Category Archives: World
How One Man Saved 140 Jewish Children in the Far East from the Holocaust
Bialystok children in the Udmurtia Republic in the Urals, 1941. (Courtesy: B’nai B’rith World Center)Nearly 75 years ago, the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive invasion of the Soviet Union, in which 4.5 million Axis soldiers surprised the Soviets with blitzkrieg attacks across the 2,900-kilometer border. Read more » »
Independence Day Reception
Helene Briskman, Director of the BBUK London Bureau of International Affairs, and Eve Swabe, immediate past President BBUK, were guests at … Read more »
Machon School plan gets thumbs up at Town Meeting
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B’nai B’rith International Strongly Condemns Iran’s Holocaust Denial Cartoon Contest
image via wikipedia B’nai B’rith International strongly condemns Iran’s annual international cartoon contest satirizing the Holocaust. The competition started May 14 and will continue for the next two weeks, with 150 entries already on display from at least 50 countries. Read more » »
Knoshville at Arnstein Jewish Community Center celebrates Jewish foods, festive activities
By Mary Constantine of the Knoxville News SentinelThe Knoxville and Oak Ridge Jewish communities are coming together on Sunday, May 22, to present Knoshville Jewish Food Festival. It will be held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine, at the Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive. Admission is free. Read more » »
Daily Kickoff: Reality Trumps Preference for RJC | Lew, Lapid at ADL | Self-Driving Israeli Trucks
Have our people email your people. Share this sign up link with your friends. DRIVING THE CONVERSATION: „Reality ‘Trumps’ preference for much of Republican Jewish Coalition” by Jared Sichel: „Joel Geiderman’s view of a potential Donald Trump presidency has shifted since March. Read more » »
The Young Jewish Cartoonist Who’s Fighting to Make Britain Safe for Satire
Home > Jewish World > Jewish World Features Winning awards while poking fun at politicians and popular TV shows is all in a day’s work to Zoom Rockman, 15, who’s been publishing his own comic for seven years. Read more » »
Brody Hicks, Haley Green earn B’nai B’rith Athletic Achievement Honors
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ7) The 66th annual B’nai B’rith Athletic and Achievement Awards were held Monday night in Roanoke.18 male and 18 female high school athletes from the Roanoke Valley and the New River Valley were honored as nominees for the two Athletic & Acheievment awards. Read more » »
Machon reuse makes the cut in Swampscott town meeting
PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER Swampscott Town Planner Peter Kane addresses the crowd during the Town Meeting. BY GAYLA CAWLEY SWAMPSCOTT — Voters approved a proposal from B’Nai B’Rith Housing/Covenant Commonwealth Corp. on Monday to build an affordable senior housing project at the shuttered Machon Elementary School . Read more » »
Hicks, Green and Blackwell Take Top B’nai B’rith Honors
ROANOKE (WSLS-10 SPORTS)- The finest scholar-athletes in the area were honored at the 66th annual B’nai B’rith awards. The winners are judged on one-third athletics, one-third academics, and one-third community service. There was a slew of talent in the room from high schools around the Roanoke Valley to the NRV and beyond. Read more » »
