Category Archives: World
Bernie Sanders Is Against BDS, One-State Solution
Getty Images Bernie Sanders protesting the furlough of federal workers, October 2013 Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders came out swinging against the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel in an interview with Al Jazeera which aired on Wednesday. Read more » »
Jewish Groups Decry House Approval Of GOP Healthcare Bill
Wikimedia Commons (JTA ) — Jewish groups criticized the passage of a health care bill by the House of Representatives to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act. The bill passed Thursday in a 217-213 vote almost entirely along party lines. Read more » »
Jewish groups decry House approval of Republican health care bill
www.jta.org/wp-content/uplo… 156w, www.jta.org/wp-content/uplo… 350w, www.jta.org/wp-content/uplo… 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px”> President Donald Trump, center, with House Speaker Paul Ryan, third from right, and other Republican House leaders in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 4, 2017. Read more » »
New York transplant recalls how she wound up ‘in this beautiful place’
As a city girl from the Bronx, the only strawberries I had picked were at the corner supermarket. Oftentimes on weekend trips with my husband we would be driving through strawberry fields on the way to an Islamorada Keys getaway. Today, I live in an East Kendall townhome built on top of former farmland. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Disappointed House Passed The American Health Care Act
Seniors Particularly Vulnerable Under New Plan B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith is disappointed that the United States House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The act passed by a vote of 217 to 213. Read more » »
CEO Op-Ed For JTA: Ma, on this Mother’s Day, thank you for the life you led
B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin wrote an op-ed for JTA , reflecting on his mother, „Ma,” ahead of Mother’s Day. Mariaschin recounts the impact that Zionism, Israel and Holocaust had on her life, her worldview and what she imparted on her family and friends throughout her life. Read more » »
Ma, on this Mother’s Day, thank you for the life you led
My sisters and I called her „Ma.” She stood 4-foot-10, yet was looked up to by everyone who encountered her, regardless of their station in life: rabbis and educators, bankers, customers and neighbors, her lifelong friends and people who just met her one time. To my father, she was a perfect soul mate who shared her interests and view of the world. Read more » »
Novamente …. A Insensatez …..
No dia 2 de maio do corrente ano, e no mesmo dia que se comemora o 69º. Aniversário da Independência do Novo Estado de Israel – Yom Haatzmaut -, após cerca de 2000 anos de diáspora e sofrimentos do povo Judeu, a UNESCO – órgão das Naçőes Unidas – aprova na 201ª. Read more »
Mary Del Priore reabre o “Pensando o Brasil”, programa com participação da B’nai B’rith PR
O ciclo de palestras „Pensando o Brasil” série 2017, foi reaberto na quinta-feira 27 de abril por uma das mais renomadas historiadoras brasileiras, a escritora Mary Del Priore, que lotou os salőes do Graciosa Country Club, em Curitiba. Ela falou sobre „Histórias Públicas e Privadas do Império Brasileiro”. Read more » »
