Category Archives: World
B’nai B’rith rises to provide unleavened products for community before Passover
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Nikki Haley Slams ‘Foolish’ Human Rights Council After 5 New Anti-Israel Resolutions
Haley noted that while the UNHRC adopted five resolutions against Israel, only one was passed against North Korea, Iran and Syria respectively. Read more » »
The Washington Post-Letter to the Editor: A D.C. Council member’s hurtful remarks about Jews
Recording the snowfall in Washington, D.C. on Facebook’s video feature, D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. peddled the anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that Jews secretly control the weather. The Washington Post published our letter to the editor expressing our deep concern about White’s engagement with anti-Semitic tropes. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Lauds Successful March For Our Lives Gun Control Efforts
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We support and commend the participants in today’s March For Our Lives events around the nation and the world. Read more » »
A DC Council member’s hurtful remarks about Jews
D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) in Washington on Tuesday. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) March 23 at 6: 21 PM Regarding the March 20 Metro article “Lawmaker apologizes for remark about Jews”: D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Deplores Five Anti-Israel UNHRC Resolutions, Including Resolution Warning on Arms Sales to Israel
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 deplores the five unjust anti-Israel resolutions the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed today. Read more » »
Serving Seniors
VOL. 11 | NO. 12 | Saturday, March 24, 2018 Melinda Lejman Updated 6: 41PM Memphis Jewish Home and Rehab broke ground last month on a $7.5 million rehab wing. The addition will include 16 private treatment rooms, a new dining area, an aqua therapy pool, an indoor walking path and space for more exercise equipment. Read more » »
Honors; happenings; comings & goings — March 2017
Honors Michael Gofman, a San Francisco native and 2016 graduate of Jewish Community High School, was elected student body president at UC Davis in February. Gofman, a sophomore, is a member of both Hillel and Aggies for Israel. He ran on a ticket with Shaniah Branson that won on the third round of balloting. Read more » »
Hoenlein Says Role With Israeli Gas Giant ‘Completely Transparent’
JTA . Malcolm Hoenlein, the professional head of one of American Jewry’s most influential organizations and a board member of a large Israeli energy company, told JTA that he sees no conflict between those roles. Read more » »
Thomas ‘Tommy’ Goldenberg, 96; combined love of music with community service, philanthropy
Thomas “Tommy” Goldenberg, whose joyous and festive accordion music provided a virtual “soundtrack” to countless events in the St. Louis Jewish community, and who with his wife Esther Friedman Goldenberg was a philanthropist in the local Jewish community, died Tuesday, March 13. He was 96 years old and a lifetime resident of greater St. Louis. Read more » »
