Category Archives: World

Sit down, Mishuganer!

Does anyone remember images of those misanthropes who stood on their soapboxes and harangued the passing crowd on everything from the End of Days to the evils of fluoridated water? My Grandpa Julius was one of those misanthropes, every Sunday in Chicago’s Wicker Park berating his ragtag audience. Read more » »

B’nai Brith celebrates defeat of libel suit

B’nai Brith Canada is celebrating an Ontario Superior Court victory over former Green Party justice critic Dimitri Lascaris who was suing them for libel. Justice Helen A. Read more » »

Bioquímico Andrés Klein presenta charla en la Filial Yehuda Halevi

Bioquímico Andrés Klein presenta charla en la Filial Yehuda Halevi Con la participación de un invitado de lujo se realizó la reunión de la Filial Yehuda Halevi del pasado lunes 25 de junio. Read more » »

US quits Human Rights Council

WASHINGTON (JTA)-The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the U.N. Human Rights Council because of its bias against Israel. Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, jointly announced the pullout on June 19. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith annual run July 15

Cleveland Jewish NewsB’nai B’rith annual run July 15Cleveland Jewish NewsThe 32nd annual B’nai B’rith Health Run will be at 8: 30 a.m. July 15, starting and ending at Rascal House Pizza, 2255 Warrensville Center Road in University Heights. The run includes a 1-mile run/walk and a 5K run. Awards will be given to the top three … Read more » »

French imam at head of interfaith group foresees Israel’s demise in sermon

By JTA June 27, 2018 21: 10 2 minute read. An Imam performs Friday prayers on Skalitzer Strasse (street) in Berlin September 19, 2014.. (photo credit: REUTERS) X Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Read more » »

Lynn city officials are finalizing RFP for former Thurgood Marshall Middle school property

The old Marshall Middle School on Porter Street in Lynn . (File Photo) LYNN — City officials are finalizing a Request for Proposals to solicit developers’ plans for turning the former Thurgood Marshall Middle School into affordable senior housing. Read more » »

Doug Ford’s election as premier may benefit pro-Palestinian movement

How will the election of Doug Ford as premier of Ontario effect the pro-Palestinian movement? In one of his first post-election moves Ford announced that he would seek to ban an annual Palestinian solidarity event. Read more »

Imam in France who heads an interfaith group foresees Israel’s demise in sermon

(JTA) — A French-Jewish group called for legal action against a senior Muslim cleric in Toulouse who in a sermon recited anti-Semitic religious passages and predicted Israel’s destruction. Read more »

Human Rights in Australia under fire

Browse > Home / News / Human Rights in Australia under fire June 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk Read on for article Liberal MP Julian Leeser is to deliver the 2018 B’nai B’rith Human Rights Address in Sydney. Read more » »