Category Archives: World

Estudos Judaicos: Torá

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Palavras de paz

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Bogdan Aurescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Romania and Jose Iacobescu, the President of B’nai …

Bogdan Aurescu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania (Right) and Jose Iacobescu, the President of B’nai B’rith Forum Moses Rosen, Bucharest, Romania, (Left) have signed a protocol of collaboration for the project Bridges of Tolerance. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith’s Mariaschin Named To Algemeiner’s Top 100 Jewish List

B’nai B’rith International is thrilled to announce that Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin’s inclusion in The Algemeiner Jewish 100 List for 2014.This is the second year for the list, which is dedicated to „organizations or individuals who have positively influenced Jewish life this past year… Read more » »

New Italian President Remembers Young Jewish Victim of Rome Terrorism

February 3, 2015 Italy’s Parliament has elected the constitutional court judge, Sergio Mattarella, as the Country’s President on last Saturday. Italy’s President is largely a ceremonial role, but includes the power to appoint the Prime Minister. Read more » »

Jews, Muslims And A Hamsa

I wear a necklace with a hand-shaped charm that’s called a hamsa as a point of Jewish pride. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris in January, I was asked at a gathering in Manhattan if I wore it because I was Muslim. Read more » »

Irvington Man Arrested for Express Laundry Burglary

Irvington Man Arrested for Express Laundry Burglary Maplewood Police Department Tuesday, February 10, 2015 • 9: 04am February 8, 2015; Burglary; At approximately 1: 45 a.m. , officers responded to an alarm activation at Express Laundry on Springfield Avenue. Read more » »

What the EU talks about when it talks about hate

Members of the DoJas E.U. activism seminar at the European Parliament in Brussels, Feb. 1, 2015 (Courtesy of B’nai B’rith International) Alarmed by the worsening of Europe’s anti-Semitism problem, European Union leaders are speaking out more forcefully than ever before against the phenomenon. Read more » »

How tuberculosis fueled Colorado’s growth

The influx of tuberculosis patients coming for fresh air and healthy living in the late 1800s and early 1900s, expanded Colorado’s population. 10032326.jpg In the early 1900s Colorado’s health-giving sunshine was thought to be an essential factor in treating tuberculosis at National Jewish Hospital. Read more » »

Attorney General DeWine Reaches $105000 Settlement with Massachusetts …

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a settlement with a Massachusetts-based business that allegedly solicited Ohioans for charitable donations while misleading consumers into thinking the calls were coming from a charity, versus a business. Integral Resources Inc. Read more » »