Category Archives: World

Poços de Caldas: Recordar é Viver

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Wannabe Football Star Jarryd Hayne Blames Jews for Killing Jesus

(JTA) — Jarryd Hayne is an Australian rugby star trying to make an unusual transition to the NFL as a potential member of the San Francisco 49ers. He also seems to be trying to stir up a millennia-old anti-Semitic debate. „Jesus wanted to help people but was killed by his own people,” Hayne tweeted on July 1. Read more » »

B’nai Brith Insider: How the 2015 ‘Al-Quds Day’ rally at Queen’s Park was shut down

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49ers’ Jarryd Hayne has Jewish community upset over Jesus tweets

Jarryd Hayne is an accomplished rugby player, but not so much an accomplished tweeter. Hayne, who recently signed with the 49ers as a running back, caught attention from the Jewish community for tweets he sent out earlier this month. Read more » »

Preserving a legacy

In the 1940s, Congregation Tree of Life in Uniontown was thriving. Today, the town’s Jewish population is fewer than 30. Read more » »

B’nai Brith Canada puts headquarters, Alzheimer’s facility up for sale

TORONTO (JTA) — Cash-strapped B’nai Brith Canada is selling two of its landmark buildings in Toronto, including its national headquarters. Read more » »

Before Lester Holt, There Was Trailblazer Max Robinson (How Come No One …

Wed Jul 08 11: 07: 45 EDT 2015 Now that Lester Holt is firmly established as the permanent anchor for NBC’s „Nightly News” (and one assumes with the huge salary boost that goes with it), I found it rather distressing that many articles (and people Read more » »

Toronto’s Jewish community braces for al-Quds day protest

Toronto’s pro-Israel activists have claimed a victory of sorts ahead of the city’s annual anti-Israel Al-Quds Day rally. Instead of taking place this year in Queen’s Park, the legislative grounds of the Province of Ontario, the rally will now be held a week early, on July 11, at an alternate location across from the American consulate downtown. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Remembers Anniversary Of 7/7 London Terror Attacks

This week, we mark the 10 year anniversary of the horrific July 7 London terror attacks. In the aftermath of the attacks, read the thoughts of then B’nai B’rith International President Joel Kaplan, which appeared in the Fall 2005 Issue of B’nai Read more » »

Dating at 62: A Cautionary Tale

„A tall man with a college education and a full head of hair.” When my friend, an over-60 single woman, decided she was ready to start dating, those were the only three requirements she had for her new man. The guy didn’t need to be attractive or wealthy, just a nice guy with these minimal attributes. Read more » »