Category Archives: World
TikTok Blocks Ontario Resident after B’nai Brith Advocacy – B’nai Brith Canada
Firas Al-Najim delivers a speech glorifying late terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani (YouTube) Cliquez ici pour le français Jan 9, 2023 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to disclose that it arranged for the removal of postings by Firas Al-Najim from TikTok. Read more » »
The new Congress is finally sworn in. What’s in store for US Jews and Israel?
(January 9, 2023 / JNS) On Jan. 7 after midnight, the 118th Congress was finally sworn in with the election of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to the House speakership. Democrats had managed to gain one Senate seat in November’s midterms, breaking the 50: 50 tie in the upper chamber that required Vice President Kamala Harris to break tied votes. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith affordable senior housing in Deerfield Beach could …
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When Antisemitism is Mainstreamed
Brazilian Jewish economist Ilan Goldfajn. Photo: Reuters/Latin America News Agency In 2019, the Jewish Museum of London mounted an exhibition entitled “Jews, Money, Myth,” focusing on “myths and stereotypes that link Jews and money over the course of 2000 years. Read more » »
B’nai Brith halts lawsuit after Ottawa lists IGRC as terrorists
B’nai Brith Canada halted a lawsuit against the federal government regarding it not classifying the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a whole as a terrorist entity, as demanded in a 2018 House of Commons motion.The organization’s suit was halted because „the government, on Oct. Read more » »
Letter to congratulate Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis KBE
By BBUK In Bureau of International Affairs On 9 January 2023 Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis KBE 305 Ballards Lane London N12 8GB 6 January 2023 Dear Rabbi Sir Ephraim, I am writing on behalf of the B’nai B’rith UK’s Bureau of International Affairs in order to congratulate you on your recent appointment as KBE. Read more » »
What was it like to serve in WWII? Allentown man wrote 600 letters home to tell the story
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How Washington University’s Hillel House became a reality
by Sabrina Gorse, Special For The Jewish LightPublished January 8, 2023 This story is being published in partnership with the Missouri Historical Society. Dr. Abram L. Read more » »
Gerda FRIEBERG Obituary (2023) – The Globe and Mail
GERDA STEINITZ FRIEBERG Gerda Steinitz Frieberg passed away peacefully in her home on January 3, 2023. She is survived by her children, Josey Frieberg, Jack Frieberg and Sandra Herlick; grandchildren, Adam and Sara, Mathew and Lindsay, Seth and Sarah, Orly and Daniel, Jay, Dovid and Shoshana; and 11 great-grandchildren. Read more » »
What White People Get Wrong About Black Dads | FlaglerLive
When my dad, Lawrence, had cataract surgery in 1994, my sister and I took the day off work. The white supervisor at the bank where I toiled frowned at my request for time off. It was a routine surgery for older people and not worthy of my level of concern, she explained. Read more » »
