Category Archives: World

Coping with BDS

Two recent international conferences indicate that Israel is finally being moved to do something officially about the BDS Movement, but, much like talk about the weather, such efforts accept the inevitability of boycott without being able to do anything effective to change it. Read more » »

BBUK 2016 Heritage Days’ Brochure

I am pleased to announce the publication of the 2016 European Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage Programme. Heritage Days this year are from Sunday, 4th to Sunday, 18th September and is once again supported by Jewish News. Read more »

Cheshire Lodge visit Lithuania

For some years now, the Lodge has organised trips to explore Jewish history – in Budapest, Portugal, Germany, Italy and even the UK. Read more »

Camps weave transgender kids into summer tapestry

+ enlarge image The family bathroom at Camp JRF was easily converted with a sign to make everyone feel comfortable. Photos courtesy Camp JRF+ more imagesby Johanna Ginsberg NJJN Staff WriterJune 22, 2016B athrooms accessible for transgender people are old news at Camp JRF , the Reconstructionist movement’s summer camp in South Sterling, Pa. Read more » »

Stuyvesant High School Student Wins NY-Area Diverse Minds Writing Challenge

Book Writing Scholarship Contest Focuses on Tolerance and Diversity The winner of this year’s Diverse Minds Writing Challenge in the New York area is „From the Heart” written and illustrated by Sylvia Yu from Stuyvesant High School in New York. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith International Deeply Concerned By Administration Opposition To Increased Missile …

B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International is deeply concerned by the Administration opposition to increased missile defense funding for Israel. Read more » »

COMMUNIQUE du B’nai B’rith France

Joël Mergui réélu à la Présidence du Consistoire Central Joël Mergui réélu à la Présidence du Consistoire Central « Notre responsabilité est de continuer de lutter et de faire exister une vie juive dynamique, engagée et active » Le B’nai B’rith Read more » »

An Armenian American Group Caves in to the Anti-Defamation League

By David BoyajianFor several decades the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and other leading Jewish American organizations (AIPAC, AJC, B’nai B’rith, and JINSA) have deliberately colluded with Turkey and Israel to defeat U.S. Congressional resolutions on the Christian Armenian Genocide and to diminish the factuality of that genocide. Read more » »

ONG israelense salvou mais de 3 mil crianças pobres com problemas cardíacos pelo mundo

Nascido na Gâmbia, Sanusey tem quatro anos de idade e está se recuperando de uma cirurgia cardíaca realizada no Centro Médico Wolfson, em Holon, Israel. Sanusey e sua família vivem em uma pequena cidade chamada Brikama. Read more » »

Conib participa da cerimônia de posse de Ilan Goldfajn no Banco Central

Eduardo Wurzmann, secretário-geral da Conib, representou a entidade na cerimônia de posse de Ilan Goldfajn na Presidência do Banco Central, realizada no dia 13 de junho em Brasília. Goldfajn nasceu em Haifa, norte de Israel, em 1966, e viveu alguns anos no Estado judeu antes de vir ao Brasil, aos 10 anos de idade. Read more » »