Category Archives: World
Passover memories grow throughout the years
Since the passing of my stepfather last August, I live alone in my home, and I have been heavily involved in sorting through items in the house in an effort to be more organized. It’s the same house in which I grew up, so it contains many memories. Read more » »
International Business Times: Political Discussions At 2015 Seders
With contested Israeli elections , the framework of a nuclear deal in place between the west and Iran , and a tenuous peace between Israel and the Palestinians , there is much political fodder for discussion at this year’s Passover Seder tables. Read more » »
Son of Pottsville Area administrator recalls father’s legacy
Forty years ago, one of Pottsville Area School District’s legendary administrators was lauded by community groups before he lost a battle with leukemia. Looking back on the life of Howard S. Fernsler — the man Pottsville Area named its academic center after in 1972 — his son, Howard S. Jr., 75, of Pottsville, and William R. Read more » »
Religious leaders ready for Easter, Passover services
Dressed in street clothes rather than white robes, three altar servers from St. John the Evangelist in Pittston gathered at the altar to rehearse. They had each performed the steps before, but two had not done so for as large an audience of parishioners as Monsignor John Bendik expected for the Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday night. Read more » »
Imagining a seder in my home a century ago
Architect Abraham M. Edelman designed this synagogue, the second building for Congregation of B’nai B’rith. The cornerstone was laid March 15, 1896, and the building was dedicated Sept. 5 of the same year. Read more » »
Religious freedom laws: Once unifying, but now divisive
April 2, 2015, 9: 10 PM EDT E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons The controversial religious freedom laws in Indiana and Arkansas have divided the nation into two separate camps: one that sees the laws as protecting religious Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Skeptical of P5+1-Iran Nuclear Deal
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: In the wake of the announced framework of a deal between the United States, its five negotiating partners, and Tehran on the Iranian nuclear program, B’nai B’rith International believes Read more » »
Throwback Thursday: Partition Predicted At B’nai B’rith Parley (1941)
On March 30, 1941, more than 4,000 delegates gathered at the first luncheon of B’nai B’rith’s 16th Annual National Convention in Chicago to hear Dr. Chaim Weizmann, a long-time B’nai B’rith member, predict a two-state solution in the Middle East. Read more » »
What’s Changed Since The First Religious Liberty Law Was Passed In 1993?
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Defenders of religious freedom acts like the one that passed in Indiana last week have leaned on history. They noted that President Bill Clinton approved a federal religious freedom restoration act. They’ve added that the vote in Congress was nearly unanimous. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Delivers Passover with Project H.O.P.E.
B’nai B’rith volunteers at Jewish Family Services packaging 50 baskets of kosher, non-perishable food items for distribution to families in need. Read more » »
