Category Archives: World
You Don’t Have to Be Jewish to Enjoy ZEMER: Santa Barbara’s First Jewish Music Festival
Posted on January 14, 2022 | 11: 52 a.m. ZEMER: A Santa Barbara Jewish Music Festival, a week devoted to the wide range of Jewish music and music inspired by Jewish composers, will be held Feb. 22-27 at Congregation B’nai B’rith, 1000 San Antonio Creek Road, Santa Barbara. Read more » »
¡Apoya la Iniciativa Popular de Norma de B’nai B’rith Chile para la Convención Constitucional!
Iniciativa N°42.658: «Discursos de odio como limitación al Derecho a la Libertad de Expresión»¿Cómo hacerlo?1. Ingresa a: https: //bit.ly/iniciativabb2. En la esquina derecha, Click en “Apoyar”3. Inicia sesión con “Clave única” o “Cédula de identidad y N° de serie”4. Haz click en “Entendido. ¡Apoyar!”5. Read more » »
La Conferencia de Wannsee: una oportunidad para educar
Artículo de B’nai B’rith Chile para Revista Shalom – edición enero 2022 Por Daniel S. Mariaschin, Director ejecutivo de B’nai B’rith Internacional En años previos al ascenso del nazismo en Alemania, B’nai B’rith era la más grande de las organizaciones judías alemanas, acogiendo al año 1933, a más de 100 logias en el país. Read more » »
CEO and Dir. of U.N. Affairs Op-ed in Newsweek: Holocaust Comparisons Are Holocaust Denial. It Has to Stop.
Newsweek published an op-ed by B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin and Director of U.N. and Intercommunal Affairs David Michaels urging members of Congress and all others to stop trivializing the Holocaust to score cheap political points. Read in Newsweek The Holocaust is once again being trivialized in the name of the politics. Read more » »
Remembering Raoul
RAOUL Wallenberg, who rescued thousands of Jewish lives in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust, is being commemorated this Sunday for his bravery and heroism – marking 77 years since his disappearance. Read more » »
Adam’s Angels Continues Helping Those in Need – The Santa Barbara Independent
Nearly two years after its pandemic-induced founding, Adam’s Angels continues to serve those in need in a multitude of ways. The effort began right after lockdown, when Realtor Adam McKaig posted an offer on Facebook to shop for elderly people in need. Read more » »
France’s EU presidency amid a presidential election: the right time for President Macron ? – EJP
Since January 1, France took over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union, as presidential elections are to be held in the country in April. This gives French President Emmanuel Macron the opportunity of being considered as the leader of the 27-nation EU. Read more » »
Wagner, McMorris Rodgers, Ernst launch caucuses to bolster peace in the Middle East
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and U.S. Reps. Ann Wagner (R-MO) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Monday launched bicameral, bipartisan congressional caucuses in their chambers that aim to strengthen and expand the historic Abraham Accords. Read more » »
Blackburn offers bipartisan, bicameral National Service Animals Memorial Act
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) recently helped introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to honor and recognize the contributions of service animals in America. Sen. Blackburn and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Jan. 7 unveiled the National Service Animals Memorial Act, S. 3447, while U.S. Reps. Read more » »
B’nai Brith joins call to scrub Bedaux name from local landmarks
Bedaux an ‘odious’ and ‘deplorable’ figure who does not ‘reflect Canadian values’, organization says A Jewish advocacy group has called on the province of B.C. to strip the name of Charles Bedaux from two mountain landmarks in Northeast B.C. Read more » »
