Category Archives: World
San Diego Jewish World authors: Garry Fabian
Editor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World is fortunate to have among its contributors the authors of many books. To acquaint you with them, and their literary output, we will from time to time offer articles by the authors telling of their works. This article is by Garry Fabian, a Holocaust survivor who became active in B’nai B’rith in Australia. Read more » »
Call to action: Please complain to BBC about interview with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal
Dear Eve On the 1st April the BBC aired an interview by Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, titled ‘Hamas leader Meshaal warns of Israeli ‘extremism’ after elections.’ You can view the interview here and read Jeremy Bowen’s analysis below the video. Read more » »
«Personne n’est Kenya?»
Tribune libre de Marc Knobel, Historien, directeur des etudes du CRIF, membre du conseil éditorial de la Revue Civique La ville de Garissa, vous connaissiez? Probablement pas. Read more » »
#JeSuisKenyan
Le B’nai B’rith France condamne fermement l’odieuse attaque terroriste menée jeudi 2 avril contre l’Université kényane de Garissa et qui a fait 148 victimes Un commando islamiste somalien appartenant au groupe Shabab, a pris d’assaut jeudi 2 avril Read more » »
UNESCO launches social media campaign to end „cultural cleansing”
Report from Stéphane TEICHERUNESCO Director General Irina Bokova launched on March 28, in the Faculty of Arts of the Bagdad University, a strong campaign aiming at responding to the cultural cleansing which is spreading in many Middle East countries. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Condemns Horrific Attacks on Kenyan University Students
(Photo: Ben Curtis AP) B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: The horrific murders of 147 people in Kenya, most of them Christian college students, are a frightening reminder of the dangers of Islamic extremism. Read more » »
Changemakers honoured
THE Cricket World Cup final didn’t stop more than 150 people attending B’nai B’rith and JNF’s Jewish Changemakers Awards at the B’nai B’rith Centre on Sunday, March 29. This year saw 78 nominations from NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia vying for awards in the youth and young adult categories. Read more » »
Once unifying, religious freedom laws have become divisive
In the span of a week, legislation aimed at protecting individual religious freedoms — adopted by a near unanimous Congress more than two decades ago and present in 20 states — went from benign measures with broad support to being attacked as a new „license to discriminate. Read more » »
14 De Abril Encontro Com Carlos Brickmann Na B’nai B’rith
CARLOS BRICKMANN De 1963 até hoje, para usar uma frase clássica de Octavio Frias de Oliveira, vi tudo acontecer, e ao contrário também. Vi a Marcha da Família e, aos 19 anos de idade, editei o material na Folha de S.Paulo; vejo agora as manifestaçőes antigovernamentais e escrevo sobre elas em diversos jornais, em colunas assinadas. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Dismayed EU Conference Diluting Focus On Anti-Semitism
The European Union started Passover on a sour note, announcing that the much-anticipated upcoming conference on combating rising anti-Semitism in Europe will not share equal billing with Islamophobia. Read more » »
