Category Archives: World
USP sediará São Paulo Model United Nations
A Escola Politécnica (Poli) da Universidade de São Paulo (USP) sediará a sexta edição do São Paulo Model United Nations (SPMUN) de 7 a 11 de julho. Read more »
B’nai B’rith Sponsors CLB’s Shot In The Dark Golf & Dinner Classic
The Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind (CLB) held its third annual „Shot in the Dark Golf & Dinner Classic” on Friday, May 1, 2015 at the Lakewood Country Club in Rockville, Md.The event’s purpose was to demonstrate an appreciation for vision loss and how it can be overcome. Read more » »
Are you ‘Camp-Passionate?’ Jewish summer camps change lives
More than half a century ago, Bob Dylan was another young American Jew at the Jewish summer camps that have been incubators of American Jewish life for decades. Photo courtesy of Simon & Schuster. Jewish summer camps have created American Jews — in some ways, far more effectively than any other institution in American Jewish life. Read more » »
Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA
Israel intercepts flotilla vessel attempting to break blockade of Gaza JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Israeli Navy intercepted an activist ship in the waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Read more » »
Peoria and Tazewell health inspection results for May
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This Day, July 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
July 4 925: Moslems raided Oria as part of their attacks on Italy. Ten rabbinical leaders were killed and many others were taken into captivity, including 12 year old Shabbetai Donnolo, who later achieved fame as a physician 1187: Guy de Lusignan Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Commends Episcopal Church For Continuing To Oppose Punitive Economic Measures Against
B’nai B’rith International welcomes the decision by the Episcopal Church in the United States not to align with a campaign to single out Israelis and companies doing business with Israel for punitive measures. Read more » »
Época de tristes recordaçőes
17 de Tamuz a 09 de Av – Tisha b’Av- 04 a 25 de julho de 2015 „E ergueu toda a congregação a sua voz; e chorou o povo naquela noite: „: Números X1V-1 Tem início em 4 de julho, três Semanas de luto no calendário judaico. Read more »
United Church of Christ’s Adoption of BDS Resolution Promotes Economic Warfare, Not Peace
B’nai B’rith International condemns the United Church of Christ’s (UCC) adoption of a Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) resolution against Israel. The church’s governing assembly voted on June 30 to divest from various businesses deemed tied to Israeli policies of which the motion’s promoters disapprove. Read more » »
Gallery: Rally For Israel At Place Des Nations (Geneva, Switzerland)
In light of the current wave of unrelenting attacks against Israel’s legitimacy, B’nai B’rith International joined B’nai B’rith Europe, local lodges and dozens of other Jewish organization to rally in support of Israel outside of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Read more » »
