Category Archives: World
Rockville’s Gail Shirazi Marks 50 Years in Israel/Judaica at Library of Congress
Education is in Gail Shirazi’s blood: her mother, father, aunt, daughter, nieces and nephews are all teachers. So it only makes sense that she devotes her days to informing and enlightening others.“Learning, teaching or exposing people to information … really is very rewarding, and when you give back, you get back,” Shirazi said. Read more » »
From Australia’s Jewish past
From Australia’s Jewish pastSydney David Einfeld AO – Politician and Community LeaderSyd – as he was known – was born on 17 June 1909 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, just three weeks after his parents arrived in Australia – hence his name Sydney. He was the son of Deborah and Rabbi Marcus Einfeld, whose family had come from Yaroslaw in Galicia, Poland. Read more » »
‘Jews, we know what you did’: Jewish teens chased in antisemitic attack in Uruguay
After two Jewish teenagers were chased through the streets of Montevideo by young men hurling anti-Semitic slurs, B’nai B’rith International Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn warned that hateful messages circulating on social networks Read more »
Javier Milei Meets with Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar
Argentine President Javier Milei received the B’nai B’rith Award during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Buenos Aires, and later met with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, underscoring his government’s close relationship with Israel. Read more in Spanish in Ámbito Financiero, and in English below. Read more » »
Lone Star of David: How a short-lived plan saw persecuted European Jews reroot in Texas
Lone Star of David: How a short-lived plan saw persecuted European Jews reroot in TexasIn her new book ‘Melting Point,’ Rachel Cockerell chronicles her ancestors’ involvement in an obscure movement – exclusively in their own wordsWhen author Rachel Read more » »
Jewish groups praise Trump’s designation of Maduro-linked cartel as terror org
Speaking with JNS about the U.S. decision to designate the Maduro-linked Cartel de los Soles as a terror group, B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin emphasized that “terror cannot pay” and that there must be “no safe zones for terror.” Read more at JNS.org. Read more » »
Jewish groups praise Trump’s designation of Maduro-linked cartel as terror org
Jewish groups praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to designate a criminal network, which is tied to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, as a terror organization.Marco Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state, stated on Nov. Read more » »
Historic wins at the World Zionist Congress
Emunah Australia Co-President Avital Seifman successfully authored and passed groundbreaking resolutions at the 39th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem. Read more » »
‘Progressive except for Jews’ on campus
The political Left has become the principal source of antisemitism on Australian university campuses, with 84 per cent of Jewish students and staff identifying progressive groups as the main perpetrators. Read more » »
Dreyfus posthumously promoted, 130 years after being wrongly accused of treason in France
JNS spoke with B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin, who welcomed France’s move to posthumously promote Alfred Dreyfus to the rank of brigadier general but pressed officials to apply the same conviction to combating modern anti-Semitism. Read more at JNS.org. Daniel S. Read more » »
