Category Archives: World
B’nai B’rith Pleased with Bipartisan Support for Permanent „Doc Fix” Solution
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International is pleased to see movement from Congress on a permanent solution for paying doctors who treat Medicare patients and ending more than a decade’s worth of „doc fixes. Read more » »
Reaction to Bibi victory
COMMUNAL leaders have welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s success at last week’s election. Read more » »
Throwback Thursday: Jewish Immigrants Prospering In Mexico (1923)
Ninety-two years ago, The Independent Order of B’nai B’rith in Texas conducted a social experiment with Jewish immigrants that had landed in Mexico with the intention of crossing the border into the United States. Read more »
The future of Jewish youth: hope, challenge and double espressos
Want to feel hopeful about the future of the Jewish people? Spend a weekend like I did recently at a Jewish Youth Summit of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY). Feel old and proud as you watch 5,000 Jewish teens celebrate, learn, pray, sing and nearly blow the roof off the hotel with their energy, joy and conviction. Read more » »
The Real Hillel: Pull Up a Chair!
In a world laden with smartphones, computers, and ear buds, it’s easy to fall victim to the glowing screens of technology. Isolated from peers, we walk by without saying hello, speak only with thumbs, and neglect human conversation that defines who we are and what we actually desire. Read more » »
THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS: Twenty-Five Under 25 – positions 25 to 11!
After hundreds of nominations and months of intense debate, Jewish News – in association with the Jewish Leadership Council – this week begins a fascinating countdown of individuals, under the age of 25, who are set to define Anglo-Jewry in the decades to come. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith World Center And KKL-JNF to Recognize Greek Rabbi who Saved Hundreds of Jews During …
(Washington, D.C., April 9, 2015)—B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: The B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL-JNF) will hold for the 13th consecutive year a unique, joint Holocaust Read more » »
Quebrando as Tábuas
Artigo do rabino Nilton Bonder em O Globo analisa as recentes eleiçőes em Israel. Bonder considera que a „declaração de Netanyahu de que não haverá Estado palestino sob sua liderança foi um ato inadmissível”. „A questão palestina não é só uma questão dos palestinos. É uma questão israelense, interna de Israel. Read more » »
Negociaçőes para cessar fogo de longo prazo entre Israel e Hamas
Nas um representante do Qatar tem sido mediando entre Israel e o governo do Hamas na faixa de Gaza, em uma tentativa de negociar um acordo de cessar-fogo em longo prazo e os termos para reconstrução do enclave palestino. Read more »
Michel Temer recebe Yechiel Eckstein, rabino fundador da União Internacional de Cristãos e Judeus
O vice-presidente Michel Temer recebeu no dia 18 de março em Brasília o rabino americano Yechiel Eckstein, criador em 1983 da União Internacional de Cristãos e Judeus (IFCJ), hoje a maior organização humanitária cristã sem fins lucrativos baseada em Israel. Read more » »
