Category Archives: World
Trump budget turns safety net into gossamer
If a budget is a moral document, then the budget President Trump submitted to Congress last week is a testament to immorality of the highest order.The Jewish community’s response has been broadly critical. Read more » »
Swampscott meetings galore before Town Meeting
William J. Dowd wdowd@wickedlocal.com @WJD MHDReporter It’s public meetings galore between now and Town Meeting, May 15.For starters, a Machon School presentation is tonight in Swampscott High School, Room B129. Read more » »
Book now for BBUK AGM
Booking for the B’nai B’rith UK Annual General Meeting to be held on Sunday, 7th May 2017 at ORT House has now opened. Act now to book your place by clicking here The post Book now for BBUK AGM appeared first on B’nai B’rith UK . Read more »
Twitter anuncia ter suspendido 370 mil contas em seis meses para combater radicalismo
O Twitter anunciou ontem que suspendeu 376.890 contas da sua plataforma apenas nos seis últimos meses de 2016 para combater o extremismo na rede. A empresa, que começou com esta ação de combate ao radicalismo em meados de 2015, desde então já removeu, no total, cerca de 700 mil páginas. Read more » »
Sinagoga de Seatle grafitada com frase: „HOLOCAUSTO É HISTÓRIA FALSA”
A polícia disse que uma sinagoga de Seattle, no bairro de Capitol Hill, foi vandalizada com graffiti antissemita negando o Holocausto. O Seattle Times informou que um policial descobriu a mensagem pintada com spray, na sexta-feira pela manhã, numa parede externa do Templo de Hirsch Sinai. Read more » »
IV Seminário Estudos de Oriente Médio a partir do Brasil – RIO DE JANEIRO
Mortos no conflito árabe-israelense são 0,04% das mortes de islâmicos em todas as guerras desde 1950. Em uma pesquisa realizada em 2007, Gunnar Heinsohn, da Universidade de Bremen, e Daniel Pipes, diretor do Middle East Forum, fizeram um inventário que mostra o número total de mortes em conflitos em todo o mundo desde 1950: cerca de 85 milhőes. Read more » »
Espetáculo Beneficente “Vovô” em prol Marcha da Vida do Renascença Campos do Jordão, venha com a
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Affordable housing for seniors on the agenda
March 21, 2017SWAMPSCOTT — A community forum on Thursday will present plans for the affordable senior housing redevelopment of the shuttered Machon Elementary School. Town officials and B’nai B’rith Housing , the developers, will present the draft schematic plans for the project to residents at 7 p.m. at Swampscott High School, Room B129. Read more » »
Gay hostage recalls 1977 Hanafi ‘siege’ on DC
www.washingtonblade.com/con… 250w” sizes=”(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px”> Billy Clamp was held hostage in the B’nai B’rith building in 1977. (Washington Blade archive photo by David Dahlquist) Billy Pat Clamp is one of 149 people taken hostage in three buildings in Washington, D.C. Read more » »
Proposed Cuts For State Dept. Seen As Troubling
JTA W ashington — Citing the importance to Israel of a robust U.S. posture abroad, Jewish groups decried drastic proposed cuts in foreign assistance funding in President Donald Trump’s budget despite assurances that aid to Israel would be unaffected. Israel’s guaranteed $3. Read more » »
