Monthly Archives: február 2015
Convention at Wilkes-Barre Jewish Community Center shows teen’s positive …
WILKES-BARRE — Over 150 teens from eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and western New York gathered at the Jewish Community Center over the weekend for the regional B’nai B’rith Youth Organization convention. The convention, which is titled „IT” (In Training), is for new members of the organization in grades 8 through 12. Read more » »
Seton Hall Students Help Seniors Weather the Winter at Two JCHC Communities
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Students at Seton Hall University helped residents at two senior living communities dig out their cars after recent snowstorms. Read more »
Polk County Calendar of Religion Events (Feb. 7)
Published: Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 1: 47 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 1: 47 a.m. Limud Institute The adult Jewish education series is in Semester III, „Understanding the Siddur,” which covers the High Holiday Machzor from 10 to 11 a.m. Sunday at Temple Emanuel, 600 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland. Read more » »
Youth contribute to Lebanese Dinner tradition
Published 12: 15am Saturday, February 7, 2015 The lifeblood of any church is dependent upon the young people of its congregation and to help insure its traditions and longevity, St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church includes its youth in the preparations for their annual Lebanese dinner. Read more » »
For Cuban Jews, improved ties to US may not resolve central challenges
Josh Tapper Adath Israel, Cuba’s only Orthodox synagogue, draws a small daily minyan. The congregation’s leader, Jacob Berezniak-Hernandez, also serves as Cuba’s kosher butcher. Read more » »
Argentina: Former B’nai B’rith Honoree Takes Over AMIA Case
Following the tragic and mysterious death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman in January, just hours before he was scheduled to deliver his findings on the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, a new special prosecutor has been named to the case. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith aplaude UNESCO por bloquear inclusão de posters antissemitas
A B’nai B’rith internacional louvou a atitude da diretora =geral da UNESCO, Irina Bokova, de vetar a aceitação de uma coleção de 1.700 cartazes de propaganda palestina para a programa Memória do Mundo, dizendo que os cartazes incentivam o antissemitismo, contrariando os valores da UNESCO. Read more » »
Reino Unido registra mais de mil incidentes antissemitas em 2014
O antissemitismo europeu continua em alta e na ordem do dia. Além da França, o Reino Unido está demonstrando „boa” colocação. Nada menos de 1.168 incidentes contra judeus britânicos foram registrados em 2014. Read more »
