Category Archives: World
In Letter To U.N. Secretary-General, B’nai B’rith Protests Multimillion-Dollar Plan To Support Palestinian Lawfare Against Israel
B’nai B’rith International sent a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressing deep dismay over a United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) agreement designating millions of dollars for Palestinian advocacy and courtroom warfare against Israel. In the letter, B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Read more » »
‘The Deuce’: Yids of the 1970s
Last Sunday, HBO wrapped up the first season of “The Deuce”, a show about the deplorable state of early-’70S Manhattan, rife with prostitution, porno movie houses and drugs on every corner. Read more » »
Bruce’s History Lessons: Harry Truman: Civil Rights hero
“When a Mayor and a City Marshall can take a negro sergeant off a bus in South Carolina, beat him up and put out one of his eyes, and nothing is done about it by state authorities, something is radically wrong with the system.” – Harry Truman This week (Oct. Read more » »
Show of Solidarity at Court Hearing in Toronto Life-Support Case
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 8: 23 pm | י”ב חשון תשע”ח A section of the huge crowd at the courthouse. Hundreds of members of Toronto’s Orthodox community turned out to attend a court hearing as a show of support for a family engaged in a legal struggle to stop doctors from removing life supporting treatments from their son. Read more » »
2017 B’nai B’rith International/B’nai B’rith Europe Annual Leadership Forum Concludes In Prague, Czech Republic
B’nai B’rith International/B’nai B’rith Europe members and supporters from around the world gathered in Prague, Czech Republic, Oct. 29 to Nov. Read more » »
Cuatro escuelas públicas recibieron donaciones de B’nai B’rith Uruguay
01/11/2017 En octubre la Filial Dr. Herzl, en nombre de B’nai B’rith Uruguay, realizo donaciones a cuatro escuelas públicas. A la Escuela N°217 de San José de Carrasco, Departamento de Canelones, que necesitaba ser pintada, se le donó el material de pintura necesario. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Strongly Condemns Terror Attack in NYC
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We strongly condemn the terror attack carried out yesterday in lower Manhattan when a man drove a truck along a busy bike path, killing at least eight people and wounding at least 11. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Helps Convene A Knesset Event Marking 100th Anniversary Of Balfour Declaration
B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem, as a member of the Balfour Centenary Committee, will help convene an international conference marking the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration at the Knesset on Nov. 7. The Balfour Declaration, signed Nov. 2, 1917, calls for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Read more » »
Arts & Entertainment
UCSB Arts & Lectures brings the great Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to town for its first-time ever concert in Santa Barbara, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the Arlington Theater, 1317 State St. The orchestra will be conducted by Zubin Mehta, their phenomenal music director for life. Read more » »
A Bride, a Groom and a Love That Filled the Room
I attended a wedding several years ago that I still think about it. It wasn’t that the food was delicious or that the reception hall was lavishly decorated, although both might have been the case. But these peripherals were dwarfed by the simple goodness of Noah, the groom; Rivka, his bride; and both sets of parents. Read more » »
