January 23, 2015 Federica Mogherini said the council of ministers would challenge some of the court’s finding and consider future action to avoid similar annulments. At the same time, the EU appeal suspended the effects of the EU court ruling over 17 December until a final decision is taken. Read more » »

January 23, 2015 Forty-five percent of all Britons hold anti-Semitic views, according to a new survey carried out by the Internet-based market research firm YouGov for the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith International recently announced that Irene M. Thompson, president and CEO of the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), will receive the organization’s National Healthcare Award. Read more » »

January 22, 2015 Joel Margi, president of the Consistoire, the umbrella organization of Jewish congregations in France, was part of a meeting of 20 European Jewish leaders at the Knesset Tuesday afternoon following the funeral of the four Jews killed during last week’s hostage crisis at Paris’ Hyper Cacher market. Read more » »

January 22, 2015 The terror attack over the weekend in Paris brought the world to a standstill. The targets of the main attacks: the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and the kosher supermarket, were meant to provoke a level of terror past that of murder. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: Well before last week’s attack on a kosher market in Paris that left four Jews dead, 37 countries sent a letter to the president of the United Nations General Assembly expressing concern Read more » »

The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh, Pa . takes an in-depth look at a local chapter of the B’nai B’rith Bowling Association, which has been rolling in western Pennsylvania for nearly 40 years. The club bowls every Wednesday night at Fun Fest in Harmarville, Pa., beginning at 8 p.m. Current league members range in age from 20-75. Read more » »