Category Archives: World
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 » »
Bulgarian Jewish group protests partnership with rightist lawmaker
BRUSSELS (JTA) — A Jewish group in Bulgaria protested the cooperation of other Jewish organizations with a nationalist lawmaker at the European Parliament. Read more » »
Grapevine: Getting to the root of it all
For the opening plenary of the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the ballroom at the Ramada Jerusalem Hotel was packed to capacity. Let’s face it, even though genealogy is a relatively recent pursuit for most people, it’s really part of Jewish DNA. After all, the Bible has list upon list of who begat whom from generation to generation. Read more » »
