Category Archives: World
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 » »
Rally for gun control, Parkland victims held in downtown Wilkes-Barre
On Feb. 18, a rally was held on Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre to remember the victims of the Parkland shooting in Florida last week, and to demand action regarding gun control. The event was organized by Action Together NEPA, a group dedicated to promoting community action and political advocacy. Dr. Read more » »
Jerusalem Post: Jewish Groups Slam Hosting of BDS Founder at European Parliament
The Times of Israel published an article about the Jewish communal opposition to the European Parliament’s invitation of BDS founder Omar Barghouti to speak there. B’nai B’rith International was a co-signer of the public Jewish communal statement. Read more » »
Jerusalem Post: In Open Letter, Polish Jews Say They Don’t Feel Safe in Poland
The Jerusalem Post names B’nai B’rith International as a signatory among the Jewish organizations that collaborated to write an open letter opposing the burgeoning anti-Semitism in Poland. Read more » »
Teen Essay Targets Hate
Icesha Sanders acknowledges that when she heard the news about the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting Wednesday, Feb. 14, she broke down in tears. Two days later, the Marietta Middle School eighth-grader was bringing tears to adults as she read an essay she wrote months ago that decried the hatred and bigotry behind mass shootings. Read more » »
