Category Archives: World

BBLBIA hosts the Israeli Ambassador to the UK

On November 2, BBUK’s Bureau of International Affairs was delighted to host Israeli ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev, at a breakfast meeting at London law firm Nabarro. Read more »

BBUK presents Qiryat Gat with a cheque

Walter Breindel met up with Yitzhack Apt. the chairman of the Qiryat Gat Foundation in Tel Aviv where he handed him cheques to the value of £7000.00 as part of our ongoing commitment for the Feeding Programme The post BBUK presents Qiryat Gat with a cheque appeared first on B’nai B’rith UK . Read more » »

Activities for Jewish Heritage Days – Cheshire Unity Lodge

Sunday 9th October 2016 Talk by Professor Nathan Abrams, Bangor University Wales, entitled: „Hidden in plain sight, British Jewish identity through film and TV”. Sunday 13th November 2016 An audio – visual presentation entitled: „Pop goes the J factor” by Brian Greene the highly regarded local show business expert and member of Cheshire Unity. Read more » »

Amb. Danon at UN Confab: „The BDS Movement is Inherently Illegal.”

On November 16th, 2016, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon hosted the second anti-BDS conference at the United Nations entitled „Legal Scholars Against BDS. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Condemns Bigotry And Use Of Nazi Imagery By Movement Leader

B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International denounces the overt bigotry and use of Nazi tropes by Richard Spencer, a man often described as the leader of the self-proscribed „alt-right” movement.At a rally in Washington, D.C. Read more » »

Potomac Chamber of Commerce Honors Three

State Sen. Brian Feldman (D-15) congratulates Citizen of the Year Mary Kimm with her grandson Declan Dixon during the Potomac Chamber of Commerce’s Awards Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 17. Photo by Ken Moore .The Potomac Chamber of Commerce paid tribute to three honorees at its awards dinner at Normandie Farm on Nov. 17. Read more » »

Com Alckmin, Serra e ministros da Justiça e Educação, Conib homenageia Natan Sharansky

Com a presença do governador de São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin, do chanceler José Serra e dos ministros da Justiça, Alexandre de Moraes, e da Educação, Mendonça Filho, a Conib homenageou no último fim de semana, em sua 47ª Convenção Nacional, Natan Sharansky, símbolo da dissidência soviética e atual presidente da Agência Judaica. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith participa de homenagem a Natan Sharansky

Abraham Goldstein, presidente da B’nai B’rith do Brasil representou a entidade no jantar de abertura da 47ª. Convenção da Conib, que homenageou Natan Sharansky, atual presidente da Agência Judaica, e contou com a presença de Alckmin, Serra e dos ministros da Justiça e Educação, além de diversas autoridades. Read more » »

Osias Wurman recebe título de „Consul Honorário de 2016”

Osias Wurman recebeu em Miami, durante o Encontro dos Honorários, „um verdadeiro presente de aniversário, certamente fruto de muita dedicação”, outorgado pelo Ministério de Relaçőes Exteriores de Israel o título de „Consul Honorário de 2016”, um título inédito na vida diplomática israelense. Read more » »

Protesto em Nova Iorque contra manifestação grafitada com suásticas

Pelo menos 300 pessoas, incluindo o cantor Adam Horovitz, protestaram em Nova York, no domingo, contra o que eles disseram ser crimes de ódio inspirados pela eleição de Donald Trump, depois que suásticas grafitadas apareceram em um parque do Brooklyn. Read more » »