Category Archives: World
Conib e Fisesp participam de evento em Buenos Aires de Conferência Mundial sobre o combate ao
Fernando Lottenberg, presidente da Conib, e Ricardo Berkiensztat, presidente executivo da Fisesp, participaram nesta segunda e terça-feira em Buenos Aires de uma reunião especial sobre o avanço da legislação para prevenir e combater os ataques terroristas. A organização é das afiliadas latino-americanas do Congresso Judaico Mundial. Read more » »
Errata
No artigo As liçőes de Tisha B’Av há algumas incorreçőes. O correto é com segue abaixo. Foi em 09 de Av de 586 AC (Antes da Era Cristã) que os babilônios destruíram o Templo Sagrado de Jerusalém, da época do rei Salomão, e 70 DC é a data da destruição do Segundo Templo de Jerusalém, marcando a segunda diáspora. Read more » »
Exhibit Featuring Last Swiss Holocaust Survivors On Display In Geneva
An exhibit featuring the last Swiss Holocaust survivors went on display at the plenary session of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in Geneva in late June, with the support of Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Read more » »
When Will NC Pride Tell Us Its Solution For Scheduling ‘Pridefest’ on Yom Kippur?
Anya ulinich A float in the NC Pride parade in Durham, NC, in 2014.When the date for this year’s North Carolina Pride parade — September 30th — was announced, it was met with backlash from the local Jewish community: that’s the same day as Yom Kippur. Read more » »
Brazilian Jews call for boycott of anti-Israel Islamic cleric speaking on fighting terrorism
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Brazil’s leading Jewish organizations have called for a boycott of a Muslim cleric who openly preaches the destruction of Israel slated to lecture in Sao Paulo. Read more »
Moskowitz, Ruth
Ruth Ann Moskowitz (nee Schwartz) of Boca Raton, Fla. and Beachwood, died on July 10, 2017, just short of her 101st birthday on Aug. 3. The daughter of Jacob and Fannie Schwartz, she was born in Cleveland and graduated from John Hay High School. She and her husband, the late David, were introduced by David’s sister and married on Aug. 1, 1937. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith pede manifestação das autoridades brasileiras sobre visita do aiatolá Araki ao Brasil
A B´nai B´rith, entidade Judaica de Direitos Humanos, fundada há 85 anos no Brasil, questiona a visita ao Brasil do aiatolá xiita Mohsen Araki, conhecido por pregar a negação do direito de existência do Estado de Israel, e, suspostamente envolvido na explosão da AMIA em Buenos Aires há 23 anos. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Mourns 5th Anniversary Of The Burgas, Bulgaria Bus Bombing
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International mourns the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack in Burgas, Bulgaria. Read more »
Direct Relief Elects Three New Directors to Board
Steven A. Amerikaner currently serves as Office Managing Partner for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck , LLP, a national law firm with offices in five California cities, including Santa Barbara . Read more » »
Imam who called to kill Jews flees Canadian police
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Musa Al Nasr (Screenshot) (Screenshot) Imam who called to kill Jews flees Canadian police Sheikh Muhammad ibn Musa Al Nasr called for the murder of Jews during a sermon at a Canadian mosque. Police are seeking his arrest. Read more » »
