Category Archives: World
Jewish Groups Welcome UN Human Rights Council Session on Iran Amid Escalating Violence
The Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room of the Palace of Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland. The room is the meeting place of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Photo: Ludovic Courtès via Wikimedia Commons. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada se réjouit des mesures prises par le théâtre pour annuler le spectacle d’un rappeur antisémite
Freeze Corleone (Le Devoir) Click Here for English Le 14 novembre 2022 MONTRÉAL – Une salle de spectacle de Montréal a informé B’nai Brith Canada qu’elle travaillait à annuler la prestation prévue d’un rappeur notoire qui a déjà tenu des propos antisémites, se joignant notamment à Hitler. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada Pleased Theatre Taking Steps to Cancel Performance of Antisemitic Rapper
Freeze Corleone (Le Devoir) Cliquez ici pour le français Nov. 14, 2022 MONTREAL – A Montreal venue has informed B’nai Brith Canada that it is working to cancel the scheduled appearance of a notorious rapper with a history of spewing antisemitic remarks, including comparing himself to Hitler. Read more » »
Australia’s Jews should participate in Indigenous referendum
Jewish people should accept an open invitation from Australia’s First Nations people to participate in the upcoming referendum on a voice for Indigenous people in Australia. Daniel Aghion, Dean Parkin, Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann, Tahlia Bowen. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada Appoints David Granovsky as Government Relations Director – B’nai Brith Canada
David Granovsky Cliquez ici pour le français Nov. 13, 2022 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of David Granovsky as Director, Government Relations. He will be responsible for liaising with government officials as well as members of the diplomatic corps. Read more » »
Report of Bureau presentation by Prof. Robbie Sabel on Wednesday 9 November
By BBUK In Advocacy, News On 12 November 2022 On Wednesday night, Robbie Sabel, Professor of International Law at the Hebrew University Jerusalem, gave an online presentation to members and friends of B’nai B’rith UK on whether international law was relevant to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith UK welcomes Ofcom’s BBC ruling
By BBUK In Advocacy On 12 November 2022 Jeremy Havardi – Director, BBUK Bureau of International Affairs B’nai B’rith UK welcomes Ofcom’s ruling that the BBC had ‘failed to observe its editorial guidelines on due impartiality and due accuracy’ in its reporting of an antisemitic attack in Oxford Street last year. Read more » »
Janice A. Knepper’s Obituary (1940 – 2022) Morning Call
Janice Ann Knepper entered into peace on November 7, 2022, in hospice at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest. Born in South Tamaqua, on February 28, 1940, to Walter C. and Esther L. (Dreisbach) Knepper. Janice was a proud 1958 Tamaqua High School graduate. Read more » »
European Day of Jewish Culture to be celebrated in Istanbul – Türkiye News
ISTANBUL European Day of Jewish Culture, celebrated every year in Türkiye together with 35 European countries, will be held in Istanbul this year with the motto of “the first Jews of Anatolia. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Denounces U.N. Committee’s Vote to Refer Israel to International Court of Justice – B’nai B’rith International
B’nai B’rith President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith deplores the vote in the United Nations General Assembly’s Special Political and Decolonization Committee, known as the Fourth Committee, to refer Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Read more » »
