Category Archives: World

Around the Town: June 9, 2022

B’nai B’rith names Jim Stanton its Person of the Year Photo: SubmittedMore than 120 people attended SCN’s BeAware & Countering Active Threat Training and Exercise, May 23, 2022, at Beth-El Congregation in Fort Worth. The Isadore Garsek Lodge of B’nai B’rith will honor Jim Stanton with its Person of the Year Award at 11 a.m. Read more » »

How Could Otherwise Peaceful Canadians Support the Murderous Iranian Regime on Al-Quds Day? – B’nai Brith Canada

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CITIZENS’ PETITION CALLS ON CANADA TO DENY FUNDS TO NGOS ENGAGED IN ANTISEMITISM – B’nai Brith Canada

House of Commons (The Canadian Encyclopedia) June 8, 2022 OTTAWA – Independent Member of Parliament, Kevin Vuong, tabled a citizens’ petition (e-3858) in the House of Commons today, calling on the Government of Canada to prevent funding any non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that promote, or engage in, antisemitism. Read more » »

Ronald S. Lauder Fellows convene for first-ever Diplomacy Summit – World Jewish Congress

Forty members of the Ronald S. Lauder Fellowship from 19 countries gathered in Brussels and Paris from May 29th to June 2nd to meet with members of the European Parliament, representatives from the European Commission, policymakers from NATO, Read more » »

Lawrence „Larry” Gelb Obituary (2022)

As the saying goes, „Life is a journey with birth being the beginning and death being the end.” I’ve reached that point after 95 years of a happy, eventful, and meaningful life.I was born April 23, 1927, in Jackson Heights, New York, to Frederica and Louis Gelb. Read more » »

Jewish organizations respond to UNHRC report: ‘Distorts and minimizes the threats facing Israel’

Jewish organizations are responding with outrage over what they consider a flawed and biased report on the 2021 conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip after the report’s release by the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Tuesday. Read more » »

Gladys Adelson Obituary (1921 – 2022)

Gladys M. (Shiro) Adelson, 100, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2022. Gladys was born in Newton, Massachusetts on December 20, 1921, to Louis and Celia (Wasser) Shiro. At a very young age her family moved to Waterville, Maine, where she was raised along with her three brothers and two sisters. Read more » »

Roundup: Hiawatha Lane, Abortion Ban, Salsa Fresca …

Though Superior Court Judge Marshall Berger dismissed a suit by Hiawatha Lane residents against Summit Saugatuck — developer of the 157-unit apartment complex by I-95 Exit 17 — the neighbors vow to fight on. Read more » »

Dans ses propres mots: Un résident canadien admet avoir des liens avec des terroristes

Khaled Barakat (Georgia Straight) Le 8 juin 2022 VANCOUVER – Une vidéo compilée par B’nai Brith Canada montre un dirigeant du Front populaire de libération de la Palestine (FPLP) qui confirme son implication avec le groupe terroriste désigné. Read more » »

Dia 12 de junho tem encontro virtual, às 16h00, com o conferencista e fundador/ presidente da JACS Brasil, Marcos Susskind

Dia 12 de junho tem encontro virtual, às 16h00, com o conferencista e fundador/ presidente da JACS Brasil, Marcos Susskind. O Tema da palestra, que acontecerá via YouTube, será “Israel: Invenções que mudaram o mundo“. Read more » »