Category Archives: World

B’nai B’rith participa de reunião com Secretário Municipal da Igualdade Racial

O Comitê Municipal de Liberdade de Crença e Cultura de Paz da SMPIR reuniu-se com o novo Secretário Municipal da Igualdade Racial, Maurício Pestana, nesta quarta-feira, 29 de julho. Em pauta as atividades do Comitê que reúne representantes de diversas religiőes e comunidades. Read more » »

Canta Tel Aviv, com 27 músicas, Caetano e Gil pőem a arte acima da política

Com as 27 músicas cantadas em Tel Aviv, Gilberto Gil e Caetano Veloso encerraram definitivamente a polêmica a respeito da realização de seu show em Israel, após meses de pressão pelo cancelamento da apresentação. Cerca de 7. Read more » »

Aleksander Laks: Não esquecer jamais!

Aleksander Henryk Laks Presidente da Sherit Hapleitá RJ-Associação dos Sobreviventes do Holocausto. Falando no dia 27 de Janeiro de 2015, por ocasião do Dia Internacional das Vítimas do Holocausto, no Itamaraty, Rio de Janeiro. Read more » »

Reveillon em Caxambu: reserve seu lugar

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B’nai B’rith Highly Offended by Ohio State Marching Band’s Despicable Holocaust-Inspired Song

B’nai B’rith International is highly offended by the despicable Ohio State University marching band’s Holocaust-inspired song called „Goodbye Kramer. Read more » »

French Jews work, under duress, to strengthen community

You want your grandchildren to go to schools that aren’t guarded by soldiers with machine guns. You feel like an outsider even though Jews have lived here for more than 1,500 years. Read more » »

Outgoing Israeli Ambassador Honoured

Report by Helene Briskman Eve Swabe, Tony Swabe, Helene Briskman and Alex Faiman attended a reception, organised by the Board of Deputies,on Tuesday (28 July). It was in honour of the outgoing Israeli Ambassador to the Court of St James, HE Daniel Taub. The Reception was also attended by Ambassadors, MPs, journalists, Deputies and Rabbis. Read more » »

The Way We Were – Francis X. Fay

25 YEARS AGO JULY 10, 1990 – Simplicio „Sam” Marucci, founder and longtime conductor of the G. Verdi Concert Band whose name was synonymous with classical and marching music, and whose four sons played with him, two actually branching off to become great fastpitch softball pitchers, dies at 92. Read more » »

Will civil rights groups support Equality Act?

Civil rights pioneer Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) is among the co-sponsors of the Equality Act. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) Although many civil rights groups have endorsed the Equality Act, the reluctance of others to support the sweeping new LGBT rights bill raises questions about its viability. Read more » »

This Day, July 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin

July 29 1099: Pope Urban II, the man behind the First Crusade, passed away. Considering the impact of the Crusades on the Jews of Europe, his impact on Jewish history is self-obvious. Read more » »