Category Archives: World

Board of Deputies Community Briefing 12 Aug 2021

August 2021 Wednesday Aug 18 2021 Yitzchak Rabin Lodge Outing to Waddesdon Manor Monday Aug 23 2021 BBUK Bureau of International Affairs Zoom Meeting with Phyllis Chesler „, „image”: „”, „name”: „Raoul Wallenberg Lodge Zoom meeting : “Queens of the Read more » »

Unwanted Clothes? Donate to the B’nai Brith Canada Clothing Drive

  We’re appealing to anyone with unwanted clothing to please drop it off at B’nai Brith Canada’s Clothing Drive. Items will be offered to Jewish families in need throughout the city. Read more » »

Your Daily Phil: Study shows most Jewish educators like their colleagues + Camp Harlam’s new ADA-accessible bunk

Good Thursday morning! Ed. note:  There won’t be a Your Daily Phil on Friday. We’ll see you on Monday! Footsteps, which helps people who have decided to leave a Haredi community, has received a $200,000 grant from the Charles H. Read more » »

BBUK Jewish Heritage Days – Panel Discussion in partnership with Jewish Renaissance, 24 October 2021

“The history of interfaith dialogue through culture, art, literature and politics” The discussion will be chaired by Dame Helen Hyde, and the panellists are Aviva Dautch, Elizabeth Harris-Sawczenko, Tina Beattie and Syima Aslam. To register: email paneldiscussion@bnaibrithuk.org or phone  07588 087324 Please wait while flipbook is loading. Read more » »

Raoul Wallenberg Lodge Zoom meeting : “Queens of the Underworld- the Incredible History of Female Crooks”

By BBUK In Events, Virtual Meeting On 12 August 2021 I have much pleasure in inviting you to our next meeting to be held on August 26th at 6 pm. Our speaker is the novelist Caitlin Davies who will be talking about her new book to be published in October. Caitlin is a novelist, non-fiction writer, teacher, mentor and journalist. Read more » »

Andrea and Loren Weinstein mark 60 years together

Photos: Courtesy Weinstein FamilyFor more than 20 years Andrea and Loren Weinstein have called Colorado home in the summertime. Read more » »

Around the Town: August 12th, 2021

Tarrant County comes together for Safety/Security Training  In preparation for the High Holy Days, four Tarrant County synagogues and the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarrant County are working together to provide in-person training at each synagogue on Sunday, Aug. 22. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Achim/Gate City Lodge Donates Stuffed Animals to Local Police Department

The B’nai B’rith Achim/Gate City Lodge in Atlanta, Georgia, donated over 200 stuffed animals collected from the community to DeKalb County Police Department through the B’nai B’rith Cares for Kids program. Police officers will carry the stuffed animals in their trunks to give to children they encounter when responding to situations. Read more » »

Charity Must Come Clean about Antisemitic “Leadership” Speaker

Tareq al-Suwaidan delivers a leadership lecture for the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) on Dec. 25, 2020 August 11, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is demanding that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) revoke the status of a group that twice invited a notorious Jew-hater to address its membership. Read more » »

Former CBS Records Exec Walter Yetnikoff Dead At 87 – CelebrityAccess

(CelebrityAccess) — Walter Yetnikoff, who famously led CBS Records during its heydey in the 1980s and helped to lay the groundwork for the modern label giant Sony Music died on Sunday. He was 87. According to Variety, his wife Lynda confirmed his passing to friends. Read more » »