Monthly Archives: november 2015
Hebrew Union College’s Skirball Museum unveils the first items in its huge new …
CINCINNATI — For the past few months, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s Skirball Museum in Clifton has been unpacking boxes and crates filled with the B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection, which was donated to the museum in May. Read more » »
Six new names for Council Bluffs school district’s athletic facilities
The Council Bluffs Community School District announced – „in the spirit of Thanksgiving,” said Superintendent Martha Bruckner – it would recognize a handful of athletic stars and community donors by naming field and other sports facilities in their honor. Read more » »
Bob Dylan and Christian Zionism
Dylan at the Mt. of Olives, Jerusalem. Bob Dylan has made a reappearance in the public eye this past year with the release of his album Shadows in the Night and the issuing of a set of outtakes from his classic mid-1960s LPs. The state of Israel—situated in the Middle East, allied with the U.S. Read more » »
Council Bluffs school board approves names for areas of athletic complex
Six areas of the Gale Wickersham Athletic Complex were named Tuesday evening by the Council Bluffs school board. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Congratulates Argentine President-Elect Mauricio Macri
B’nai B’rith International congratulates Argentine President-Elect Mauricio Macri in his run-off election victory yesterday. Macri currently serves as mayor of Buenos Aires and is slated to enter office in January 2016. He will succeed President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Read more » »
Aviso Urgente: Queda De Árvores Adia Premiação Do Concurso Fábio Dorf 2015
AVISO URGENTE: QUEDA DE ÁRVORES ADIA PREMIAÇÃO DO CONCURSO FÁBIO DORF 2015 Informamos que a Premiação do Concurso Fábio Dorf de Direitos Humanos 2015 da B’nai B’rith que seria realizada hoje, às 20h00, foi transferida para a próxima quinta-feira, dia Read more » »
Bulletin Board
Create a holiday painting during a free instructor-led event, 1-3 p.m. Dec. 1, at The Chelsea at Manalapan, 445 Route 9 South, Manalapan. Details: 732-972-6200. The American Association of University Women Freehold branch is accepting book donations for its 2016 book sale. Read more »
Charity events in the Los Angeles area, Nov. 23-30
La Providencia Guild of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: The group’s thrift shop holds a sale of art, carpets and furniture, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Sales benefit programs at the hospital. 3301 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank. 818-845-6606. www.laprovidenciaguild. Read more » »
How the Israel Lobby Captured Hillel
Joshua Wolfsun, a senior at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, never expected his college education to include the threat of a lawsuit. And he definitely didn’t expect it to include one from Hillel International. Read more » »
Judeus de Aleppo, na Síria, fogem de maneira dramática
A cidade síria de Aleppo tinha uma das mais antigas comunidades judaicas do mundo. A família Halabi, última família judia da cidade, até pouco tempo não tinha planos de se mudar. Mas, com o avanço do Estado Islâmico e a ameaça de sequestro ou morte, eles não viram outra saída a não ser fugir. Read more » »
