Category Archives: World
Celebrating Purim at annual carnival
Article Tools Avigail Newman, 6, of Kingston, poses for a photo during the JCC Purim Community Carnival at the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre. KRISTEN MULLEN / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE cv26purimp3 Gavi Charach, 3, of Brooklyn, New York, eats pizza during the JCC Purim Community Carnival at the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre. Read more » »
Le Président du B’nai B’rith Europe écrit au Président du Parlement Européen pour s’opposer à l’invitation du leader de BDS au parlement
Une conférence intitulée “les colonies israéliennes en Palestine et l’Union Européenne” est organisée au parlement européen et se tiendra à Bruxelles le 28 février. Omar Barghouti, fondateur et leader du mouvement BDS, qui appelle à un boycott économique, culturel et académique de l’Etat d’Israël a été invité. Read more » »
JCC Purim event commemorates Jewish resilience
WILKES-BARRE – A Purim celebration at the Jewish Community Center on Sunday provided a chance for area residents to celebrate the holiday while having fun with family and friends. Read more » »
Omaha loses sports legend, mentor with death of former UNO, Creighton AD Don Leahy
2017-18 Oct. 6: UNO 5, Nipissing 2 (Exhibition) Oct. 13: UNO 4, UMass Lowell 2 Oct. 14: UMass Lowell 5, UNO 2 Oct. 20: UNO 5, Arizona State 1 Oct. 21: UNO 4, Arizona State 4 Oct. 26: UNO 6, Notre Dame 4 Oct. 27: Notre Dame 5, UNO 4 Nov. 10: UNO 5, Colorado College 3 Nov. 11: Colorado College 4, UNO 0 Nov. 17: Western Michigan 4, UNO 1 Nov. Read more » »
EU parliament politicians call for a full ban of Hezbollah
February 23, 2018 06: 51 3 minute read. View of the European Parliament during a plenary session in Brussels, Belgium, March 2, 2017.. Read more » »
US Jewish leaders see ally in Emirates
By Alex Traiman, JNS Abu Dhabi — A large delegation of American Jewish leaders spent two days in United Arab Emirates last week in search of moderate Arab counterparts working to fight against the forces of radical Islamic extremism, and who are also willing to improve private and public relations with Israel. Read more » »
Remembering Billy Graham: ‘I’m not going to retire until God retires me’
Updated 5 hours ago Rex Rutkoski conducted this one-on-one interview in 1993 with Billy Graham, who died Wednesday at age of 99. The conversation came prior to Graham’s weekend Pittsburgh Crusade in June 1993 in Three Rivers Stadium. It had been 25 years since his last Pittsburgh Crusade, conducted at Pitt Stadium in 1968. Read more » »
Florida Shooting Exposes Need for Stricter Gun Control, Say Jewish Groups
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2008. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.Major American Jewish organizations 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 » »
Remembering America’s Pastor: Reverend Billy Graham (1918-2018)
CHARLOTTE, N.C.– The world is in mourning after the passing of evangelist and Charlotte native William (Billy) Franklin Graham Jr. The 99-year-old died in his sleep from natural causes at 7: 46 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Montreat, N.C. Funeral arrangements were released Wednesday evening. Read more » »
Billy Graham, Evangelist to the World, Dead at 99
CHARLOTTE — Evangelist Billy Graham died today at 7: 46 a.m. at his home in Montreat. He was 99. Throughout his life, Billy Graham preached the gospel of Jesus Christ to some 215 million people who attended one of his more than 400 Crusades, simulcasts and evangelistic rallies in more than 185 countries and territories. Read more » »
