Category Archives: World
Erven Rovinsky
Erven Rovinsky, 94, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2022. He was born April 3, 1927, in Fort Worth to Idell and Mike Rovinsky of blessed memory. He attended Texas A&M and during his sophomore year was drafted into the Army during World War II. Read more » »
Community Leaders Launch Petition to Stop Government Funding to Antisemitic NGOs
March 08, 2022 OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada is supporting a group of respected community leaders who havelaunched a citizens’ petition to stop government funding to non-governmentalorganizations (NGOs) that promote antisemitism.At the request of the citizens, B’nai Brith will handle the technical and media aspects of the petition. Read more » »
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Our support has never been more needed than now. Please donate: https: //www.bnaibrith.org.au/nswfloods-appeal. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Brings Senior U.N. Diplomats to Israel
(Washington, D.C., March 8, 2022)–B’nai B’rith brought its latest delegation of international ambassadors and other senior diplomats to Israel. Read more » »
Kabbalah exhibition set to open at B’nai B’rith
THE Kabbalah Exhibition, which opens at the B’nai B’rith Centre in Kensington on March 13, will be the first of its kind in Australia. Organised by B’nai B’rith NSW, the exhibition will offer a unique overview of the 2000-year social history of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah. Read more » »
U of T to Withhold Fees from Student Union over BDS Support
Headquarters of the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (Facebook) March 07, 2022 TORONTO — In a precedent-setting development, the University of Toronto has announced that it will finally begin withholding fees from the Graduate Students’ Read more » »
Ukraine Emergency Relief – B’nai Brith Canada
Thousands of Ukrainians have been impacted by the war, and are facing difficulties to even obtain the most basic necessities. B’nai Brith Canada is preparing containers to send to the Ukraine in order to provide humanitarian assistance and necessities to Ukrainian citizens impacted by the war. Read more » »
Bethesda Magazine’s 2022 Extraordinary Teens
Photo by Joseph Tran Elizabeth Qiu Senior, Winston Churchill High School Growing up, Elizabeth Qiu was set on becoming a concert pianist and a music teacher. In her freshman year at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, she decided to expand her interests. “I explored every single club,” says Elizabeth, 17, a senior who lives in Potomac. Read more » »
Local novelist trains lens on Hanafi siege in D.C.
If you were sentient and living in the Washington region – long before anyone would stoop to calling it the, ugh, “DMV” – in the late 1970s, it’s an incident that remains seared into the area’s collective consciousness. Read more » »
