Category Archives: World
Temple Sinai names honorees
Temple Sinai of Bergen County will hold its annual gala on Saturday, May 7, at 7 p.m., at Montammy Country Club in Alpine.This year’s honorees are the Marks/Weiss, Friedberg/Goldstein, and Simon families. Kenneth and Christel Marks have been members of Temple Sinai since the mid 1970s. Read more » »
Nobel Laureate Walter Kohn Dies at Age 93
Paul Wellman (file)Walter KohnUCSB Professor Pursued Physics and World PeaceThursday, April 21, 2016The flags at UCSB stands at half-mast today out of respect for Walter Kohn, a physicist whose career spanned the technological revolution and who died last night, Chancellor Henry Yang announced on Wednesday. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Opens Disaster Relief Fund For Earthquake Victims In Ecuador
Will Continue to Provide Support to Japan B’nai B’rith International is opening its Disaster Relief Fund to provide aid to the victims of the catastrophic earthquake that occurred April 16 in Ecuador. B’nai B’rith will also provide continuing support to Japan, after it suffered two earthquakes last week, one on April 14 and the other on April 16. Read more » »
Around Town: LIREG Diner, BOMA Course
BOMA-NY Seminar April 20: Building Owners & Managers Association will host a Cybersecurity Seminarat Club 101 at 101 Park Avenue at E. 40th Street, New York, New York. A diverse panel of IT experts from the real estate, government and consulting worlds willy demystify this vast topic and relate it directly to our daily operations. Read more » »
Kallos vows to keep fighting super-talls
New York City Councilmember Ben Kallos was stumping against super-tall towers at last weekʼs B’nai B’rith luncheon at the Cornell Club. Read more »
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
UPCOMING CALENDAR THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Special recreation swims , for no-school days, 1: 30 to 3: 30 p.m., Lincoln City Community Center, 2150 NE Oar Place. Admission, $2.50 for children ages 2 through 17. The Bret Lucich Show, 7 to 10 p.m., Attic Lounge, Salishan Resort, 7760 N Highway 101, Gleneden Beach. Call 800-452-2300. Read more » »
Observing Holocaust Remembrance Day
by NJJN StaffApril 20, 2016 Yom Hashoa — Holocaust Remembrance Day — is Thursday, May 5. Many synagogues and organizations are holding commemoration ceremonies and services throughout the community. Read more » »
