Category Archives: World
LOOKING BACK: Stoughton answers draft; Randolph on the air
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B’nai B’rith to provide relief funds for victims of South’s deadly storms
(JTA) — B’nai B’rith International will make disaster relief funds available for victims of storms in the southern United States that have killed 40 people. The tornadoes and torrential rains throughout Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas started early last week. Some 14 tornadoes hit Mississippi on Dec. Read more » »
Tornado And Flood Disaster Relief Fund Open For Storm Victims In Southern US
Harold Steinberg stares at a damaged house in Holly Springs, Mississippi. The trailer was swept up during one of the tornadoes. A woman and her two grandchildren were in the house when the tornado struck. The grandmother suffered broken bones. The two children were shaken up, but unharmed. Read more » »
Spare Times for Dec. 25-31
Photo Credit Andrew Burton/Getty Images New Year’s Eve (Thursday) Believe it or not, Lower Manhattan used to have all the fun. Before 1904, Trinity Church was New York’s gathering point for crowds to ring in the New Year. Read more » »
Globe Briefs December 24
UN to recognize Yom Kippur as official holiday The United Nations will for the first time recognize Yom Kippur as an official holiday. Read more »
Dr. Melvin Berman, 96
Dr. Melvin Berman, 1987 Family Photo STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Native Staten Islander Dr. Melvin Berman, 96, of Palm Shores in Boynton Beach, Fla., a retired dentist who was dedicated to his profession and his family, died Tuesday in JFK Medical Center, Atlantis, Fla. Born and raised in Tompkinsville, he graduated from Curtis High School. Dr. Read more » »
Rassemblement Républicain
Le B’nai B’rith France appelle à participer à l’hommage qui sera rendu aux victimes des attentats terroristes survenus à Paris les 7, 8 et 9 janvier 2015 Samedi 9 janvier 2016 à 19h30 Devant l’ HyperCacher de la Porte de Vincennes 23, avenue de la Read more » »
Um mundo em transformação
A B’nai B’rith do Brasil deseja que o espirito de Chanucá e do Natal inspire a humanidade a fazer as transformaçőes necessárias rumo a um mundo com mais dignidade, respeito e compreensão, de acordo com os valores da fraternidade, beneficência, harmonia, luz, justiça, paz e verdade, lema de nossa instituição, simbolizado nos sete braços da Menorá. Read more » »
Hanukkah, past and present
King Cyrus of Persia let the Jews return to Jerusalem after 70 years of captivity and they rebuilt the Temple c.516 B.C. Around 330 B.C., Alexander the Great conquered the area, but upon his death, his general Seleucus I Nicator ruled. It became called the Seleucid Empire. In 167 B.C., the Seleucid King was Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Read more » »
Why even debate refugee question?
The Dec. 13 pro-and-con columns on whether the United States should admit Syrian refugees came as a surprise — a surprise that we’re even having that discussion. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was Time magazine’s Person of the Year for her refugee outreach. Read more » »
