Category Archives: World
B’nai B’rith Recalls a Vision with Dreamers Ball Event
Posted on December 16, 2016 | 9: 01 a.m.Congregation B’nai B’rith (CBB), Santa Barbara’s largest Jewish synagogue, celebrates its 90th anniversary at a Chagall-inspired Dreamers Ball to be held at 5: 30 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Bacara Resort, 8301 Hollister Ave., Goleta. Read more » »
The strange case of the Northwest’s Native American Nazi
Elwood A. Towner, also known as „Chief Red Cloud”, wearing a Native American headdress and a swastika armband.He was a Native American from Oregon who called himself „Chief Red Cloud,” and he cut an impressive figure. Read more » »
They took on the tobacco industry — and won
Miami Beach lawyers Robert Grover, Norman Ciment, Marvin Weinstein and Sherwin Stauber have accomplished much in their 53 years on both sides of the bench.As the four founding members of Grover, Ciment, Weinstein & Stauber, (now Grover & Weinstein, P.A.), they tried several groundbreaking multimillion-dollar personal injury cases. Read more » »
What is the Conference of Presidents anyway?
Yesterday, over 300 young Jews marched to the Trump Hotel in DC , inside which a powerful Jewish organization found itself besieged by Jewish summer camp alumni and abandoned by some of its key institutional members.i0.wp.com/jewschool.com/cms… 768w, i0.wp.com/jewschool.com/cms… 850w, i0.wp.com/jewschool.com/cms… Read more » »
Times of Israel: Israel Is Strengthening Ties with Several Latin American States, But Will This …
The Times of Israel ran a blog written by B’nai B’rith International Special Advisor on Latin American Affairs Adriana Camisar on Israel’s strengthening ties to countries across Latin America and if those improving relationships will yield changes in the way they vote for anti-Israel resolutions throughout the United Nations. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith do Brasil lamenta morte de Cardeal Arns: exemplo de luta pelos direitos humanos, contra
À Vossa Eminencia Cardeal Dom Odilo Scherer Arcebispo Metropolitano de São Paulo Caro Amigo Cardeal Dom Odílio Pedro Scherer, A B’nai B’rith do Brasil lamenta profundamente o falecimentos do Arcebispo Emérito de São Paulo, Cardeal Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns. Um ser humano como poucos. Read more » »
Obama’s farewell: Jews ‘at the forefront of every fight for freedom’
WASHINGTON – Marking his final holiday season at the White House, US President Barack Obama pulled at the community’s heartstrings at his last Hanukkah reception for America’s Jewish leadership on Wednesday by reminding them of their historic fight for liberal democratic ideals. Read more » »
Cleveland office of ADL helping Pittsburgh counter bigotry
Photo courtesdy of Chartiers Valley School District ” title= ” Middle school students wear „No Place for Hate” T-shirts. Photo courtesdy of Chartiers Valley School District „> Middle school students wear „No Place for Hate” T-shirts. Read more » »
Life begins anew in Arad
While „ism” is a common suffix that expresses a person’s ideas or values, one might say that Alex Borschel’s approach to life is more like an „ist.” That is, a botanist, a Zionist, an environmentalist, a novice scientist, and a Buddhist. Read more » »
Plans for affordable senior housing in Swampscott
December 14, 2016 By GAYLA CAWLEYSWAMPSCOTT — Plans to build an affordable senior housing project at the shuttered Machon Elementary School are progressing with construction expected to begin in 2019. The project will need to be finished in 18 months according to the land development agreement. Read more » »
