Category Archives: World
Aaron T. Beck, MD, Positively Reframed Psychotherapy
IN MEMORIAM“There is more to the surface than meets the eye.”- Aaron T. Beck, MDAaron T. Beck, MD, passed away peacefully on November 1, 2021, on All Saints Day in the Christian tradition, at the notable age of 100.Beck was productive until that end. Read more » »
Acto en Conmemoración de la Noche de los Cristales Rotos
El martes 9 de noviembre, a las 20 h, recordaremos uno de los episodios más tristes del holocausto y la persecución a los judíos por parte de los nazis. Para entender mejor qué sucedió la noche del 9 al 10 de noviembre de 1938 hay que remontarse un par de días antes, o incluso algunos meses previos. Read more » »
Baltimore Fishbowl | Meet Annette Saxon –
Over the years, as she moved from South Carolina to Silicon Valley to Baltimore, Annette Saxon has always volunteered in her community and elsewhere. But for many years, she never really saw herself sitting at the head of the table. Read more » »
Outcry Over Desecration of Torah Scroll in ‘Disturbing’ Vandalism at George Washington University Fraternity
The George Washington University President’s Office. Photo: Difference engine / Wikimedia Commons The desecration of a Torah scroll at a George Washington University fraternity drew widespread condemnation by the campus community, local officials and national Jewish groups on Monday, as Washington, DC police continued an investigation. Read more » »
Free speech – Southside Pride
BY TONY BOUZA Tony Bouza What a facile phrase. Rolls off the tongue so easily we fail to concentrate on its miraculous value. Americans profess it promiscuously, but I’ve found that, when push comes to shove, few really believe in it enough to risk anything meaningful, unless it applies to them. An example: The year was 1967. Read more » »
Jerry Summers: Leo Frank – Paul Harvey Version
On September 20, 2021, I wrote an article under the Happenings column titled “Leo Frank – Atlanta’s Murder Victim. Read more » »
‘Leader, doer, achiever’ mourned
TRIBUTES have flowed for communal icon Phil Symons who passed away last month. In a long and diverse communal career, Symons, 93, served as a president of the Victorian Jewish Board of Deputies – predecessor of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV), – Mount Scopus Memorial College and Mizrachi, and was strongly involved with B’nai B’rith. Read more » »
At the UNHRC, Why Not Focus on Countries With Egregious Human-Rights Records?
The Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room of the Palace of Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland. The room is the meeting place of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Photo: Ludovic Courtès via Wikimedia Commons. JNS. Read more » »
Irene Watkins
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Beacon Obituaries
Chuck Clement (1941-2021) Charles W. “Chuck” Clement, 79, a 43-year resident of Beacon, died Oct. 20 at his home. Chuck was born Dec. 26, 1941, in Baltimore, the son of William and Edith (Kerkendyl) Clement. On June 2, 1973, at West Point, he married Bernadette Hayden. He served in the U.S. Read more » »
