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Events calendar
Friday, Nov. 17 CRAFT SALE: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 17-18, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Parish Center, 38710 Fifth Ave., Zephyrhills, free, lunch and bake sale items available for purchase, 813-782-2813. EAGLE NEST TRAM TOUR: 9: 30 to 11 a.m. Nov. Read more »
If the shoe fits, where it: Lakeshore General Hospital to benefit from fundraiser
Diane Bondaruk is one businesswoman who always tries to find a way to assist local charities. That is exactly what she will do this Friday, Nov. 17 (4 pm to 9 pm) in A Shop for A Cause event at her House of Shoes location in Pierrefonds. The wonderful Lakeshore General Hospital will benefit from some of the proceeds. Read more » »
A Phone Call in a Moment of Distress
Upon coming home one Wednesday afternoon, I was met by a sink full of dishes. Washing dishes has never been my favorite chore; truth be known,I had been remiss in phoning Sandra to confirm my Shabbat invitation it’s a task that usually falls, by default, to my husband. Read more » »
60000 joined a Polish nationalist march. Should Jews be worried?
Some of the tens of thousands of nationalists who marched through Warsaw, Nov. 11, 2017. (Jakob Ratz/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (JTA) — The sight of far-right activists waving racist banners and shouting anti-Semitic slogans during a nationalist march in the capital of Poland over the weekend shocked many around the world. Read more » »
RIP Charlie Lasky
Charles ‘Charlie’ Lasky passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2017 surrounded by his family following a long illness. Born in 1933 in Fall River to the late Ainsley and Doris (Rubenstein) Lasky and raised there, he graduated from Durfee High School (1951) and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (1955). Read more » »
Jewish Cultural Quarter: Alice Cohn Posthumously Awarded with Significant International Distinction
The Jewish Cultural Quarter announced the posthumous awarding of the Jewish Rescuer’s Citation to Alice Cohn. The award is administered by the B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust (JRJ) to honor Jews who acted during the Holocaust to save the lives of other Jews. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Congratulates New UNESCO Director-General
B’nai B’rith International welcomes the appointment of new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Audrey Azoulay. B’nai B’rith sent a letter congratulating her on her nomination several weeks ago. In their letter, B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »
Caribbean RoundUp
Share on TwitterTweet Share on Facebook Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like Caribbean Life on Facebook. Caribbean The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) will be releasing a new EC$50 banknote honoring the late governor Sir Dwight Venner. Read more » »
Tablet: Night Falls: German Jews React to Hitler’s Rise to Power
Tablet discussed the history of B’nai B’rith International as well as its archives in a piece about German Jews who bore witness to the horror of Hitler’s ascension to power in letters to loved ones.The article describes the formation of B’nai B’rith in Germany in 1882 as a response to the spike in national antipathy toward German Jews. Read more » »
Keep nonprofits out of politics, Jewish groups urge Congress
(JTA) — Dozens of Jewish nonprofits, charitable organizations and religious institutions are urging Congress to oppose efforts to weaken or repeal a law that prohibits tax-exempt nonprofits from supporting or opposing candidates for public office. A letter signed by 55 Jewish groups was sent Wednesday to the chairman and ranking member of the U.S. Read more » »
