Category Archives: World
Senate aims to end debate on judicial nominee Allison Jones Rushing
Senate aims to end debate on judicial nominee Allison Jones Rushing KATUWASHINGTON (SBG) – Senate aims to end debate on judicial nominee. Senate convenes and proceeds to executive session to resume consideration of the … Read more » »
Parents of dead West Point cadet get judge’s permission to retrieve his sperm
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The parents of a 21-year-old West Point cadet fatally injured in a skiing accident raced the clock to get a judge’s permission to retrieve his sperm for „the possibility of preserving some piece of our child that might live on.” U.S. Read more » »
Attorney general won’t recuse himself from overseeing Mueller probe
by MICHAEL BALSAMO , The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr will not recuse himself from overseeing the special counsel’s Russia probe after consulting with senior ethics officials, the Justice Department said Monday. Read more » »
Author and Buddhist Teacher Roshi Joan Halifax Draws Capacity Crowd for Talk on Life and Death
By Andy Silverman for Hospice of Santa Barbara | March 4, 2019 | 11: 22 a.m. On Feb. 27, Roshi Joan Halifax, a renowned Buddhist teacher, author, Zen priest and anthropologist, talked about her perspectives on death and dying before a packed house at the Marjorie Luke Theatre in Santa Barbara. Read more » »
Justices: Nebraska county owes $28M for wrongful convictions
by MARK SHERMAN and GRANT SCHULTE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a rural Nebraska county’s appeal of a $28 million court judgment aimed at compensating six people wrongfully convicted of a 1985 slaying. Read more » »
Pope Francis announces Vatican will open Holocaust-era archives
Pope Francis announces Vatican will open Holocaust-era archives Cleveland Jewish NewsFor years, Yad Vashem has called for the opening of these archives, which will enable objective and open research, as well as comprehensive discourse on … Read more » »
“Space to Lead.” Behind a Historic Gift for Jewish Girls’ Leadership
A $25 million gift recently pledged by Chicago industrialist Ted Perlman and his wife Harriette to the international Jewish teen organization BBYO is by far the single largest donation that the venerable youth group has ever received. Read more » »
The Montclarion – Student Artist Profile: Marley Goudie
The Montclarion published an interview with artist Marley Goudie, a student at Montclair State University who won B’nai B’rith International’s 2018 Diverse Minds Writing Challenge in the Southern New Jersey region. Read the Original Article Marley Goudie is a freshman illustration and animation major at Montclair State University. Read more » »
Trump tightens trade embargo on Cuba over aid to Venezuela
by MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The Trump administration announced Monday that it is tightening the six-decade trade embargo on Cuba by allowing lawsuits against Cuban companies using properties confiscated after its 1959 revolution, though the impact appears to be largely symbolic. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Disgusted by Anti-Semitic Characters in Carnival Parade in Belgium
(Washington, D.C., March 4, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith is disgusted with the anti-Semitic puppets included marching and dancing through the annual Aalst Carnival parade in Belgium. Read more » »
