Category Archives: World
Na terça-feira, 11 de abril, o vice-presidente da entidade, Edgar Lagus, participou da CONFERÊNCIA: CRIMES CONTRA A HUMANIDADE
Mais uma vez, a nossa B´nai B´rith presente e atuante num importante evento. Na terça-feira, 11 de abril, o vice-presidente da entidade, EDGAR LAGUS, participou da CONFERÊNCIA: CRIMES CONTRA A HUMANIDADE, organizado pelo FÓRUM PERMANENTE SOBRE GENOCÍDIO E CRIMES CONTRA A HUMANIDADE, da Universidade de São Paulo – USP. Read more » »
Obituary: Annette Lefkoff Saparow
Annette Lefkoff Saparow passed away on March 29, 2023. Born to Helen and Morris Lefkoff March 13, 1925, she was a proud native Atlantan. The Lefkoff family lived on Washington Street near her father’s drugstore at Capitol and Ormond streets. She attended Girl’s High and later attended The High Museum School of Art in Atlanta. Read more » »
KKL-JNF, B’nai Brith ceremony to celebrate heroism of Jews during Holocaust
The B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL-JNF) will hold next week a joint Holocaust commemoration ceremony on Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. Read more »
Meet BBYO’s Grand Aleph Gadol-elect
It’s not unusual to take a gap year between high school and college for study, service, or personal fulfillment. But the gap year that Tyler (TJ) Katz, 17, planned for the year between his graduation from Livingston High School this June and entering the University of Florida in 2024 is unusual. Read more » »
Tracking the malignant racism of B’nai Brith Canada
Activism B’nai Brith Canada claims to be „dedicated to eradicating racism,” but the organization has been a leading instigator of Islamophobic hate for the last 20 years. B’nai Brith Canada (BBC) has long donned a cloak of respectability in Canadian political circles while remaining a cornerstone of the “Islamophobia Industry” in Canada. Read more » »
Kyiv’s Mayor Quashes City’s Strange Attempt To Rename Street After a Ukrainian Nazi Collaborator
Kyiv’s unflappable mayor, Vitali Klitschko, has canceled a vote by his city council that could have seen a prominent street in the Ukrainian capital renamed for a notorious Nazi collaborator and SS official. The last-ditch intervention apparently came after an unscheduled meeting between Mr. Read more » »
Of Muromancy and Bruno Schulz: Uncovering Literary History in Western Ukraine
“In some sense we derive a profound satisfaction from the loosening of the web of reality; we feel an interest in witnessing the bankruptcy of reality. Read more » »
Charles Friedman Obituary (2023) – Alexandria, VA – The Washington Post
FriedmanCharles Friedman Charles Friedman, a Holocaust survivor who was born in the German town of Jena and escaped to America with his family in 1941, died on April 7 at his home in Arlington, Virginia. He was 96.Mr. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith UK extends its deepest condolences to Rabbi Leo Dee
By BBUK In Israel, Statements On 10 April 2023 B’nai B’rith UK extends its deepest condolences to Rabbi Leo Dee, former Rabbi of Radlett United synagogue, on the loss of his beloved daughters Maia and Rina and his wife, Rebbetzin Lucy Dee, who were killed in a recent attack in the Jordan Valley. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Announces Winner of 2023 Diaspora Reporting Award – B’nai B’rith International
Itamar Eichner (The Diplomatic correspondent for Ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth) Certificate of Merit: Josh Aronson (The Diaspora correspondent for Maariv), Judah Gross (for his articles featured in the Times of Israel) Izhak Hildesheimer to receive a Read more » »
