Category Archives: World
Buzzer Sounds Before B’nai B’rith Basketball League Gets Started
The cancellation of the season is a league first. There won’t be any B’nai B’rith basketball league games this season. League spokesman Gary Klinger said the closure of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield because of the COVID-19 pandemic left the weekly league, which normally starts in January, without a home. Read more » »
Dr. Peter Hotez, vaccine scientist and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor …
Dr. Peter Hotez, vaccine scientist and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks with CEO Dan Mariaschin for a timely conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccine rollout in the United States and about the high-risk category of seniors and how to protect them during this tumultuous time. Dr. Read more » »
40,000 descendants of European Jews saved by Chiune Sugihara are alive today thanks to his brave …
40,000 descendants of European Jews saved by Chiune Sugihara are alive today thanks to his brave actions. 🗓 On January 25, together with Combat AntiSemitism, we will honor his bravery with a unique digital reception. Read more » »
Sketches of the trials in the Dreyfus Affair, which is remembered as critical to modern #Jewish …
Sketches of the trials in the Dreyfus Affair, which is remembered as critical to modern #Jewish history, were acquired by le Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme in #Paris. In Dulwich Picture Gallery in #London, an exhibit of ground-breaking Jewish artist Helen Frankenthaler’s woodcuts can be seen from May through November of this year. Read more » »
Avoid Durban Déjà Vu – InsideSources
Twenty years ago, United Nations delegations in #Durban absurdly condemned #Israel for its “treatment of Palestinians” and assailed it for “the racist practices of Zionism.” Are we headed for a „Durban Déjà vu”? Read more from our Pres. Read more » »
SOME (So Others Might Eat) received B’nai B’rith International #COVID19 relief kits on …
SOME (So Others Might Eat) received B’nai B’rith International #COVID19 relief kits on #MLKDay as part of our effort to protect vulnerable communities during the pandemic. SOME is an interfaith, community-based #nonprofit that serves the poor and homeless in #DC. The organization will distribute the kits to those in need. Read more » »
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Calls Israel a ‘Racist State,’ Spreads False Claims on Vaccinating …
Again? At a time of rampant disinformation, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib decided to call Israel a „racist state” and falsely claimed that it is denying #COVID19 vaccines to Palestinians. Rep. Tlaib continues to repeat #antisemitic conspiracy theories. It must stop now. Read more » »
Recognizing and Countering Holocaust Distortion: Recommendations for Policy and Decision Makers
Important new tool by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance – IHRA and UNESCO on countering Holocaust distortion published ahead of #IHRD2021. Preserving the memory of the #Holocaust is a bedrock of our post-war democratic societies. Read more at: https: //bit. Read more » »
Israeli, Cypriot colleges launch joint course study history of relations
As part of our efforts to encourage future collaborations between Israel🇮🇱, Greece 🇬🇷 and Cyprus 🇨🇾, we’re sponsoring a new joint course with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the University Of Cyprus on the history of diplomatic relations between the three nations. Learn more in The Jerusalem Post / JPost. Read more » »
