Category Archives: World
Iran booted from UN women’s rights panel as repression of protests continues
NEW YORK — Iran was expelled on Wednesday from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women by a majority vote, with a number of countries voicing alarm over the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the country’s morality police and the Islamic Republic’s violent crackdown on the ensuing rights protesters throughout the country. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada est encouragé par la motion d’Ottawa visant à renommer une rue
Mahsa Amini, tuée par le régime iranien pour avoir « incorrectement porté » le hijab (CBC) CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH Le 14 décembre 2022 OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada est encouragée par le dépôt d’un avis de motion au conseil municipal d’Ottawa visant à Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada Encouraged by Ottawa Motion to Rename Street
Mahsa Amini, killed by the Iranian regime for “improperly wearing” hijab (CBC) Cliquez ici pour le français Dec. 14, 2022 OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada is encouraged that a notice of motion has been tabled at Ottawa City Council to rename a section of Metcalfe Street outside the former Iranian Embassy as Mahsa Amini Street. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Commends Removal of Iran from U.N. Commission on Status of Women – B’nai B’rith International
B’nai B’rith International, whose dedicated Office of United Nations Affairs has led Jewish communal engagement with the U.N. for decades, strongly commends the world body’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for removing Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of a term that was to continue until 2026. Read more » »
15 Jewish Holocaust Rescuers to be Recognized with the Jewish Rescuers Citation – B’nai B’rith International
The B’nai B’rith World Center and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust have announced that they will bestow their joint Jewish Rescuers Citation on 15 nominees, all of them posthumously. Read more » »
Congregation B’nai B’rith to help community on Mitzvah Day – Santa Barbara News-Press
KENNETH SONG/NEWS-PRESS FILE PHOTOHolly Goldberg helps assemble pillow packages for the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation during the annual Mitzvah Day in 2021 at the Congregation B’nai B’rith in Santa Barbara. The foundation will again be one of the nonprofits assisted by the congregation during this year’s Mitzvah Day on Sunday. Read more » »
Like Qatar, Israel buys influence in Brussels
Katharina von Schnurbein, an EU official with extremely close connections to the pro-Israel lobby. (European Commission)A World Cup scandal is rocking the foundations of the European Union, judging by some reports. It has the ingredients of a tawdry thriller. A prominent lawmaker has been arrested. Bags of cash have been seized in police raids. Read more » »
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B’nai Brith Canada CEO Warns of Foreign Interference at Queen’s Park Rally – B’nai Brith Canada
Michael Mostyn (centre) joined at last week’s Falun Gong rally by Pixing Zhang (left) of the Falun Dafa Association of Toronto, and former MP Wladyslaw Lizon Cliquez ici pour le français Dec. 13, 2022 TORONTO — B’nai Brith Canada is advocating for the creation of a foreign-agents registry to combat external interference in our domestic affairs. Read more » »
