Category Archives: World

A Delta Tradition: 58th Annual Lebanese Dinner to be Held Feb. 5 in Vicksburg

Editor’s Note: Click here to find 4 recipes for some of the these amazing Lebanese dishes or to order a cookbook published by The Women of St. George. Update: Photos for this article were taken by Jeffrey West. We apologize for the earlier omission. Read more » »

Holocaust hero honored 75 years after dramatic rescue of fellow Jews from Nazis

Seventy-five years after he helped a group of over 1,000 Jews fleeing Italian-occupied France, 98-year-old Jewish-Italian Enzo Cavaglion was honored in his hometown of Cuneo on Sunday. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Honors Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales With Award For Embassy Move To Jerusalem

President Jimmy Morales and B’nai B’rith Latin America Vice Chair Marcelo Burman B’nai B’rith International Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn explains B’nai B’rith history to President Jimmy Morales. Read more » »

News of 2018 Heritage Days

26/01/2018| Announcements, Events, Heritage Days, Heritage Days News| B’nai B’rith UK’s European Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage 2018 For 2018, the BBUK EDJCH will run on Sunday 2nd September and again on Sunday 7th – Sunday 14th October inclusive. Read more » »

Longtime volunteer Marcia H. Federman, 95

Marcia H. Federman peacefully passed away on Jan. 18, 2018. Known for always having a smile, wonderful welcome and quest for adventure, she was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on Sept. 6, 1922. She had been a long-time resident of Riverdale, and was loved and admired by all who met her. Read more » »

Press Release B’nai B’rith Europe

B’nai B’rith Europe joined the 7th Round Table of the European Commissionwith representatives of Jewish organizations in BrusselsB’nai B’rith Europe Director of the Brussels office, Hanna Kalmenson, represented the President of B’nai B’rith Europe, Read more » »

The inevitable politicization of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

When President Donald Trump left Jews out of his remarks for International Holocaust Remembrance Day last year, he inadvertently gave the relatively new commemoration an unprecedented amount of publicity. Read more » »

Nous vivrons, parce qu’eux ne vivent plus

Demain 27 janvier, triste anniversaire de la libération du camp d’Auschwitz, nous vivrons à la Mémoire des six millions de nos frères et sœurs martyrisés, assassinés, exterminés parce que juifs. Nous vivrons pour rester les témoins des témoins de l’indicible et de la nuit. Read more » »

Rassemblement devant la Cour d’Appel de Metz Lors de l’audience devant la cour d’appel

Les Loges de la région Est du B’nai B’rith France ont organisé un rassemblement devant la Cour d’Appel de Metz le Jeudi 18 janvier 2018 à l’occasion du procès en appel contre l’incitation au boycott du président de BDS 57. Read more » »

This Jewish man saved hundreds of Jews from the Nazis

B’nai B’rith confers Jewish Rescuers Citation on 98-year-old who saved hundreds of escaping Jews from the Nazis. Read more »