Category Archives: World
B’nai B’rith Welcomes Postponement Of Anti-Israel Votes At UNESCO
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith welcomes UNESCO’s postponement of votes on two anti-Israel resolutions regarding issues related to the Palestinians. Read more » »
Chairman Of The Board Of Federmann Enterprises To Receive 2017 B’nai B’rith Distinguished Humanitarian Award
B’nai B’rith International has selected Michael Federmann, Chairman of the Board of Federmann Enterprises Ltd., to receive its 2017 Distinguished Humanitarian Award, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated dynamic leadership through a commitment to philanthropy and to the communities they serve. Read more » »
Germantown News: Teddy Bears Give Smiles to Kids, Adults all over the world
Germantown News wrote an article on B’nai B’rith Lodge #35 member Joel Turetzky who collects bears for children in need. Turetzky and the lodge have been providing bears to hospitals and children’s centers since 2004, and he estimates that they have donated more than 30,000 bears. Read more » »
Spring Hill Cemetery marks 150 years
MILWAUKEE — Spring Hill Cemetery & Mausoleum, the first Jewish cemetery in Milwaukee, marked its 150th anniversary Aug. 29, with a ceremony led by Rabbi Ron Shapiro. In attendance were staff, trustees, their families and friends. Read more » »
JNS:Jewish leaders denounce pro-terrorist play at NYU
JNS included a B’nai B’rith statement in its coverage of the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts hosting a play about the Palestinian terrorists who seized Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity in 2002 in order to avoid capture. Read more » »
eurasia diary: Interview With Jeremy Havardi
Eurasia Diary interviewed Jeremy Havardi, director of B’nai B’rith United Kingdom’s London Bureau of International Affairs, on combating anti-Semitism in Europe. Read more » »
Our view: A fall tradition that connects us to our history
A half-million or so people shuffled across the Topsfield Fairgrounds over the past week, and it’s certain that a few, anyway, regarded the goats and hatching chicks and thought of the farms still scattered across our region. Read more » »
Arts & Entertainment
Posted on October 8, 2017 | 2: 21 p.m. Arturo Toscanini conducted the orchestra’s inaugural concert as a way to show his opposition to fascism UCSB Arts & Lectures presents the Santa Barbara debut of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Zubin Mehta, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St. Read more » »
Triple J slammed over white nationalist interview
Triple J’s Hack program and its host Tom Tilley have come under fire for giving airtime to a white nationalist. Triple J’s Hack program and its host Tom Tilley have come under fire for giving airtime to a white nationalist. On Monday night’s program, Tilley grilled one of the organisers of the deadly Charlottesville protests. Read more » »
Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Confederate soldier and American Jewish sculptor
Every few months brings news about the Confederate flag or Confederate monuments, and their legitimate or illegitimate place in American culture. Read more » »
