Monthly Archives: június 2015
My Word: BDS, boos and Jerusalem
I’m more of a „laugh out loud” or „laugh in your face” type of person than a heckler. The only occasion I can recall doing something that could be construed as heckling was in the late 1970s when my sister and I went to a concert in London by Joan Baez. I was young and not foolish, but less inhibited. Read more » »
Into The Fray: The masquerade behind Obama’s Jewish outreach
here’s where… you’ve failed us thus far, Mr. President. You got the settlement freeze six years ago, you got the prisoner releases in 2013, but what did you wrest from Abbas? Did he stop the incitement against Israel? Did he moderate his positions on Read more » »
A bridge over troubled water?
Although he found time to host singer Art Garfunkel at his Jerusalem residence this week and discuss some of the artwork gracing the walls, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave Wednesday’s meeting of the Likud central committee at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds a miss – thereby annoying many of the members, who complained bitterly. Read more » »
2014 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents Released / Audit des incidents antisémites de 2014
2014 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents Released For Immediate Release June 11, 2014, TORONTO — Earlier today B’nai Brith Canada, the country’s most senior Jewish human rights agency, released its 2014 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. Read more » »
NPR Host’s Questioning Presidential Candidate About Israeli Citizenship Deeply Offensive
NPR host Diane Rehm Sets Dangerous Standard B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: NPR host Diane Rehm’s intense, offensive questioning of Jewish Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders about whether he is also an Israeli citizen reinforces tropes that Jews are first and foremost loyal to Israel. Read more » »
Washington-area obituaries of note
June 10 at 8: 09 PM Obituaries of residents from the District, Maryland and Northern Virginia. Herbert J. Hansell, lawyer, State Department legal adviser Herbert J. Hansell, 89, a former State Department legal adviser and of counsel at what is now the Jones Day law firm, died May 23 at his home in Washington. Read more » »
Music merchants who kept time with the beat of the city
Platt Music Co. advertised in the B’nai B’rith Messenger in the early 1900s. Photo is public domain Since the early 1900s, the names of two Jewish families, Platt and Schireson, have been music to the ears of Angelenos. Read more »
Sociedade Beneficente Albert Einstein comemora 60 anos
Claudio Lottenberg, presidente da Sociedade Beneficente Albert Einstein, recebeu convidados como os ministros Arthur Chioro (Saúde) e Gilberto Kassab (Cidades) na festa de 60 anos da instituição, na segunda (8). O governador Geraldo Alckmin, o vereador Andrea Matarazzo e o presidente da Fiesp, Paulo Skaf, participaram do evento, no hotel Unique. Read more » »
Aloysio Nunes apresenta repúdio a UFSM em Comissão do Senado
O senador Aloysio Nunes Ferreira (PSDB-SP) apresentou ontem proposta de voto de repúdio contra a atitude antissemita da reitoria da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), do Rio Grande do Sul. O documento foi lido na reunião da Comissão de Educação, Cultura e Esporte do Senado (CE) e aguarda para ser incluído na agenda de votaçőes do Senado. Read more » »
UFSM compromete Polo Aeroespacial de Santa Maria
Interessante notar que a realidade em Santa Maria tem múltiplas facetas. Uma delas é que o ofício só foi enviado pela Universidade depois do fracasso de diversas iniciativas do Polo Aeroespacial gaúcho, quando ficou claro que não haveria acordo com Read more » »
