Category Archives: World
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 » »
B’nai B’rith Europe : Serge Dahan élu président
Dans l’actualité : Réservée aux Transformers ! B’nai B’rith Europe : Serge Dahan élu président Ukraine : Là où le Baal Shem Tov méditait… Israël-USA : Les relations avec l’administration Trump L’ombre iranienne au-dessus d’Israël Par Haim Musicant Le Read more » »
Robert Rockaway
Private letters to foreign relatives paint a harrowing picture of warnings largely unheeded November 8, 2017 • 9: 30 PM ‘); } } }); var tweets; $.getJSON(‘http: //urls.api.twitter.com/1/urls/count.json?url=http: //www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/248617/german-jews-react-to-hitlers-rise&callback=?’, function(data){ tweets = data. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Commemorates 79th Anniversary Of Kristallnacht
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: Throughout November, B’nai B’rith International will hold commemorations across the world to remember Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. In 1938, on Nov. Read more » »
Election Day: Allentown voters look for trust, integrity in their candidate
Voter turnout across Allentown ranged from a trickle to a stream this morning into the afternoon as residents made their picks in an election that is in large part a referendum on Mayor Ed Pawlowski — the incumbent who has overseen the city’s remarkable turnaround but is also under federal indictment on corruption charges. Read more » »
