Category Archives: World
JNS – Declassified Report on UNRWA Accuses State Department of Misleading Congress on Palestinian Textbooks
JNS.org interviewed B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin in the wake of a new report indicating that the State Department misled Congress regarding the dissemination of textbooks encouraging Palestinian violence against the State of Israel by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Calls on House Leadership to Publicly Rebuke Rep. Ilhan Omar For Anti-Semitic Tweets
(Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We call on the House leadership to publicly rebuke Rep. Read more » »
Interview du Président du B’nai B’rith France à Radio Shalom
Ce mercredi 6 février, le président du B’nai B’rith France Philippe Meyer était l’invité du journal de 19h00 de Radio Shalom. L’intervention a concerné les élections européennes du 26 mai prochain, leurs enjeux et les actions du B’nai B’rith France à ce sujet. Pour écouter l’interview, cliquer sur le lien ci-dessous. Read more » »
BBLBIA met with the Hungarian Secretary of State for Civil Affairs
10/02/2019| Advocacy, BB London Bureau of International Affairs, BBLBIA, BBLBIA News| Report by Jeremy Havardi On 6th February, members of the London Bureau had a meeting at the Hungarian embassy with H.E. Vince Szalay-Bobrovniczky, the Hungarian Secretary of State for Civil Affairs. Read more » »
Report: State Dept. Lied About UN Textbooks Inciting Palestinian Violence
For months, the GAO blocked the report’s release due to the State Department requesting it be classified. JNS filed a Freedom of Information Act request in December for a copy of the 65-page report titled “West Bank and Gaza: State Monitors Textbook Content but Should Improve Its Reporting to Congress GAO-18-227C,” but was unsuccessful. Read more » »
Declassified Report on UNRWA Accuses US State Dept of Misleading Congress on PA Schoolbooks – The Jewish Press
Photo Credit: Miriam Alster / Flash 90 UNRWA school in Deheisha section of Bethlehem, August 30, 2018 by Jackson Richman A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office accuses the U.S. Read more » »
ASH WEDNESDAY
ASH WEDNESDAY and LENT services Lent, a season of spiritual renewal, begins Ash Wednesday, which is March 6. Forty days is a traditional number of discipline, devotion and preparation in the Bible. Lent also lasts for 40 days, excluding Sundays. A listing of Ash Wednesday services and other Lenten programs will be published March 2. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Mardi Gras Mitzva Makers to parade on Feb. 17
The 40th annual B’nai B’rith Mardi Gras Mitzva Makers Hospital Parade, originally set for Feb. 10, has been changed to the following Sunday, Feb. 17, due to citywide road closures. The Mitzva Makers gather at the Touro Infirmary’s Prytania Street entrance, 3500 Prytania, at 9: 30 a.m.. The parade starts at 10 a.m. Read more » »
From Hanukkah in Saddam’s palace to prosecuting gangs, Trump’s new anti-Semitism monitor comes with diverse skills
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Elan Carr’s career until now has been equal parts prosecutor, policy wonk, politico and performance artist. That makes him perfect for his new job as the State Department’s special envoy to monitor anti-Semitism, according to people most familiar with his appointment, which was made public on Monday. Read more » »
Don’t miss these events in the New Orleans area (Feb. 8-14)
FRIDAY FAUBOURG MARIGNY TOUR: 10 a.m., New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans. The tour explores one of the city’s earliest suburbs located immediately downriver from the Vieux Carre, with Creole cottages and ornamented shotgun dwellings. friendsofthecabildo.com. Tickets $20-$25. Read more » »
