Category Archives: World
Orlando teens attend new member convention
More than 60 teens in 8th-12th grade-40 of whom were from the Orlando area-attended a weekend convention in Lake Placid, Fla. Over the Jan. 30-Feb. 1 weekend, 40 Orlando BBYO members attended a weekend retreat in Lake Placid, Fla., with other teens from throughout the state of Florida. Read more » »
BB de Grenoble: Conférence de l’historien Tal Bruttman
Jewish camp foundation launching 4 pilot efforts
The Foundation for Jewish Camp is launching two pilot programs to benefit Jewish day camps, as well as two programs for overnight camps. The programs, funded with grants from various foundations, are demonstration projects that the foundation, also known as the FJC, hopes to expand and replicate in the future. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Writes To Urban Outfitters CEO, Urging Discontinuation of Concentration Camp …
Example of Urban Outfitter’s offensive print. B’nai B’rith International sent a letter to Chairman, President and CEO of Urban Outfitters Richard Hayne to express deep dismay over the inappropriate design used in a tapestry that clearly conjures up Holocaust imagery and trivializes the suffering of the victims. Read more » »
Remembering The Forward’s Jerry Koenig
Activist, Actor, AdMan and More Courtesy of Shulamith Koenig Jerry the Star: Koenig backstage with co-star Jeanne Moreau at a performance in Paris, 2009, for a performance of Amos Gitai’s „The War of the Sons of light Against the Sons of Darkness” By Friends and Family of Jerome Koenig Published February 12, 2015. Read more » »