Category Archives: World
AEPi Latke Fest Nov. 10
The Phi Deuteron chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi at Kent State University is hosting the seventh annual Latke Fest on Nov. 10 at the Kent State Hillel.Guests will be served all they can eat latkes, or potato pancakes, have a chance to win prizes in a raffle and compete in an eating contest for the title of ‘Latke Lad’ or ‘Latke Lady. Read more » »
19th-Century Berlin Torah restored at B’nai David-Judea
V’zot haTorah — the scroll was hoisted into the air, pinky fingers stretched toward the split-column poetry of Parshat Ha’azinu, and one of the Los Angeles Jewish community’s original sifrei Torah testified to the words of God and Moses for the first time in more than a decade. Read more » »
Toys”R”Us Inc. Chairman And CEO To Receive B’nai B’rith’s Distinguished Achievement Award
B’nai B’rith International has selected David A. Brandon, Chairman and CEO of Toys”R”Us, Inc., to receive its Distinguished Achievement Award, which recognizes the accomplishments of key community and corporate leaders from around the world.Brandon will receive the award during a dinner reception on Nov. 7 at the St. Read more » »
Punish German BDS teachers, say US and Israeli labor-union leaders
Trade-union leaders in Israel and the US urged the federal German teachers’ labor organization this week to take action, including legal measures, against educators in the city of Oldenburg for their call to impose a full boycott on the Jewish state. Read more » »
Venezuela. Dirigente de B’Nai B’Rith : „Directivos judíos merecen apoyo por mantener la comunidad
02.11.2016 10: 46 | Agencia AJN.- „La dirigencia comunitaria merece apoyo: ha hecho un gran esfuerzo y malabarismos para adaptarse a las nuevas circunstancias y ha logrado mantener las instituciones funcionando” en Venezuela, destacó Sammy Eppel Read more » »
The Jewish vote: Pot, guns, justice and other ballot measures worth noting
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Marijuana? Greater availability. Cigarettes? Less availability. Justice reform? We’re there. Guns? Fewer, please. Charter schools? Also fewer. Read more » »
Rabbi: Church should apologize for Luther’s anti-Semitism
(REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch) Plastic statuettes of 16th-century Protestant reformer Martin Luther, which are part of the art installation ‘Martin Luther – I’m standing here’ by German artist Ottmar Hoerl, as pictured in the main square in Wittenberg, Germany, on August 11, 2010. Read more » »
the Algemeiner: 500th Anniversary of Reformation Would be ‘Perfect Time’ for Protestants to …
B’nai B’rith International Director of U.N. and Intercommunal Affairs David Michaels was quoted in an Algemeiner article on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.Michaels discussed Protestant founder Martin Luther’s anti-Semitic rhetoric. Read more » »
Frankfurt B’nai B’rith Schönstadt Lodge Recognizes Charlotte Knobloch With Gold Medal Of Honor
photo courtesy of Rafael Herlich photo courtesy of Rafael Herlich On Oct. 31 Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde for Munich and Upper Bavaria and, from 2006 until 2010, president of the Central Jewish Council, was awarded a gold medal of honor by the Frankfurt B’nai B’rith Schönstadt Lodge. Read more » »
