Category Archives: World
BBLBIA counter-demonstration to Netanyahu visit
Benjamin Netanyahu the Israeli Prime Minister met our Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street on 6 February 2017 to discuss areas of common interest in the Middle East. As usual, when an Israeli Prime Minister visits, there are hostile demonstrations by Palestinian activists. Read more » »
BBLBIA has received a response from the FCO
The UK believes that bilateral negotiations, which take account of the legitimate concerns of both sides, offer the best path to peace. Read more »
Opposition to college quotas (1950); Soviet dentistry (1980)
Feb. 10, 1950 College Students Tell Opposition To QuotasAmerican college students show less anti-Jewish prejudice than the country’s population as a whole, according to a report made public this week by Supreme Court Justice Meier Steinbrink of New York, national chairman of the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith.From Feb. Read more » »
Nine Jewish Rescuers To Be Honored In Paris
B’nai B’rith World Center And The Committee To Recognize The Heroism Of Jews Who Rescued Fellow Jews During The Holocaust (JRJ) To Remember Brave French Jews The B’nai B’rith World Center and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jews who Rescued Read more » »
At Hagar’s House, volunteers bring food, friendship for those in need
On a Thursday night in January, the Watkins family pulled up to Hagar’s House loaded down with food. Mom Rosalind, dad Emmett and son Adam carried in the makings of a taco and nacho dinner. Read more » »
Chamish Assar B’shevat
15 de Shevat 5777 – 11 de Fevereiro de 2017 „Chamish Assar B’shevat” Este é um ano especial para o plantio de arvores em Israel, e toda a comunidade mundial deveria se mobilizar. Pois, como todos sabem, em 2016 os incêndios destruíram muito da fauna e da flora devastando florestas, provocados pela seca e também pelo terrorismo. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Dismayed By Trump Pledge To Repeal Johnson Amendment
B’nai B’rith International is dismayed by President Donald J. Trump’s plan to repeal the Johnson Amendment. The Johnson Amendment, sponsored in 1954 by then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and signed by President Dwight D. Read more »
Sunnyside swim coach Karyn Klatt among state’s distinguished
Sunnyside High’s Karyn Klatt has landed a statewide coaching honor. The Wildcats’ swimming coach is one of 13 across all male and female sports recognized by the California Interscholastic Federation as 2016-17 Model Coach Award winners. Read more » »
BBLBIA News Update
JANUARY 2017 1) Bureau members went to the Czech embassy to meet with officials. We discussed the Czech Republic’s relations with Israel and the wider context of the Middle East conflict, anti-semitism in the country and the implications of Brexit. The post BBLBIA News Update appeared first on B’nai B’rith UK . Read more » »
« Rencontre & Dialogue »
Le B’nai B’rith France a reçu Ivan Rioufol pour un petit déjeuner politique Dans le cadre du cycle « Rencontre & Dialogue », le B’nai B’rith France a organisé vendredi 3 février un petit déjeuner politique avec comme invité le journaliste, éditorialiste et essayiste Ivan Rioufol. Read more » »
