Category Archives: World

JTA: B’nai B’rith Jewish Disability Experts Advocate To Congress

Jewish Disability Advocacy Day 2015 was a busy day for B’nai B’rith International’s Director of Aging Policy Rachel Goldberg, who addressed members of Congress as well as leadership from the Jewish, medical and senior communities in Washington, D.C. Read more » »

Hate speaker condemned

ISLAMIST group Hizb ut-Tahrir has been condemned by communal leaders after a video emerged last month of a hate rally it conducted in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba last year. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Provides Live Virtual Tour of Israel to Members and Senior Housing Building Residents

Residents at B’nai B’rith senior housing facilities, along with B’nai B’rith members and supporters around the world will experience the wonders of Israel live without leaving their homes thanks to a new virtual touring program launching March 11. Read more » »

Mayo: Deerfield race blowup a shame

Can we all get along? As I read about the latest craziness emanating from Deerfield Beach, I keep thinking of Rodney King’s plaintive plea for racial harmony. The white mayor, Jean Robb, is boycotting a Black History Month event because one of the award recipients is a white woman. Read more » »

AROUND TOWN EVENTS: SEMINARS MEETINGS TALKS

Public Policy Symposium Mar 4: NAIOP-NJ will host „Public Policy Symposium: The Intersection of Transportation & Workforce at the Renaissance Woodbridge, 151 US 1 South, Iselin, New Jersey, at 8: 15 a.m. Senate President Steve Sweeney will give the keynote address and a panel discussion will feature Mary K. Read more » »

Discours du Premier Ministre de l’Etat d’Israël, Benjamin NETANYAHU, devant le Congrès américain …

« Mes amis, je suis profondément honoré par la possibilité de parler pour la troisième fois devant le corps législatif le plus important au monde, le Congrès américain. Je tiens à vous remercier tous d’être ici aujourd’hui. Je sais que mon discours a fait l’objet de nombreuses controverses. Read more » »

US Jewish groups back Netanyahu, downplay rift between Washington and …

A number of American Jewish organizations came out in favor of the points raised by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his controversial congressional address in which he panned US President Barack Obama for looking to make a „very bad deal” with Iran over its nuclear program. Read more » »

O polêmico discurso de Netanyahu no Congresso dos EUA

„Nunca antes um chefe de Estado ousou discursar no Congresso dos EUA para bombardear a política externa de um presidente americano”, diz Heleno Celestino, em O Globo. Read more »

Inédito apoio saudita a Netanyahu

„Acho que a conduta do (o primeiro ministro israelense Benjamin) Netanyahu servirá aos nossos interesses, e às das pessoas do Golfo, muito mais do que o o comportamento insensato de um dos piores presidentes norte-americanos”, escreveu segunda-feira, Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Internacional lamenta morte de criança de 4 anos devido a ataque terrorista

Adele Biton tinha quatro anos, e desde os dois anos de vida sofria com as consequências de um ataque terrorista palestino onde foi gravemente ferida. Em uma declaração, a B’nai B’rith lamenta a morte de Adele e ora para que sua família encontre forças neste momento de dor. Read more » »