Category Archives: World
Host Sites Keep School in Session for Crane Students
Congregation B’nai B’rith, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Boys and Girls Club open doors to displaced pupils By Elizabeth Karlsberg for Crane School | January 24, 2018 | 8: 15 p.m. After a weeklong hiatus following Montecito’s devastating mudslides and tragic loss of life, Crane Country Day School students headed back to class on Jan. 18. Read more » »
VIDEO VAULT | A look back at 1983’s Top 10 Most Influential Men in Nevada
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — In early 1983, News 3 put together a list of the Top 10 most influential men in Nevada. The story below is how reporter Rob McCoy summed it up 35 years ago, with some footnotes added: „At the top of our list, 83-year-old Moe Dalitz1,” McCoy began. Read more » »
Will New ‘Religious Freedom’ Rules Allow Bias?
Under federal regulations proposed last week, a hospital aide could refuse to wheel a patient to her car after she receives an abortion. A hospital clerk could choose not to process the paperwork of a patient who had her tubes tied after giving birth. Read more » »
After Knesset Speech, Major US Jewish Groups Praise VP Pence for Support of Israel
Email a copy of „After Knesset Speech, Major US Jewish Groups Praise VP Pence for Support of Israel” to a friend US Vice President Mike Pence addresses the Knesset in Jerusalem, Jan. 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ariel Schalit / Pool. Read more » »
Bremer County deeds: Jan. 2-12, 2018
Waverly Newspapers will be publishing its year-end issue that will include the top 10 news stories and subjects from 2017. We have our picks, but we want to hear what you think. Vote for the story or subject that we covered in 2017 that you think is the best by Dec. 23. We will have your picks and our picks in the Dec. Read more » »
Greek News: Third International Leadership Mission of Greek and Jewish American Organizations concluded
Greek News published an article discussing the conclusion of B’nai B’rith International’s three-country leadership mission to Greece, Cyprus and Israel with partner organizations the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (Order of Read more » »
American Hellenic, American Jewish Groups Hail Third Three-Country Leadership Mission
An 18-member delegation of leaders of the American Hellenic and American Jewish organizations completed a third, three-country Leadership Mission to Greece, Cyprus and Israel, to explore the major political, economic and security developments underway in the eastern Mediterranean and to advance the interests of the United States in the region. Read more » »
Gathering in front of the Court of Appeal of Metz
INFORMATIONGathering in front of the Court of Appeal of Metz18th January 2018The Lodges of the East region of B’nai B’rith France organized a gathering in front the Court of Appeal of Metz on Thursday, January 18, 2018 on the occasion of the appeal trial against the incitement to boycott of the president of BDS 57. Read more » »
Pride, partnership and pluralism
‘The institutions we have built and cherish need to evolve. New ones need to be created to address the needs of an assimilating and geographically spread out community that is desperately seeking meaning and connection.’. Read more » »
Decision On Boomer The Dog: On The Sudbury Board
SUDBURY, MA—The Sudbury Board of Selectmen it tackling a jam-packed agenda this week that includes an update on a decision regarding a „dangerous dog,” funding for the Coolidge Project, town manager’s budget presentation, the superintendent’s budget presentation and a whole lot more. Read more » »
