

Profit Over Principle: Scarlett Johansson's Disturbing Choice to Front For a Settlement Product

Picture: Scarlett Johansson courtesy Paul Bird/Wikimedia Commons Brian Walt - Massachusetts did not have a team in this year’s Super Bowl.  And last week brought news that Boston-based Oxfam America would not have an Oxfam ambassador appearing in a Super Bowl commercial either.  Scarlett Johansson's work for SodaStream violated the anti-settlement and anti-discrimination principles of the international Oxfam confederation.  As a consequence, Johansson chose her hefty contract with SodaStream over the social justice work of Oxfam.  As a rabbi...