Yesterday, 1st October 2015, B’nai B’rith Europe held a working brunch in its renovated office with several organisations that were attending the two days colloquium organised by the European Commission on „Tolerance and respect: preventing and combating anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hatred in Europe” on 1st and 2nd October. Read more » »

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Should Not Be President by ANDREW E. HARROD October 2, 2015 „Sharia law is for Muslims. So if there is a Muslim majority state then it has to be run by Sharia,” stated basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with surprisingly little public controversy in aSeptember 23 interview . Read more » »

New Jewish organization aims to teach students about the religion Courtesy of Carly Kaminsky | UB students hang out and eat food in the Sukkah for the first meeting of Aish Buffalo, a new Jewish organization on campus. Jenna Harsanyi has always felt spiritual and cultural connections with her religion: Judaism. Read more » »

HARRISBURG — It’s easy to see why Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse wants to reclaim all city businesses as paying trash customers. All you have to do is look at the city’s list of disputed trash bills, topped by eight apartment buildings that reportedly owe $1.6 million. Read more » »

Two senior housing projects approved this year by the Andover Planning Board are being appealed by neighbors over concerns about traffic, flooding, lighting and noise, among other issues. Both appeals are in Land Court and both are scheduled for status hearings Oct. 6. Read more » »

Granite City native Peter Maer, who covered the White House for 17 years for CBS News as part of his nearly 40 years in broadcast journalism, will be the featured speaker at a B’nai B’rith St. Louis program Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Jewish Community Center in Creve Coeur. Read more » »

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 » »

Seemingly lost in the debate over the Iran nuclear deal is any focus at all on that country’s horrendous human rights record. Read more » »

No sábado, dia 26 de setembro, no excelente auditório do Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul, em Porto Alegre, aconteceu a VI Jornada sobre o Ensino da História do Holocausto Em Defesa da Democracia e da Cidadania, sob o título – Holocausto – Múltiplos Olhares. Read more » »

NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. — An often overlooked aspect of California history is the story of Jews in the Gold Rush. Gold Fever was a worldwide phenomenon and the news of the Gold Rush reached across the world. Read more » »