Category Archives: World
Roses for Rosh Hashanah returns – Houston
From 1992: Barry M. Lewis, Malcolm P. Slatko, Max Goldfield and Mark Katzenellenbogen. Back in the ‘90s a B’nai B’rith volunteer and Seven Acres supporter coordinated a program during the High Holy Days that benefited the residents of Seven Acres. The driving force behind that program was Max Goldfield. Read more » »
Jews Who Saved Jews… The Hands of Choice – Safed
The Times of Israel (blog) included B’nai B’rith International’s Rescuers Citation, which honors Jews who rescued fellow Jews during the Holocaust, in its coverage of a new memorial sculpture in Safed. Read more » »
DR. HAROLD RONALD KURTZ Obituary (1942 – 2021) The Philadelphia Inquirer
KURTZ DR. HAROLD RONALD Oct. 20, 1942 – Aug. 1, 2021 Of Holland, PA, Beloved Husband of Joy (nee Fingard) for 56 years, Father of Andrew (Julie), Daniel (Lisa), June (Bob), Fred (Leslie), and loving and special Pop-Pop to; Regan, Connor, Evan, Harrison, Olivia, Sydney, Everett, Emma, Sam and Benjamin. Read more » »
Nominate a Changemaker
THE 2021 B’nai B’rith and JNF Youth & Young Adult Changemaker Awards will kick off this year with a new award in honour of Joshua Levi, the late CEO of The Australian Jewish News. Nominations for this year’s awards opened on Monday, August 2. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith participa da recordação do Holocausto Cigano em Curitiba
Uma pequena mas tocante cerimônia marcou em Curitiba a recordação do Dia Internacional do Holocausto Cigano na segunda-feira, 2 de agosto, na sede do Museu Paranaense. Read more » »
Milwaukee contingent attended D.C. rally against antisemitism | Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
When thousands of mostly east-coast people gathered in Washington, D.C., to stand up against rising antisemitism, Milwaukee was there. The coalition of groups and individuals rallied in Washington, D.C., to stand in solidarity in the face of rising antisemitism. A Cream City contingent held up signs indicating “Milwaukee” solidarity. Read more » »
Grapevine August 9, 2021: A time to remember
Families of the victims of the suicide bombing at the now defunct Sbarro pizza parlor at Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road-King George Avenue intersection are this month commemorating the 20th anniversary of the murder, on August 9, 2001, of their loved ones who were among 15 people, including seven children and a pregnant woman, who lost their lives. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada’s Volunteers of the Month: Diandra and Jordana Etkin
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 » »
Jewish Heritage Days booklet 2021
Jewish Heritage Days booklet 2021 By BBUK In News On 3 August 2021 Archives Archives Read more »
Loving Patriarch, 85, Carves Yads for Great-Grandsons’ Future Bar Mitzvahs
Eugene Kowalsky shares what he considers some important artistic lasts in his life that also reach beyond family milestones and into religious observation. Eugene Kowalsky has celebrated important firsts in his life that reach beyond family milestones. Read more » »
