Monthly Archives: december 2015

Anti-Semitism in 2015: Old worries, new worries

‘People understand there is no future for Jews in Europe.” That phrase, uttered by Belgian Chief Rabbi Avraham Gigi shortly after a coordinated series of attacks killed 130 people across Paris, highlighted the fear felt by many Jews across the European continent. Read more » »

Board teams up with MDA to launch major campaign #FacingTerrorSavingLives

Board teams up with MDA Report from BOD Community Briefing 24/12/2015 The Board and Magen David Adom UK this week announced the launch of a campaign enabling the UK Jewish community to respond to the current wave of terror in Israel by supporting Magen David Adom’s work on the frontline, facing terror and saving lives. Read more » »

LOOKING BACK: Stoughton answers draft; Randolph on the air

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B’nai B’rith to provide relief funds for victims of South’s deadly storms

(JTA) — B’nai B’rith International will make disaster relief funds available for victims of storms in the southern United States that have killed 40 people. The tornadoes and torrential rains throughout Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas started early last week. Some 14 tornadoes hit Mississippi on Dec. Read more » »

Tornado And Flood Disaster Relief Fund Open For Storm Victims In Southern US

Harold Steinberg stares at a damaged house in Holly Springs, Mississippi. The trailer was swept up during one of the tornadoes. A woman and her two grandchildren were in the house when the tornado struck. The grandmother suffered broken bones. The two children were shaken up, but unharmed. Read more » »

Spare Times for Dec. 25-31

Photo Credit Andrew Burton/Getty Images New Year’s Eve (Thursday) Believe it or not, Lower Manhattan used to have all the fun. Before 1904, Trinity Church was New York’s gathering point for crowds to ring in the New Year. Read more » »

Globe Briefs December 24

UN to recognize Yom Kippur as official holiday The United Nations will for the first time recognize Yom Kippur as an official holiday. Read more »

Dr. Melvin Berman, 96

Dr. Melvin Berman, 1987 Family Photo STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Native Staten Islander Dr. Melvin Berman, 96, of Palm Shores in Boynton Beach, Fla., a retired dentist who was dedicated to his profession and his family, died Tuesday in JFK Medical Center, Atlantis, Fla. Born and raised in Tompkinsville, he graduated from Curtis High School. Dr. Read more » »

Rassemblement Républicain

Le B’nai B’rith France appelle à participer à l’hommage qui sera rendu aux victimes des attentats terroristes survenus à Paris les 7, 8 et 9 janvier 2015 Samedi 9 janvier 2016 à 19h30 Devant l’ HyperCacher de la Porte de Vincennes 23, avenue de la Read more » »

Um mundo em transformação

A B’nai B’rith do Brasil deseja que o espirito de Chanucá e do Natal inspire a humanidade a fazer as transformaçőes necessárias rumo a um mundo com mais dignidade, respeito e compreensão, de acordo com os valores da fraternidade, beneficência, harmonia, luz, justiça, paz e verdade, lema de nossa instituição, simbolizado nos sete braços da Menorá. Read more » »