Category Archives: World
Eulogy For Wallace Sacks
The following is the eulogy spoken by Stephen Sacks at his father’s funeral Despite his successful lifetime career in fashion, writing and journalism were actually my dad’s vocation. Read more »
MP: ‘BDS is anti-Semitism’
THE Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign is „anti-Semitism pure and simple”, Deakin MP Michael Sukkar said in Parliament last week. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Strongly Condemns Ongoing Wave Of Violent Attacks In Israel
image via Wikipedia Three New Attacks Add to Already High Level of Violence Against Jews B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International strongly condemns the ongoing wave of violent terrorist attacks that have killed one person today and injured more than 12 people. Read more » »
Will Raoul Wallenberg’s fate finally become known?
A new chapter in the ongoing saga of the attempts to discover Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg’s fate began on January 17, 2016, the 70th anniversary of Wallenberg’s arrest in Budapest by advancing Soviet Forces. Read more » »
The State of US Jews: the best of times, the worst of times
I. The Beginnings of American JewryNorth America’s first Jews arrived in 1654 aboard the „St. Charles,” sailing with a desperate shipload that brought 23 Spanish-Portuguese Jews to New Amsterdam as they fled from the vestiges of the European Inquisition that had come to the New World in Spain’s and Portugal’s South American colonies. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith leads members of the European Parliament on a mission to Israël
B’nai B’rith International led several members of the European Parliament on a five-day visit to Israel. This trip promoted the Jewish state as an influential leader in education, technology, agriculture and medicine. Read more » »
Ned Cooper
Ned Cooper, 87, of Pittsboro, NC, passed away while surrounded by his family. Mr. Cooper was born to and raised in New York City by Albert Bruce Cooper and Beatrice Horwitz Cooper. Ned graduated in 1947 from Stuyvesant High School and then attended Syracuse University. He graduated from New York Law School in 1951. After attending the U.S. Read more » »
Adath Israel marks its cantor’s 25th year
+ enlarge image Hazzan Arthur Katlin, right, with fellow Mercer County cantors, from left, Robert Freedman, David Wisnia, and Stuart Binder, in 1992by Michele Alperin NJJN Contributing WriterMarch 7, 2016A fter several years focusing on a career in Read more » »
David M. Baltimore, Founder of WBRE- Passes Away
Copyright 2016 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) David Baltimore has passed away.Baltimore was a founder of WBRE-TV. He was a graduate of William Penn High School and MIT with a degree in electrical engineering. Read more » »
Jewish Federation of Springfield seeks to bridge differences
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