Category Archives: World
Siletz Tribe gives away more than $189,000
The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund recently distributed $189,895.53 to 30 organizations as it continues its quarterly donations to nonprofit groups. Due to the coronavirus pandemic and current restrictions on gatherings of people, the reception originally scheduled for May 7 was canceled. Read more » »
Statement on Cease-fire Announced in Israel
Hamas Must Commit to Conclusive Peace(Washington, D.C., May 20, 2021)—B’nai B’rith President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We note the cease-fire in Israel, which is set to take effect in the coming hours. As Israel ends its defensive operations it expects “quiet would be met by quiet. Read more » »
Jewish life in Portugal reignites
By Eliana RudeeThe history of Jews in Portugal predates the country’s official founding in 1143 CE, as Jews lived in the kingdom for millennia, even prior to the Roman Empire. The Jewish people have thrived in the land, been expelled from the land, returned, and have, in the past six years, experienced a rebirth. Read more » »
Daughter Explores Her Partisan Fighter Father’s Life in “And You Chose Life”
Shraga Dgani (Feivel Solomiansky) was a fighter. When the Germans invaded his town of Ilya, Belarus, during World War II and killed his wife and three-year old son, he hid in the snow for 24 hours to escape a similar fate. He then fled to the forest, where he joined the partisans. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Presents Endowment to Support Israeli Children Who Lost One or Both Parents to Terror Attacks or Disease
(Washington, D.C., May 20, 2021)—B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Director Alan Schneider presented on May 13 the B’nai B’rith Edith “Pat” Wolfson Endowment in support of Israeli orphans for 2021 to Elyashiv Horgan (13), the youngest child of Esther Horgan (52), who was murdered by terrorist Muhammad Marwah Kabha on Dec. Read more » »
Video „El camino de la recuperación económica en 2021” con Gabriel Oddone
El miércoles 21 de abril reflexionamos junto al Economista Gabriel Oddone acerca de la recuperación económica para este 2021. Te invitamos a ver la grabación de una charla interesantísima! https: //www.youtube. Read more » »
Congratulating The Class Of 2021: Ethan Durnell Of Brookfield H.S.
BROOKFIELD, CT — The high school seniors of 2021 have had an experience like no other in a century — a year upended by a pandemic and by lockdowns that kept them from enjoying many of the activities that previous seniors have taken for granted.Patch hopes to help make it up to those seniors by giving them a special sendoff. Read more » »
Richard L. Rubenstein, of Fairfield, Ct., 97, died in Bridgeport Connecticut on May 16, 2021.
The 1966 publication of the first edition of “After Auschwitz” assured Richard L. Rubenstein’s place in Jewish theology. Written 21 years after the liberation of the camps and 18 years after Israel’s creation, the issues raised in “After Auschwitz” were so remarkably simple, his points so basic, that they could not be ignored. Read more » »
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Remembering Richard L. Rubenstein, radical theologian – The Forward Forward Read more » »
Open Letter to interim FA Chairman Peter McCormick OBE
By BBUK In Advocacy, Announcements, Bureau of International Affairs On 17 May 2021 Mr. Peter McCormick OBE St. Read more » »
