Category Archives: World
What the House-Senate Conference Committee should do about the Johnson Amendment
The Johnson Amendment is the part of Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) which bans tax-exempt institutions from participating in political campaigns. The US House of Representatives has passed H.R.1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, to revise the Code. Section 5201 of H.R. 1 would modify the Johnson Amendment. Read more » »
Pro-Palestinian Groups Attack Administration Nominee for Opposing Israeli Boycott
Email a copy of „Pro-Palestinian Groups Attack Administration Nominee for Opposing Israeli Boycott” to a friend Kenneth Marcus speaking at the Louis D. Brandeis Center’s fourth annual National Law Student Leadership Conference. Photo: Louis D. Brandeis Center. JNS.org – Leaders of major American Jewish organizations are rallying around Kenneth L. Read more » »
Senate Tax Reform Plan Could Have Dire Implications for Seniors
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: The U.S. Senate’s vote in favor of a tax reform package could have a dire impact on our nation’s seniors. Many economists point to a huge increase in the deficit from this bill. Read more » »
Times of Israel: UN marks palestine day with fresh slew of resolutions condemning israel
The Times of Israel included a statement by B’nai B’rith International regarding a United Nations resolution that did not refer to a shared holy site in Jerusalem as the Temple Mount in addition to the title al-Aqsa. B’nai B’rith International’s statement noted, „This rebrands Judaism’s holiest site as solely an Islamic one. Read more » »
UN marks Palestine Day with fresh slew of resolutions condemning Israel
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday passed six resolutions described by a watchdog group as “anti-Israel,” marking 70 years since the world body’s partition plan carved Mandate Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state that never came to be. Read more » »
Cloud City
Some stories can be devoured time and again. Knowing the outcome is irrelevant. The story is so riveting that each time the reader is tricked into thinking it could end otherwise. I’ve found these in fiction — Gone With the Wind, for example — and also in non-fiction. The rags to riches to rags story of Horace “Haw” Tabor is such a tale. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Denounces U.N. General Assembly For Passing Six Rote Anti-Israel Resolutions
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International denounces the United Nations General Assembly for yet again passing six resolutions singling out Israel Read more » »
JNS.Org: Jewish Leaders back education dept. nominee, pro-palestinian groups slam him
The Jewish News Service included a statement by B’nai B’rith International Director of Legislative Affairs Eric Fusfield in its coverage of the controversial nomination of Kenneth L. Marcus to the position of assistant secretary of education for civil rights. Read more » »
Jewish leaders back Education Department nominee, pro-Palestinian groups slam him
WASHINGTON—Leaders of major American Jewish organizations are rallying around Kenneth L. Marcus, the nominee for assistant secretary of education for civil rights, as pro-Palestinian groups denounce him for opposing the BDS movement. Read more » »
Dec. 11: South Orange B’nai B’rith Federation Housing Marks 25 Years of Quality Living for Area Seniors
Dignitaries and Guest Speakers Including Deputy Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly Mila Jasey and Essex County Freeholder Patricia Sebold will Join the Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey and Township of South Orange Read more » »
