Category Archives: World
Caring With Stuffed Animals
Care for Kids, a program of B’nai B’rith in Atlanta, this year collected new and gently used stuffed animals for children and youths served by Innovative Solutions for Disability and Disadvantage , a support program for grandparents raising children who have disabilities, chronic illnesses, or behavioral or learning difficulties. Read more » »
SUSAN ESTRICH: About Christmas
To Christians around the world, I wish you a very merry Christmas. To those who believe in Jesus as the son of God, few days are as sacred as the one that celebrates his birth. Read more » »
Bomgaars Supply, 204 Fourth St., was destroyed by a fire in 1966 as the temperatures dipped to a low
Christmas gifts: Among the Christmas presents received by employees of the Hotel Garretson were two gold watches presented to Miss Lottie Armour and Miss Hattie Skeels and a handsome diamond pin in which young clerk DeWitt rejoices. They were given with the compliments of landlord Williams. Chilly Christmas: Christmas was cold. Read more » »
J Street Welcomes UN Resolution on Israel Settlements — AIPAC Denounces It
Liberal American groups welcomed the UN security council resolution on Israeli settlements while mainstream pro-Israel groups blasted the U.S. for allowing it to pass.J Street, the dovish pro-Israel lobby, welcomed the resolution. Read more » »
Swampscott heritage is filmmaker’s focus
December 23, 2016 By GAYLA CAWLEYSWAMPSCOTT — The former Machon Elementary School on Burpee Road and old Swampscott Middle School on Greenwood Avenue will soon become housing developments and town resident Jason Stadtlander is making their history the focus of an upcoming documentary. Read more » »
With Obama Administration Abstaining, UN Security Council Approves Anti-Israeli Settlement
Email a copy of „With Obama Administration Abstaining, UN Security Council Approves Anti-Israeli Settlement Resolution” to a friend US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power. Photo: Screenshot.The UN Security Council voted 14-0 on Friday — with the US abstaining — in favor of an anti-settlement resolution that was vehemently opposed by Israel. Read more » »
Give Back Connection for Dec. 24
Christmas Day community service eventWhat do Jewish People do on Christmas Day? In Atlanta, members of Achim/Gate City Lodge, along with hundreds more members of the Jewish community, become „pinch hitters,” volunteering their time in area hospitals Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Welcomes Postponement Of U.N. Security Council Resolution On Israel, Urges Motion’s
U.N. Security Council Was Set to Vote on Text Singling Out Jewish Communities As Obstacle to Peace B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International welcomes the postponement of a United Nations Security Read more » »
