Category Archives: World
Senate Reaches Compromise on Iran Oversight Bill
19-0 Vote Gives Lawmakers a Say on Iran getty images Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) is trying to round up Democratic votes for a bill that would give the GOP Congress veto power over President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal. By Patricia Zengerle Published April 14, 2015. Read more » »
We Walk To Remember 2015: B’nai B’rith & Vanderbilt AEPi (Video)
B’nai B’rith International is proud to partner with the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) fraternity to bring Holocaust commemoration programs to college campuses nationwide. Hundreds of people congregated at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. for the 2015 We Walk to Remember program . Read more » »
Pot Seder Aims To Put Legalization on the Passover Table
Bob Marley, Marijuana and Afikomen Mix in Portland Alain Sylvestre Media The seder plate at Le’Or’s inaugural Cannabis Seder included a marijuana leaf. By Rebecca Spence Published April 14, 2015. Portland, Oregon — (JTA) — This seder included a legal disclaimer. Read more » »
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Calls Mandatory Vaccines ‘Holocaust’
Anti-Vaxxer Blasted by ADL for ‘Insensitive’ Remark getty images By JTA Published April 14, 2015. Robert Kennedy Jr. apologized for using the word holocaust to describe the effects of mandatory vaccines. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith International Opens Disaster Relief Fund to Aid Kenyan University Attack Victims, …
B’nai B’rith International has opened its Disaster Relief Fund in response to the horrific murders of 147 people in Kenya, most of them Christian college students. On April 2, the Somalia-based Islamic militant group al-Shabab infiltrated Garissa University College to begin a murderous rampage. Read more » »
The Weekly Dish
April 14, 2015, 5: 00am By Michael Kaminer Thinkstock If you’ve been eating kosher Parmesan for the past five years, writes Haaretz , „chances are it’s not been the real thing. Read more »
Trevor Noah, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld Take in the Mets
April 13, 2015, 3: 20pm By Anne Cohen Trevor Noah countered recent accusations that he’s an anti-Semite by taking in a Mets game with Jewish comedy royalty. The man who will take over „The Daily Show” was seen cheering on the New York Mets with Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David during their home opener at at Citi Field. Read more » »
CNN: B’nai B’rith Meets With Obama To Discuss Iran Nuclear Deal
B’nai B’rith International was one of 12 American Jewish organizations in a pair of off-the-record meetings with President Barack Obama on Monday, discussing the merit of a nuclear deal with Iran. Read more »
Daily Kickoff: Corker says bipartisan deal reached on Iran bill | Details of …
Have our people email your people. Share this sign up link with your friends. SCENE YESTERDAY — Jewish leaders and campaign supporters met with President Obama at the White House: President Obama met with two separate groups of Jewish leaders at the Roosevelt Room in the West Wing yesterday. Read more » »
Pinto Pleads Guilty To Bribing Israeli Police
Cleric to the Stars Faces Year in Prison in Deal By JTA Published April 14, 2015. Jerusalem — Celebrity Israeli Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto pleaded guilty in a Tel Aviv court to charges of bribery as part of a plea deal. Read more » »
