Category Archives: World
ICC has jurisdiction to probe Israel, Hamas for war crimes, pretrial judges rule
In a travesty, the International Criminal Court (#ICC) ruled that „Palestine” is a state and that it can probe into „war crimes” by Israel. This is nothing more than politically motivated, anti-Israel propaganda and once again demonstrates total bias against #Israel in multilateral organizations. Read more » »
Parashá Ytró
MOISES E YTRÓ PEDINDO POR AJUDA Rabino Yoshua Lobel A Parashá encontra Moises totalmente sobrecarregado e exausto. Poderíamos culpá-lo? Ele, enfim, teve uma porção de responsabilidades junto ao povo. Tratar de cada simples problema em sua minúcia era, obviamente, cansativo e desgastante. Read more » »
Paris adopts the IHRA definition of antisemitism
Good news out of Paris: the city has adopted the IHRA definition of #antisemitism. This is an important step for #France where anti-Semitic incidents have been on the rise. Read more » »
Anti-Semitism
Our own SVP Rebecca A. Saltzman shares her insights tonight with Hilah BBG on her journey as a female Jewish #leader. She’ll talk about how her days at BBG started her on a leadership path within B’nai B’rith International. Read more »
U of T Student Union Ordered to Abandon BDS – B’nai Brith Canada
📣#BREAKING: U of T Student Union Ordered to Abandon BDS In a landmark ruling, the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (UTGSU) has been told by a university panel to stop using student fees to promote the anti-Israel BDS movement. Read more » »
120 Over 80: Lockdown lowdown of our golden generation
Jewish News’ Forty Under 40 and Eighteen Under 18 lists celebrate those set to shape the future, but what about those who’ve influenced our community’s present and past? In partnership with Jewish Care, we profile 120 individuals aged 80 and over whose achievements have inspired us for decades. Read more » »
Newsletter du B’nai B’rith France – 5 février 2021
Vendredi 5 février 2021 Ce que dit le B’nai B’rith France Retrouvez les principales prises de position du B’nai B’rith France publiées sur les réseaux sociaux au cours de la semaine écoulée. Read more » »
Being Jewish in the NFL: A Conversation with Geoff Schwartz
Both #SuperBowl teams have a #Jewish offensive lineman? What are the odds! And while only one is expected to play, Ali Marpet of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, we’re proud of Marpet and Mitchell Schwartz of the The Kansas City Chiefs representing the Jewish community on and off the field. Read more » »
We donated B’nai B’rith International #COVID19 relief kits to SOVA Valley Food Bank of …
We donated B’nai B’rith International #COVID19 relief kits to SOVA Valley Food Bank of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles in Van Nuys and Family Rescue Center in Canoga Park as part of our project to distribute 3,000 relief kits to protect vulnerable communities during the #pandemic. Read more » »
Queens College Virtual Exhibition: ‘A Jewish Journey From Greece to Manhattan’
In 1999, Brooklyn-born photographer Vincent Giordano made an unplanned visit to the Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue on New York City’s Lower East Side. Built in 1927, the synagogue housed a congregation (kehila) founded in 1906 by Jewish immigrants from the town of Ioannina (Janina) in northern Greece, who followed the Romaniote rite. Read more » »
