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Anti-Semitism on the rise in Alberta, according to annual report from B’nai Brith
Alberta’s Jewish community is concerned over a troubling rise in anti-Semitic incidents, which reached a new high in 2017. B’nai Brith Canada on Tuesday released its annual audit of incidents targeting the Jewish community, showing 1,752 instances nationwide last year, eclipsing the previous year’s disturbing high water mark. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Commends House Of Representatives For Passing Holocaust Restitution Act
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International commends the House of Representatives for passing the Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act (HR 1226/S.447), which calls on the U.S. Read more » »
Anti-Semitic incidents increase for second consecutive year, B’nai Brith reports
A piece of hate mail is held at a synagogue in Montreal on Tuesday Dec. 19, 2017. B’nai Brith Canada says at least five synagogues across the country received anti-Semitic hate mail. Read more » »
The Goldene Medina: Celebrating 175 Years of Jewish Life in South Africa
Browse > Home / News / The Goldene Medina: Celebrating 175 Years of Jewish Life in South Africa April 24, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk Read on for article Kol Nidre night, September 2016, marked the 175th anniversary of Jewish religious and cultural life in South Africa. Read more » »
Judge who berated frail defendant moves up retirement
Judge who berated frail defendant moves up retirementThe Herald-TimesBefore she became a judge, Ehrlich was a chairwoman of the Florida Bar grievance committee, a former president of the B’nai B’rith justice unit and a former advisory board member, Broward Foster Grandparents Inc. She graduated from Nova University Law … Read more » »
Judge who berated frail defendant moves up retirement
Broward Circuit Judge Merrliee Ehrlich is retiring, effective at 5 p.m. Monday, after a video surfaced of her berating a wheelchair-bound defendant at a recent hearing. Ehrlich, 67, already had submitted paperwork to the governor’s office announcing her intention to retire June 30. But on Friday, reaction to the video was swift. Read more » »
Eminent historian Howard Sachar passes away at home at age 90
April 23, 2018 17: 23 2 minute read. Star of David. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) American Jewish historian Dr. Howard M. Sachar, who wrote prolifically on Middle Eastern and European history, passed away at his home in Kensington, Maryland, on April 18, two months after his 90th birthday. Read more » »
Homes & Lifestyle
By Julia Solomon for Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara | April 22, 2018 | 11: 57 a.m. Marking 31 years, the Santa Barbara Jewish Festival is the Central Coast’s largest community-wide Jewish cultural festival and celebration of Israel’s Independence Day (Yom Ha’Atzmaut). It will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at Plaza del Mar, 23 W. Read more » »
Un héros de la Shoah honoré 75 ans après l’incroyable sauvetage de 1 000 juifs
Soixante-quinze ans après être venu en aide à plus de 1 000 Juifs qui fuyaient un village de France occupé par l’Italie, Enzo Cavaglion, un Juif italien aujourd’hui âgé de 98 ans, a fait l’objet d’un hommage dans sa ville natale de Cuneo, dimanche. Read more » »
King’s College Day of Service
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