Category Archives: World
A Jewish Basketball League of Their Own
Eric Felt (center) tries to rally his team during a B’nai B’rith Basketball League game at Abington Friends School. Photo by Amishai Gottlieb. Three generations of Felts and Scatenas work a B’nai B’rith Basketball League game at the Abington Friends School gym on a Sunday morning in November. Read more » »
Ralph Klein, Harford businessman and philanthropist, dies at 88
Ralph Lincoln Klein, founder of the nine-store Klein’s ShopRite of Maryland supermarket chain and a major philanthropist in his native Harford County, died Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Hooper House Hospice in Forest Hill. He was 88. The cause of death was complications from heart and kidney disease, a family spokesperson said. Mr. Read more » »
Marion Barry Dies at 78, Civil Rights Leader and Scandal-Plagued D.C. Mayor
Photographer: Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images Marion Barry, the civil-rights leader who became a polarizing political figure during two spans as mayor of Washington, D.C., separated by a prison sentence for drug possession, has died. he was 78. Read more » »
BBLBIA hold a Breakfast Meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary
Report by Helene Briskman About 50 people attended a Breakfast Meeting on Wednesday 12 November, held by The London Bureau of International Affairs, the advocacy arm of B’nai B’rith UK, hosted by Travers Smith LLP at their premises in Farringdon. Read more » »
Marion Barry dies at 78; 4-term DC mayor the most powerful local politician of …
Marion Barry Jr., the Mississippi sharecropper’s son and civil rights activist who served three terms as mayor of the District of Columbia, survived a drug arrest and jail sentence, and then came back to win a fourth term as the city’s chief executive, died early on Nov. 23 at United Medical Center in Washington. He was 78. Read more » »
Five Israelis Murdered in Yet Another Terror Attack on Jews in Israel; Palestinian Leadership Must
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith is outraged by the latest terror attacks against Jews in Israel. This time, gun and axe-toting terrorists murdered four Jews and seriously wounded at least six others praying at a synagogue in Jerusalem. Read more » »
Video: Kristallnacht Commemoration Ceremony In Uruguay (Spanish)
B’nai B’rith International joined forces with B’nai B’rith Uruguay to host an interfaith Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) Commemoration Ceremony in Montevideo. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Internacional: Liderança palestina deveria por fim ao incitamento à violência
Em uma declaração, a B’nai B’rith Internacional manifestou indignação frente aos ataques terroristas contra os judeus que vem acontecendo em Israel. „Desta vez, os terroristas assassinaram quatro judeus e feriram gravemente pelo menos seis outros que rezavam em uma sinagoga em Jerusalém. Read more » »
Samuel Klein: um exemplo de perseverança
A B’nai B’rith lamenta a morte de Samuel Klein, um grande brasileiro, um grande empreendedor, um grande judeu. Suas açőes como benemérito são bem conhecidas. Sobrevivente do Holocausto fazia questão de ajudar os jovens a conhecer os campos de concentração e extermínio na Polônia e depois o moderno Estado de Israel. Read more » »
