Category Archives: World

O Jornal O Estado De São Paulo de hoje traz reportagem com a bisneta do nosso eterno diretor cultural Ernesto Strauss z”l.

O Jornal O Estado De São Paulo de hoje traz reportagem com a bisneta do nosso eterno diretor cultural Ernesto Strauss z”l. Read more » »

Zervos an ‘Upstander’ against prejudice

“Leadership that respects people is needed across the world, there is so much global tension and we need to re-energise people now and go to schools at talk about these issues,” Mr Zervos told Neos Kosmos. “We are creating a generation of Upstanders, so that our grandchildren can live in a better world. Read more » »

Linda Sue Pruskin Obituary (2022)

Linda Sue (Rose) Pruskin, age 81, of Boynton Beach, FL passed away on May 9, 2022; daughter of predeceased Estelle (Block) and J. Louis Rose. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Remembers Habib Elghanian

Iranian Jewish Leader Executed by Iran in State-Sponsored Killing May 10, 1979​(Washington, D.C., May 10, 2022)—B’nai B’rith President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: Today we pause to remember Habib Elghanian, a victim of Iran’s brutal state-sponsored regime, killed on this date in 1979. Read more » »

Lawmakers Urged to Take Meaningful Action Against Rise in Extremist Hate

House of Commons, Committee venue, Wikipedia May 9, 2022 OTTAWA – A Member of Parliament from Manitoba has expressed shock with the growth of antisemitic incidents in Canada, as outlined in the 2021 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, produced by B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights. Read more » »

Cómo reinventarse en su ocupación después de los 50

Una imperdible charla con Gabriel Rozman ¡A que estabas esperando esta noticia! Vuelven las charlas presenciales. ¡Si! ¡Vuelven! Junto a la NCI estaremos presentando a  Gabriel Rozman para hablar acerca de „Cómo reinventarse en su ocupación después de los 50” ¿Cuándo? El jueves 12 de mayo. ¿Dónde? En el segundo piso de la NCI. Read more » »

Perspective | Disney’s brand is stories — and American stories keep evolving

Placeholder while article actions loadRecently, Florida’s legislature passed a bill to revoke Walt Disney World Resort’s self-governing Reedy Creek Improvement district. Florida Republicans were retaliating for Disney’s late but vocal opposition to a law limiting the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. Read more » »

Jewish-heritage-museums-Porto-Portugal

Portugal has had five centuries to dwell on its mistake. It was in 1496 that King Manuel I forced the Jews to convert or depart, with the Netherlands, Bordeaux, Italy and the Ottoman empire all gaining from this influx of new immigrants. Read more » »

Meet the woman who devoted her life to raising hundreds of kids during the Depression, WWII

ERIE, Pa. – Imagine baking birthday cakes, sewing costumes and helping solve math problems for hundreds of kids. The matron of a long-ago Pennsylvania orphanage did just that for 25 years, until her death in 1949. Read more » »

Shirlee GILBERT Obituary (2022) Dayton Daily News

GILBERT, Shirlee C. Age 87, of Dayton, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022. Shirlee was born to Morris and Rose Cooper in Canton, Ohio, on May 2, 1934. She graduated from Canton McKinley High School and attended The Ohio State University where she majored in education and was a member of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority. Read more » »