Category Archives: World
Veteran Spotlight: B’nai B’rith Remembers Gilbert Steingart
On Veterans Day 2014, B’nai B’rith International honors all of the men and women of the armed forces sacrificing and defending against tyranny so that future generations might be free.B’nai B’rith has played a role supporting the military and its members dating back to the American Civil War. Read more » »
Advocates: County-wide civilian police review board needed
Complaints of racial profiling and the recent unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, have a pair of community advocates seeking to create a civilian review board to watch over police activity in Luzerne County. Read more »
Tony Norman: Eatery draws lots of misdirected conflict
Last month students at the University of California Berkeley, the birthplace of the free speech movement on American campuses 50 years ago, demanded that the university withdraw its invitation to comedian-pundit Bill Maher to speak at its winter graduation. Some students upset with Mr. Read more » »
Theatre Critic and Obies Creator Jerry Tallmer Passes Away at 95
According to the New York Times , Village Voice theatre writer and creator of the Obie Awards, Jerry Tallmer passed away yesterday, November 9, 2014. He was 95 years old. Born in NYC on December 9, 1920, Jerry Tallmer graduated Lincoln School of Teachers College in 1938. He enlisted in the U.S. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Condemns Death Threat Against Conflict Kitchen
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International strongly condemns a death threat against Pittsburgh, Pa., restaurant Conflict Kitchen. The restaurant said it will remain closed until further notice while police review a threatening letter. Read more » »
Holocaust Rescuer: ‘What I did Is What Everybody Should Do’
Last week, in a ceremony in New York City, B’nai B’rith International recognized Berta Davidovitz Rubinsztejn for her heroic actions halfway around the globe and a lifetime ago, honoring her with the Jewish Rescuers Citation. Read more »
Getting set for Mitzvah Day
WITH less than a week until Mitzvah Day, there is still time to get involved with the international phenomenon which is set to unite Jewish people in various voluntary pursuits for the fourth year running in Australia. Read more » »
After death threats, Palestinian food-serving US restaurant closes
A Pennsylvania restaurant serving Palestinian food that is quite literally wrapped in Palestinian messages has closed until further notice after receiving death threats, the restaurant announced over the weekend. Read more » »
Pittsburgh restaurant receives death threats in ‘anti-Israel messages’ furore
A view of downtown Pittsburgh. A local restaurant, Conflict Kitchen, has closed because of death threats. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images A Pittsburgh restaurant which caused a stir by printing what critics called „anti-Israel messages” on its food wrappers has closed after receiving death threats. Read more » »
Dying with Dignity in Santa Barbara
Long Beach resident Anita Freeman, 70, could barely hold back the tears as she recounted the painful final days of her sister Elizabeth Martin’s battle with colon cancer. „Everything that could go wrong went wrong,” Freeman said. „We’ve really had a horrible time of just trying to understand why all this was happening. Read more » »
