Category Archives: World
Câmara Brasil Israel promove evento com Roy Nir
Em visita ao Brasil, Roy Nir, novo presidente da Câmara Israel – Brasil de Comércio e Indústria, com sede em Israel, participou dia 1º. Read more » »
Novo Show de Fortuna no CCJ: A La Mar
Trata-se de „A La Mar”, novo trabalho de Fortuna, que tem como ponto de partida não somente a diáspora judaica – principalmente da Península Ibérica – mas, também uma ligação profunda com as músicas interpretadas pelos judeus que imigraram para várias partes do Novo Mundo, inclusive a região do Mediterrâneo, África do Norte e Oriente Médio. Read more » »
UNESCO pretende salvar herança judaica das garras do Estado Islâmico
A UNESCO se reúne esta semana em sessão especial na França para debater meios de salvaguardar os locais da herança judaica no Iraque e evitar que sejam destruídos pelo Estado Islâmico, uma vez que a mídia relata a intenção do grupo de fazê-lo sistematicamente. Read more » »
WJRO Helps Secure Property Restitution For Croatian Jewish Community
Follow WJRO on Facebook The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) is „the legal and moral representative of world Jewry in pursuing claims for the recovery of Jewish properties in Europe.” B’nai B’rith International is one of 14 member organizations, and Executive Vice President Daniel S. Read more » »
Croatia giving Zagreb Jews $4 million property in Holocaust restitution
(JTA) — Croatia will give land and an office building in Zagreb collectively valued at about $4 million to the city’s Jewish community as restitution for property expropriated during World War II. Read more » »
Minnesota Newspaper Prints Another Ad Condemning Inclusive Policies For …
On Sunday, several days before the Minnesota State High School League is set to vote on guidelines that would allow transgender students to participate in school sports based on gender identity, the Minneapolis Star Tribune printed a full-page advertisement condemning the proposal . Read more » »
When Rescue Is Not Collaboration
To this day, the idea of negotiating, to sit down with our enemies, tests our diplomats. They are fearful that they too will be stigmatized for weakness rather than given credit for their judiciousness and realism – their strength. I defer to Kasztner’s own words about rescue: „Our Jewish heroes did not only die on the battlefield of glory. Read more » »
Esther Barrish, Temple Beth El and MorseLife supporter, dies at 105
Esther Barrish of West Palm Beach, who was active in Jewish causes and a weekly volunteer at Temple Beth El until 2012, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at her home. She was 105. With her late husband, Louis, she was among the founders of Morse Geriatric Center and donated a lounge there. Mrs. Read more » »
