Category Archives: World
Merkel faz emocionante pronunciamento contra o antissemitismo
A chanceler alemã Angela Merkel pediu „ação intensiva” contra o antissemitismo, incitando a vigilância particularmente em relação aos jovens „onde o ódio à Israel e o antissemitismo é generalizado”. Read more »
No Dia do Holocausto, Conib e governo abordam açőes contra a intolerância
„Poucas décadas depois do Holocausto, judeus na Europa estão novamente com medo de sair às ruas e, mais uma vez, percebendo que poucos dão a devida importância aos ataques antissemitas praticamente cotidianos”, afirmou o presidente da Conib, Fernando Read more » »
Comunidade judaica paulista promove ato pelo Dia Internacional em Memória das Vítimas do Holocausto
Por ocasião do Dia Internacional em Memória das Vítimas do Holocausto, a Confederação Israelita do Brasil (Conib), a Federação Israelita do Estado de São Paulo (Fisesp) e a Congregação Israelita Paulista (CIP), promoveram no dia 25 de janeiro, na CIP, um ato solene. Read more » »
Homenagens em diversas cidades
No Rio de Janeiro, B’nai B’rith e Museu Judaico organizaram um ato, com a presença do professor Renato Lessa, da Universidade Federal Fluminense. Em Belo Horizonte, o evento organizado pela Fisemg ocorreu dia 27. Read more »
‘I didn’t think I might never see my parents again’ – refugee children share their stories
Article of the The Guardian featuring BBE Secretary General Ernest Simon. Britain is considering taking in 3,000 unaccompanied children from Syria and Afghanistan. Read more » »
COMMUNIQUE DU B’NAI B’RITH France
Le B’nai B’rith France félicite chaleureusement Alain Finkielkraut pour son entrée à l’Académie française. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Commends Pope Francis Visit To Great Synagogue Of Rome
B’nai B’rith Europe President Daniel Citone was in attendance when Pope Francis spoke at the Great Synagogue of Rome on Jan. 17. Franics is now the third pope to visit the synagogue. The event included speeches by Ruth Dureghello, the president of the Jewish community of Rome, and Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day Throughout Latin America
Acting president of Chile, Jorge Burgos, gives a speech in Santiago at an event that was attended by more than 300 people. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed every year on Jan. 27, the date in 1945 the allies liberated the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. In addition to U.S. Read more » »
Prof. Eugene Borowitz, 1924-2016
If there were anyone who, without being glib, without compromising his intellectual honesty, and without any polemical motive, tried to bridge the denominational and theological gaps in American Jewry, it was Prof. Eugene Borowitz, who died this week at 91. Read more »
Initiative helps Jewish camps secure the funds behind the fun
For those who attended the Jewish camps of the previous generation, summertime likely invokes memories of smelly old bunks and rickety dining halls. But now, in what has been described as a new golden age for Jewish summer camps, those camps have received a massive facelift. Read more » »
