Category Archives: World

Alumnus makes largest single gift to Penn State Worthington Scranton

Penn State Worthington Scranton alumnus Thomas F. Zenty III is shown with his parents, Edna and the late Thomas F. Zenty II, at Penn State Worthington Scranton’s 2010 commencement ceremony, where he served as commencement speaker. Read more » »

Guatemala Will Move Its Israel Embassy To Jerusalem In May

WASHINGTON, D.C. (JTA) — Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said his country will move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May. Speaking at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington D.C. Read more » »

Guatemala court denies attempt to nix Israel embassy move

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, right, receiving an award from B’nai B’rith. (B’nai B’rith) RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Guatemala’s highest court for civil law rejected an attempt to call off moving the country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Read more » »

Learn How Conversation Drives Business

By Jennifer Goddard for Santa Barbara Executive Roundtable | March 2, 2018 | 1: 28 p.m. Deborah Naish The Santa Barbara Executive Roundtable (SABER) will present Deborah Naish, founder of Naish Partners, a business coaching and consulting firm, for a talk on ways to improve Conversation Intelligence to accelerate business growth. Read more » »

Jewish Insider „Top talker”: „Malcolm Hoenlein stepping aside as Conference of Presidents chief” by Ron Kampeas

The Jewish Insider quoted B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin regarding the announcement that Malcolm Hoenlein is stepping aside as the head of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Read more » »

Trump’s immigration hardliner

Jewish ChronicleTrump’s immigration hardlinerJewish ChronicleHardline rhetoric on immigration in Mr Trump’s State of the Union address last month sparked criticism from B’nai B’rith, the Anti-Defamation League and the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society. Earlier this month, 17 Jewish groups — among them J Street … Read more » »

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 » »