Category Archives: World

Topsfield Fair to host Hot Dog Eating Contest 

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B’nai Brith Canada Makes Strong, Action-Based Recommendations to Feds

Michael Mostyn and Prof. Irwin Cotler July 21, 2021 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada, a leader in this country’s fight against antisemitism, has laid out to the federal government a series of action-based, concrete measures designed to combat hatred directed at the Jewish community. Read more » »

Anita Novinsky, leading scholar on Jews of Brazil, dies at 98 – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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Jewish Museum of Oporto Dedicates Exhibit to Entebbe Hostage Rescue Operation

Initiative aims to bring young Jews closer to Israel (Washington, D.C., July 21, 2021)—The Jewish Museum of Oporto, in Portugal, opened a permanent exhibit dedicated to the Entebbe hostage rescue on July 19. The exhibit features videos and other materials that tell the story of that momentous rescue of Israeli hostages from Uganda in 1976. Read more » »

B’nai Brith Demands Action on Antisemitism

July 21, 2021 OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada has been working hard to raise awareness about the recent rise in antisemitism, and to demand it be taken more seriously by the government and the public. Earlier this month, our Chief Executive Officer, Michael Mostyn, wrote an op-ed in Le Devoir, a leading francophone newspaper in Quebec. Read more » »

Obrigado por tudo, Profa. Dra. Anita Waingort Novinsky (Z’L)

Dra. ANITA WAINGORT NOVINSKY, Z’L. Faleceu hoje, 20 julho de 2021, em São Paulo, a Professora Doutora Anita Waingort Novinsky (Z’L), importante historiadora brasileira, reconhecida nacional e internacionalmente, por seus estudos sobre os cristãos-novos no Brasil e a Inquisição portuguesa. Read more » »

Ambassadors tour Israel to better comprehend its many security challenges – Israel Hayom

Ambassadors tour Israel to better comprehend its many security challenges  Israel Hayom Read more »

Watch: Last Night’s Remembering AMIA Event – B’nai Brith Canada

Last night, B’nai Brith Canada paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the AMIA attack and their pursuit of justice. Our League for Human Rights conducted a virtual commemoration service, to mark 27 years since the attack. Read more » »

Coverage of B’nai B’rith Co-Sponsored Visit to Israel by Ambassadors to the U.N. and U.S.

B’nai B’rith is honored to have co-sponsored a visit to Israel by ambassadors to the United Nations and the United States, led by Ambassador Gilad Erdan, along with the American Zionist Movement and March of the Living. Read more » »

Ambassadors tour Israel to better comprehend its multifaceted security challenges

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan is back on his home turf, leading 16 of his colleagues—ambassadors to the United States and the United Nations—from countries around the world, along with some of their staffers, on a week-long fact-finding mission throughout the Jewish state. Read more » »