Category Archives: World
Barbara Walters, TV’s tireless pursuer of the newsmaker ‘get,’ dies at 93
When Barbara Walters was starting her career as a network TV writer in 1961, she received advice from a prominent producer who went on to create “60 Minutes.” Learn production, Don Hewitt said, but don’t try for the camera. Your looks are wrong. That speech impediment is a killer.Ms. Walters, who died Dec. Read more » »
Barbara Walters, a superstar and pioneer in TV news, has died at 93
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters, a pioneer as TV news’ first woman superstar, has died, according to ABC News. She was 93.Her cause of death was not immediately known. Other details, such as where she died, were not immediately released. Read more » »
The Jewish messenger service | Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
My grandpa Louis Wolkenstein was a man of few words — he didn’t say much all the years I knew him. He was just a very quiet and unassuming man. When grandpa died suddenly in 1953, it was my first experience with death, death of a family member, a funeral and all that it entailed. I was anxious and afraid. Read more » »
Uma grande perda para o Esporte e para os Direitos Humanos.
Uma grande perda para o Esporte e para os Direitos Humanos. A B’nai B’rith, em 1967, instituiu a Medalha Nacional de Direitos Humanos e, entre várias outorgas, destacamos a homenagem que a entidade prestou ao então ministro dos Esportes, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, o Pelé, em 1995, pelo seu empenho contra o preconceito racial. Descanse em paz. Read more » »
Former judge and Liberal MNA Maximilien Polak passes away at 92
„He was compassionate, inquisitive, witty and welcoming; a family man well loved by all who knew him.” Maximilien Polak with his wife in 2000 Photo by Allen McInnis /The Gazette Maximilien Polak, a former Quebec Court judge, Liberal MNA and respected member of Montreal’s Jewish community passed away on Tuesday at the age of 92. Read more » »
FBI Cointelpro is Back and Worse Than Ever
COINTELPRO memo. Image Source: Richard W. Held – Public Domain Elon Musk has opened the floodgates to expose the FBI’s latest war on Americans’ freedom of speech. The FBI massively intervened to pressure Twitter to suppress accounts and tweets from individuals the FBI disapproved, including parody accounts. Read more » »
Jan-15 11am Melbourne: Remembering Raoul Wallenberg
Melbourne’s Raoul Wallenberg Unit of B’nai B’rith will hold its inaugural Raoul Wallenberg Day on Sunday, 15 January at the St Kilda Town Hall.This Sunday is nearest to the date of his arrest by the advancing Russian army on 17 January 1945, never to be seen, or heard from, again. Federal Attorney General Mark Dreyfus will be the keynote speaker. Read more » »
What Does a Divided Congress Mean for Israel-related Issues? – B’nai B’rith International
The Jerusalem Post interviewed and quoted B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin about what a divided U.S. Congress (and a new Israeli government) means for Israel-related issues. Read in The Jerusalem Post. After two years in which both chambers of U.S. Read more » »
Obituary: Village Of Mamaroneck Mourns Longtime Police Chief
Skip to main contentNew Rochelle, NYRye, NYBronxville-Eastchester, NYScarsdale, NYPelham, NYMount Vernon, NYHarrison, NYPort Chester, NYWhite Plains, NYPort Washington, NYNew YorkTop National NewsSee All CommunitiesMAMARONECK, NY — The Village of Mamaroneck lost a giant on Christmas Day. Former Chief of Police Joseph DelBianco has died at age 93. Read more » »
Shirley Levin Obituary (1927 – 2022) – Tulsa, OK – Tulsa World
Shirley Haas LevinShirley Haas Levin peacefully passed away Saturday, December 24 in her home at Zarrow Pointe in Tulsa, OK.Shirley was born in Tulsa, OK to Bess and Bill Haas on February 23, 1927. She lived in Tulsa for the first eighteen years of her life and attended Central High School and the University of Texas at Austin. Read more » »
