Category Archives: World
Anuário da Câmara Brasil Israel já está disponível em versão para tablets
Com o tema „Gota a Gota – Soluçőes israelenses para a crise hídrica no Sudeste do Brasil”, a edição de 2015 do Anuário da Câmara Brasil Israel de Comércio e Indústria, já está disponível na versão digital para tablets nas plataformas IOS e Android. Read more » »
Portugal: aldeias, vilas e música sefardita, na Unibes Cultural
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B’nai B’rith Welcomes European Commission Effort To Combat Anti-Semitism
B’nai B’rith International welcomes the announcement by the European Commission that it will name a coordinator for combating anti-Semitism. The new official will report to Commission First Vice President Frans Timmermans, who will serve as special envoy for countering anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Read more » »
Congratulations to Gavro Swhwartz lodge in Croation which is active again
The lodge is again active and they have a website : www.bnaibrith.hr The site is still under construction but some parts of it are ready in Croatian and English. Congratulation to the „Gavro Schwartz ” Lodge, its President, Darko Fischer, Vice-President Miljenko Bernfest, Secretary Mira Altarac and all the members. Read more » »
Congregation Shaarey Tikvah through the years
1940 – A group of German Jewish refugees settles in Cleveland and form a congregation named Shaarey Tikvah – Gates of Hope. First services held in private homes. October 1940 – First meeting held at home of Rabbi Hans J. Zucker, who agrees to be part-time rabbi. Read more » »
SOJOURN and Partners Provide Youth Support
The upcoming Atlanta Pride Festival and the associated parade are the immediate focus of SOJOURN, the Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender and Sexual Diversity, but the pattern of partnerships for Pride is repeated year-round in SOJOURN’s work with youth. A workshop on preventing bullying is one example. Read more » »
Cultural mosaic vs. ‘snitch state’: Which Canada is the real Canada?
My Ottawa neighbourhood, known as New Edinburgh, is not where one would go to escape politics. Inside of just a few weeks last spring, there were two sightings of party leaders on the nearby sidewalks. Stephen Harper, out for a stroll with a bag of chips in hand, stopped to admire the blue carpet one of my neighbours had chosen for the porch steps. Read more » »
Helene Briskman and Jeremy Havardi met with Nick Jones and Ben Bayman of the Iran desk at the FCO
Meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office September 2015 Report by Helene Briskman As many of you may know President Obama recently put forward a nuclear deal with Iran. Read more »
B’nai B’rith Deplores Murders Of Jews In Israel
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith vehemently deplores the horrific stabbing murders of Jews in the Old City of Jerusalem this weekend.A knife-wielding terrorist murdered two men, Nehemia Lavi, 41 and Aharon Bennett, 22. Lavi was killed when he reportedly ran to help Bennett as the attack was underway. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Denounces Abbas’ Disavowal of Peace Agreements with Israel; Contradictions Abound in
Report from BBI ICHRPP Newsletter 1/10/2015 B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International denounces Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ disavowal of signed peace agreements with Israel in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly today. Read more » »
