Category Archives: World

U of W put on anti-semitic event, charges B’nai Brith

An arm of the oldest Jewish service community in the world is demanding an apology from one Winnipeg university, who they say held an anti-Israel event on Wednesday, the start of the Jewish holiday Purim. Read more » »

JNS.org: Syria is now ‘a Shi’a colony of Iran,’ Damascus-born professor tells Israeli conference

The Jewish News Service published an article about B’nai B’rith International’s conference titled „Strategic Challenges in Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Gulf,” which B’nai B’rith organized with the Begin-Sadat Center of Strategic Studies (BESA) and the Center for Righteousness and Integrity at Bar-Ilan University. Read more » »

BBLBIA writes to Mr. Antonio Tajani

01/03/2018| Advocacy, BB London Bureau of International Affairs, BBLBIA News, BBUK, European Politics, Jewish Interest| Jeremy Havardi Director of BBLBIA writes to Mr. Antonio Tajani President of the European Parliament Mr. Read more » »

Biblical Women and Gender Constructions Lecture

The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at UCSB Presents: Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Ph.D. lectures on Biblical Women and Gender Constructions: Ancient and Contemporary Perspectives on Women in the Bible Thursday, March 8 / 7: 30 p.m. / Free Santa Barbara Hillel 781 Embarcadero Del Mar, Isla Vista Rabbi Prof. Dr. Read more » »

Sole Marshall Middle School plan tossed

An artist rendering of The Residences on Porter, the 120-unit apartment complex proposed for seniors at the shuttered Thurgood Marshall Middle School on Porter Street. (Prellwitz Chilinski Associates) LYNN — It’s back to the drawing board for the closed Thurgood Marshall Middle School. Read more » »

Poland Launches Charm Campaign To Defuse ‘Holocaust Law’ Tensions

Launching a last-minute damage control campaign, Polish officials have descended on Washington, trying to convince American officials, lawmakers and Jewish leaders that the uproar over Warsaw’s recent Holocaust law is no more than a “misunderstanding. Read more » »

OU joins push for new gun laws

By Rafael Medoff, JNS Major American Jewish organizations — including the Orthodox Union — are calling for stricter gun-control laws in the wake of the Feb. 14 mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left 14 students and three staff members dead. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Strongly Condemns BDS Movement’s Nomination For 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

​B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International strongly condemns the nomination of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. Read more » »

Wiceszef MSZ spotkał się z przedstawicielami organizacji żydowskich. Wśród nich B’nai B’rith

Fot: Krystian Maj/FORUM „Ożywienie dialogu z przedstawicielami wpływowej diaspory żydowskiej”, to najważniejszy cel rozpoczętej w poniedziałek wizyty wiceszefa MSZ Marka Magierowskiego w USA. Wizyta Magierowskiego w USA była przygotowywana od kilku miesięcy. Read more » »

BDS Leader Invited to Speak at EU Parliament, Jewish Groups Protest

“He who testifies faithfully tells the truth, But a false witness, deceit.” Proverbs 12: 17 (The Israel Bible™) BDS movement founder Omar Barghouti (YouTube) Jewish groups protested against the invitation of Omar Barghouti, leader and co-founder of Read more » »