April 25 693: Opening session of the Sixteenth Council of Toledo which, before its close, would add more regulations that would prove oppressive to the Jews living under the Visigoths. This Visigoth anti-Semitism would provide a major impetus for Jewish support of the Moors when they invaded Spain in the early decades of the next century. Read more » »

EVENTSMiles for Melanoma 5K Run/Walk: 7: 30 a.m. May 1. Check-in, 6 a.m. Registration fee $45 ages 13 and older; $25 ages 6-12; $10 virtual; add $25 to each level after April 28. Individual goal $100 (includes a T-shirt). Parking at Gate 3 on Lankershim Boulevard. Shuttles available to the back lot for event check-in. Read more » »

MONTREAL — B’nai Brith in Montreal is trying to block the entry into Canada of French comedian Dieudonne, who has multiple convictions and fines for making anti-Semitic statements against Jews in France and Belgium. Read more » »

more articles like this UCSB Nobel Laureate Passes Away updated: Apr 22, 2016, 8: 50 AM Source: Henry T. Yang, Chancellor of University of California, Santa BarbaraDear Members of our Campus Community,I am deeply saddened to share with you the news that our respected colleague and friend Professor Walter Kohn passed away late last night. Read more » »

Dear Sisters, Dear Brothers On behalf of the Executive Committee of B’nai B’rith Europe I send you and your families my best wishes for a Joyful and Healthy Pesach. Throughout the world, but particularly in Israel and in certain countries of Europe, Jews are facing difficult problems. Read more » »

Lettre de la Directrice générale de l’UNESCO, Madame Irina BOKOVA, à Serge Dahan Président du B’nai B’rith France Réponse au communiqué du B’nai B’rith France du 15 avril suite à la 199ième session du Comité exécutif de l’UNESCO Read more » »

April 23, 1976 From an installment of former JCRC head Earl Raab’s column, „Candid Comments,” headlined „Open Season on Jews”The evangelists must consider this open season on the Jews. The San Francisco County Jail just received a letter from one Marvin Pressman, the director of something called the B’nai Yeshua Fellowship. Read more » »

 In a letter to the Department of Education, the House of Representatives Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism , members of Congress ” sounded the alarm about a troubling surge in anti-Semitism on American college campuses. Read more » »

Temple Sinai of Bergen County will hold its annual gala on Saturday, May 7, at 7 p.m., at Montammy Country Club in Alpine.This year’s honorees are the Marks/Weiss, Friedberg/Goldstein, and Simon families. Kenneth and Christel Marks have been members of Temple Sinai since the mid 1970s. Read more » »

Paul Wellman (file)Walter KohnUCSB Professor Pursued Physics and World PeaceThursday, April 21, 2016The flags at UCSB stands at half-mast today out of respect for Walter Kohn, a physicist whose career spanned the technological revolution and who died last night, Chancellor Henry Yang announced on Wednesday. Read more » »