Category Archives: World
Greenwich High grad earns citizenship award scholarship from First County Bank Foundation
Three students, including one from Greenwich, recently received the Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award scholarships from the First County Bank Foundation. The annual award honors three Fairfield County high school students who consistently demonstrate good citizenship at school, home and in the community. Read more » »
Director of U.N. Affairs Op-ed in Times of Israel: Miloon Kothari’s “Apology” Is Inadequate; Prejudiced Commissioners Must Go – B’nai B’rith International
Read the op-ed by our Director of U.N. and Intercommunal Affairs in the Times of Israel. Fifteen international Jewish organizations have written to the United Nations Human Rights Council president, Federico Villegas, demanding that he remove members of a “Commission of Inquiry” on Israel guilty of bigoted statements on Jews and the Jewish state. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Plays Role in Court Decision Exonerating Jewish Judge from Allegations of Anti-Muslim Bias – B’nai Brith Canada
Justice David Spiro (Andrew Balfour) CLIQUEZ ICI pour le français August 5, 2022 OTTAWA – A Federal Court has dismissed an application from a number of parties that sought to challenge a Canadian Judicial Council ruling permitting Justice David Spiro to continue sitting as a federal judge. Read more » »
Pioneering Israeli Biotech for 21st Century Global Challenges: Pluri CEO Yaky Yanay – B’nai B’rith International
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Poetry and film at Manchester Jewish Museum this September – About Manchester
This September, as part of the European Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage, Manchester Jewish Museum will host two events in its historical Grade II* listed Synagogue to celebrate Jewish art and history. Read more » »
UN Commission of Inquiry Member Apologizes for “Jewish Lobby” Comment
United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Commission of Inquiry [COI] member Miloon Kothari wrote a letter apologizing for his “Jewish lobby” comments that were criticized as being antisemitic. Read more »
Tickets on sale for Siletz Bay Music Festival
Tickets on sale for Siletz Bay Music Festival Newport News Times Read more »
Breve registro dos agradáveis momentos do evento de ontem à noite que reuniu jovens organizado pela B’nai B’rith São Paulo…
Breve registro dos agradáveis momentos do evento de ontem à noite que reuniu jovens organizado pela B’nai B’rith São Paulo… Read more » »
Julia L. Robichau Obituary (2022)
Wenham – Julia Ann (Laroe) Robichau of Wenham, 85, passed peacefully on July 30, 2022. She rejoined her beloved husband and dance partner, Paul Robichau, with whom she spent 63 years on Earth. She was born in Beverly to the late Dr. Frank Wood Laroe, Jr. and Doris (Cunningham) Laroe. Read more » »
Communities Agree to Cooperate to Fight Bill 96
(Globe and Mail) CLIQUEZ ICI pour le français August 2, 2022 MONTREAL – A virtual community forum on Bill 96 saw B’nai Brith Canada given a mandate to clarify the Quebec Government’s willingness to scale back provisions of Bill 96 and to consider a possible lawsuit against the Government for failing to do so. Read more » »
