Category Archives: World

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 » »

B’nai B’rith Honors 11 Israeli Olympic Athletes Murdered During The 1972 Games In Munich

​On June 22, B’nai B’rith rededicated a Uniondale, New York memorial to the 11 Israeli Olympic athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 games in Munich. B’nai B’rith members on Long Island created a memorial in 1988 to honor these slain athletes. Read more » »

Police: Man stole purse from 91-year-old woman’s apartment

Police: Man stole purse from 91-year-old woman’s apartmentCitizens VoiceAccording to the complaint, the victim, Catherine Fitzpatrick, returned to her apartment at the B’Nai B’rith Apartments at 61 E. Northampton St. with her niece, who cares for her, around 7 p.m. June 9. The niece told police she saw a suspicious man who … Read more » »

Jerusalem Report: Coverage of

The Jerusalem Post’s biweekly newsmagazine the Jerusalem Report included coverage of Amotz Asa-El, a winner of the 2018 B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage and senior editor of the Jerusalem Report. Read the coverage in the link below. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Dismayed By Reaffirmed Anti-Israel Bias Of Presbyterian Church (USA)

​B’nai B’rith International is dismayed by another series of recklessly distorted resolutions adopted on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict at the biennial General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The assembly passed multiple anti-Israel resolutions which included one on the recent violence at the Gaza border. Read more » »

Kemp and Elmore wed in Vicksburg service

Caroline Derivaux Kemp and David William Alexander Elmore were married January 13 at Saint Paul Catholic Church in Vicksburg. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Kemp III of Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. William Thomas Kemp Jr. of Noxapater and the late Mr. Kemp, and the late Mr. and Mrs. John Allen Derivaux Sr. Read more » »

David White: Shared outrage

As spiritual leader of Congregation B’nai Israel, Vallejo, serving Solano County, I want to add my name to the letter sent to the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security addressing the inhuman treatment of children and families at our Read more » »