Category Archives: World
Shots Fired at Nashville Synagogue
No One Hurt in Attack on West End Synagogue wikimedia By JTA Published April 13, 2015. No one was injured when shots were fired outside a Nashville synagogue. The shots were fired outside the West End Synagogue on Monday morning, according to The Tennessean. Read more » »
Dutch Jews Object To Honor for Nazi Soldier
Why Is Town Honoring Locals Who Fought for Hitler? Visitors gaze at a Dutch memorial for World War II victims. By JTA Published April 13, 2015. Dutch Jews protested the commemoration of a soldier who fought for Adolf Hitler on a monument bearing names of Holocaust victims. Read more » »
‘The King’ and Us
How 2 Great Jewish Artists Created Such a Culturally Insensitive Work Wikimedia Commons Yul Be Sorry: Yul Brynner and Samantha Eggar in a short-lived, 1972 sitcom version of „The King and I.” By Benjamin Ivry Published April 13, 2015, issue of April 17, 2015 . Read more » »
Hungary Far Right Party Pushes Back on ‘Anti-Semitic’ Charge
Jobbik Makes Play for Mainstream Support By Marton Dunai Published April 13, 2015. Budapest — Hungary’s Jobbik party on Monday denied it was racist or anti-Semitic, after softening its far-right rhetoric and seizing a parliamentary seat from the ruling party in a weekend by-election amid a surge in support. Read more » »
Court Upholds Ban on Gay ‘Conversion’ Therapy
Parents Plan To Take Appeal to Supreme Court By Jonathan Stempel Published April 13, 2015. (Reuters) — A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a fresh challenge to New Jersey’s ban on so-called gay conversion therapy for minors, saying the prohibition does not violate the rights of either children or their parents. By a 3-0 vote, the 3rd U.S. Read more » »
President Obama Pushes Iran Deal With Jewish Meetings
Leaders and ‘Influencers’ Get Face Time at White House] getty images By JTA Published April 13, 2015. The Obama administration’s effort to sell the Iran nuclear deal to the Jewish community kicked up a notch with two meetings scheduled on the same day between the president and Jewish leaders. Read more » »
Israel and Iran Experts Cooperate on Nuclear Test Panel
Technical Meetings Bring Officials to Same Table By Reuters Published April 13, 2015. Iran and Israel have been cooperating under the auspices of an international body set up to monitor a ban on nuclear bomb tests, its director said on Monday. Read more »
B’nai B’rith World Center Hosting Yom Hashoa Ceremony in Jerusalem April 16th
Every year, B’nai B’rith World Center – Jerusalem – Israel, during the ceremony for Yom Hashoa, honors famous personalities who helped in the rescue of co-religionists from the whirlwind of the Holocaust. This year, the ceremony is dedicated to the rescue work of the Chief Rabbi of Volos and All Greece: Moses Pessach z „l . Read more » »
The Jewish Senior Homes That Aren’t (Anymore)
As Neighborhoods Change, Elderly Jews Feel Out of Place Sean Simmers Tarnished Golden Years: Elderly Jewish residents, their numbers dwindling, compain about newcomers at the Abe Cramer B’nai Brith Apartments in Harrisburg. By Nathan Guttman Published April 13, 2015, issue of April 17, 2015 . Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Europe Present at the Re-Opening of the Grand Synagogue in Edirne, Turkey
March 26, 2015Edirne, TurkeyB’nai B’rith Europe was present at a historic event – The re-opening of the Grand Synagogue in Edirne. Opened in 1906 after the big fire destroyed the existing dozen synagogues who served one of the largest Jewish communities on the Balkans at the time. Read more » »
