Category Archives: World
Download the Anti-Hate App Today
September 17, 2021 TORONTO – In the run up to the federal elections and with a disturbing rise in antisemitism, B’nai Brith Canada encourages smartphone users to download this country’s first anti-hate mobile app. The app is free and available on both Android and Apple platforms. It is also available in both English and French. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada’s Volunteers of the Month: Joe Amar – B’nai Brith Canada
B’nai Brith Canada has introduced a new feature that is being posted regularly at www.bnaibrith.ca/volunteer-with-us. This feature allows us to pay tribute and express gratitude to exceptional volunteers who have given their time and energy to further the missions of our grassroots, human-rights organization. Read more » »
Nazi Collaborator Dies Peacefully in Canada – B’nai Brith Canada
Helmut Oberlander in an undated WW2-era photo (left) and in his 90s (right) Sept. 23, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is expressing frustration with the country’s failure to deport a former translator for a Nazi death squad, who entered Canada after lying about his wartime past. Read more » »
John Legend Says Israel Needs to Be Held to a “Higher Standard”: “What They’re Doing to the Palestinian People Is Not Fair”
Singer John Legend called for Israel to be held to a “higher standard” in a September 20 appearance on MSNBC, arguing that Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians is “not fair,” The Algemeiner reported. Read more » »
Durban conference: ‘An anti-Israel festival’
On September 21, the UN launched its annual opening of the General Assembly in New York. This high-level meeting also marks the 20th anniversary of the Durban Conference, which ended on September 8, 2001. Read more » »
Lacalle emphasizes to US investors that Uruguay seeks to „open up to the world” – Market Research Telecast
Montevideo, Sep 20 (EFE) .- The president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, reiterated this Monday to representatives of investment funds and private equity in the United States that his country has a “vocation to open up to the world” both financially and commercial. Read more » »
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‘Nations don’t let nations go out of existence,’ she said
(September 20, 2021 / JNS) It was December 1983 and Yael Dayan—Labor Party Knesset member, novelist and daughter of legendary general and defense minister Moshe Dayan—had been booked into town as featured speaker for the Columbus Jewish Federation’s annual Israel celebration. Read more » »
Is U of T Failing to Address Antisemitism?
Simcoe Hall, the seat of Governance at the University of Toronto (Milman & Associates) Sept. 20, 2021 TORONTO – The University of Toronto has failed for seven months to act on a panel decision that a student union is engaging in anti-Israel discrimination, raising serious questions about the university’s stated commitment to fight antisemitism. Read more » »
Simchat Torah on Arkhipova Street: Jewish Pride and Dreams of America – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
On Simchat Torah, Jews owned Arkhipova Street outside Moscow’s Choral Synagogue, but many in the closely pressed throng of more than 10,000 were ready to sell it for an exit visa to the United States. They came to the synagogue last Saturday night to affirm their identity as Jews, although few inside held siddurim and few knew when to say “Amen. Read more » »
