Category Archives: World

Congregation B’nai B’rith to Host Free Lecture by Israeli Religious Action Center’s Anat Hoffman

Posted on 03.03.2016 8: 35 a.m.Source: Kelli Coleman Moore and Hamza Mannan for the Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed SymposiaAnat HoffmanAnat Hoffman, executive director of the Israeli Religious Action Center, will give a talk entitled Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Leadership Delegation To Advocate For Israel At U.N. Human Rights Council In Geneva

A B’nai B’rith International leadership delegation will be in Geneva from March 6 to March 11 to advocate against anti-Israel bias at the United Nations Human Rights Council. Read more »

Bill Demands Peace Deals Include Plight of Jews From Arab Lands

A bipartisan slate of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill that would require linking the claims of Jews from Iran and Arab lands to peace deals. Read more » »

Man among first Jews to be indicted for Facebook incitement against Arabs

The Northern District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday filed a rare indictment against a Jew for incitement on Facebook against Arabs. Read more » »

Baylor Scott & White CEO Allison plans move to advisory role

March 2, 2016 By Staff / Baptist Standard DALLAS—After four decades in hospital administration, including more than 15 years as president of Baylor Health Care System, Joel Allison announced plans to step down as president and chief executive officer Read more » »

Postcards Of The Hanging

The old pendulum clock ticked its last at 12: 18. Was it after midnight or high noon? A museum exhibit, particularly about a murder — two murders, actually, the killing of a young girl and the lynching of a Jew — can tell us only so much, welcoming us into the mystery but with no way out. Read more » »

Denial leaflets in uni carpark

HOLOCAUST denial reared its ugly head on campus on the first day of the new university semester on Monday.Flyers claiming that „Holocaust studies is replete with nonsense, if not sheer fraud” were placed on hundreds of cars in the University of Melbourne’s University Square carpark. Read more » »

ADL, Reut Institute to partner on comprehensive BDS study

BOSTON – The Anti-Defamation League appears to be entering a new collaborative phase, with the anti-racism group announcing this week a partnership with the Reut Institute, a Tel Aviv-based think tank, to produce a „focused and comprehensive strategy to combat delegitimization of Israel and the BDS movement. Read more » »

Baylor Scott & White Health CEO to leave post, transition to advisory role: 10 things to know

Written by Kelly Gooch | March 01, 2016 Joel T. Allison, president and CEO of Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health, will leave his post next year to take on an advisory role.Here are 10 things to know about Mr. Allison and his transition.1. Mr. Read more » »

Sami Semiatin becomes president of BBYO chapter

Josie Shaffer , Opinion Editor February 29, 2016 Filed under FeatureWith the stress of AP classes, sports, and clubs, making time for activities outside of school can be difficult. Many students struggle to maintain a balance between their social life and schoolwork, but this is not the case with Sami Semiatin (’18). Read more » »