Category Archives: World
Volunteers Needed – Montreal / Bénévoles recherchés – Montréal
B’nai Brith Canada is expanding our outreach operations, and we need your help! Join our team of volunteers as we strive to improve our society by launching a number of new community service initiatives this Fall. If you wish to volunteer, please contact Janna Minikovich for more information. She can be reached by email at jannam@bnaibrith. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada Appoints Marvin Rotrand as National Director of League for Human Rights – B’nai Brith Canada
Marvin Rotrand Oct. 4, 2021 MONTREAL — B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to welcome former Montreal City Councillor Marvin Rotrand as the National Director of its League for Human Rights. Rotrand served as a Councillor for 39 consecutive years. Recently, he announced he would not be seeking re-election in November. Read more » »
Ciclo «Camino a La Moneda» con Yasna Provoste C. | Nuevo Pacto Social
Actividades, Actividades 2021, Noticias Jueves 7 de octubre | 🇨🇱 19: 00 hrs.Comunidad Judía de Chile y B’nai B’rith Chile invitan a: Ciclo “Camino a La Moneda”: Yasna Provoste C. | Nuevo Pacto Social» Zoom: https: //us06web.zoom.us/j/89073741997 4 octubre, 2021/por Bartolomé Abramovich https: //www.bnaibrith.cl/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Yasna. Read more » »
Maurice Berkowitz Obituary (2021)
Maurice Berkowitz was born July 19, 1935 in Queens New York, and passed away peacefully with his wife, Rachel, and sons, Ian and David, by his side at his home in Plantation Florida on September 30, 2021. Maurice was the son of Hilda and Harry Berkowitz. Read more » »
Danvers Man Is Topsfield Fair’s Top Dog For 2021
DANVERS, MA — A Danvers man is officially the Topsfield Fair’s top dog after Pete Davekos won the fair’s third Topsfield Fair Hot Dog Eating Contest on Saturday.Davekos downed 9½ quarter=pound hot dogs — the equivalent of 19 standard hot dogs — along with the buns in seven minutes. He beat out 15 other competitors on the Trianon Stage. Read more » »
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 01 Oct 2021
October 2021 Wednesday Oct 13 2021 BBUK Jewish Heritage Days Zoom meeting with Marcus Roberts Monday Oct 18 2021 BBUK Bureau of International Affairs Zoom meeting with Bernd Wollschlaeger Sunday Oct 24 2021 BBUK Jewish Heritage Days – Panel Read more » »
Aron Grunhut: A Jewish Hero who Rescued 1,350 Jews
Brave and determined, Aron Grunhut organized ship and railway transports to help Jewish refugees escape Hitler. Aron Grünhut, a Jew from Bratislava, Slovakia, saved more than 1,350 lives during World War II. In 1939 he organized an illegal ship transport to Palestine. Read more » »
Human Rights Council holds general debates on the Universal Periodic Review and on the human rights situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories – occupied Palestinian territory
AFTERNOON 1 October 2021 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held general debates on the Universal Periodic Review and on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories. Read more » »
Jewish Groups Angered by Belgian Court’s Decision Upholding Ban on Kosher Slaughter
[Illustrative]. Kosher beef carcasses are seen at the Biernacki Meat Plant slaughterhouse in western Poland. Photo: Reuters / Kacper Pempel. Read more » »
¡Haz tu tesis en Judaísmo!
El Archivo Judío de Chile convoca a estudiantes, investigadoras/es en ciencias sociales, arte y humanidades, a presentar su tesis terminada – de pre grado o postgrado – para el concurso „Haz tu tesis en judaísmo”. La iniciativa está destinada a premiar investigaciones inéditas, centradas en la cultura judaica en Chile. Premio: 600 dólares. Read more » »
