Monthly Archives: május 2016

Câmara Brasil-Israel tem nova diretoria

Durante Assembleia Geral realizada na sede da entidade no dia 16 de maio, a Câmara Brasil-Israel de Comércio e Indústria elegeu sua nova diretoria e conselho para o biênio 2016 /2018. Read more »

Clovis High’s Crouch wins B’nai B’rith award

Clovis High School senior Cassidy Crouch thanked her principal, athletic director, coaches, boyfriend and sister in a burst of enthusiasm and gratitude after winning the 2016 B’nai B’rith Student Athlete Award on May 16.”This is an honor,” she told several hundred people attending the awards dinner in the Clovis Veterans Memorial District. Read more » »

Como surgiram os Calendários?

Você sabia que o primeiro calendário era lunar e surgiu na Mesopotâmia, em torno de 2700 a.C., entre os sumérios? Ele serviu de base para o calendário judaico. E por que nosso calendário tem um mês a mais a cada três anos? Hoje, o Ocidente usa o calendário gregoriano, que não tem mais a influência dos astros, por determinação do Papa Gregório. Read more » »

B’nai Brith Condemns Iran’s Attempt to Trivialize Holocaust

Iran’s annual international cartoon contest, which trivializes the Holocaust and compares Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to the horrors of the Nazi regime, perpetuates antisemitic stereotypes, B’nai Brith Canada says.The contest, which began May 14, runs for two weeks and has already received 150 entries from over 50 countries. Read more » »

Toyota Kirloskar Motors’ chairman Vikram Kirloskar loves culinary art

There is more to the Bengaluru-based industrialist Vikram Kirloskar than meets the eye. At work, he wears the hat of the vice chairman and partner of Toyota Kirloskar Motors . At home, he swaps it for that of the chef. His daughter Manasi says that Kirloskar is an „amazing cook „. Read more » »

Két napos nemzetközi konferenciát szervez a B’nai B’rith Budapesti Páholy

Két napos nemzetközi konferenciát szervez a Budapesti Páholy

The ADL and the Armenian Genocide

| Print | E-mailWednesday, 18 May 2016 10: 14 It’s Not Over Until It’s Over by David Boyajian I n mid-May, on the Anti-Defamation League’s „blog,” CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said that the ADL now „unequivocally” acknowledges the Armenian Genocide committed by Turkey. Curiously, he doesn’t mention Turkey. The ADL, he added, „would support U.S. Read more » »

A blessed day for Apple CEO: Tim Cook’s divine interaction at Siddhivinayak shrine

As per Hindu tradition, prayers are offered to Ganapati for auspicious beginnings.It seems fitting then, that Tim Cook decided to kickstart his first visit to India as the CEO of Apple , by seeking divine blessings. Cook, along with Sanjay Kaul, Apple’s India head, visited Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Read more » »

How One Man Saved 140 Jewish Children in the Far East from the Holocaust

Bialystok children in the Udmurtia Republic in the Urals, 1941. (Courtesy: B’nai B’rith World Center)Nearly 75 years ago, the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive invasion of the Soviet Union, in which 4.5 million Axis soldiers surprised the Soviets with blitzkrieg attacks across the 2,900-kilometer border. Read more » »

Independence Day Reception

Helene Briskman, Director of the BBUK London Bureau of International Affairs, and Eve Swabe, immediate past President BBUK, were guests at … Read more »