Category Archives: World
American Jews, Pro-Israel Organizations Salute US President Joe Biden on Inauguration Day
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his speech after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. Read more » »
Judith Meisel: 1929-2020
“Justice, justice shall you pursue,” Jewish tradition tells us. Judy Meisel, a Holocaust survivor who lived by example, was a true seeker of justice. Read more » »
First national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman told #inauguration crowd in her poem quoting the …
First national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman told #inauguration crowd in her poem quoting the prophet Micha that “none shall be afraid.” We welcome the sentiment. B’nai B’rith International’s None Shall Be Afraid initiative is our signature response to #antisemitism: https: //www.bnaibrith.org/none-shall-be-afraid. Read more » »
Canada’s Exciting New Legal Network – B’nai Brith Canada
Announcing Canada’s New Legal Network!! Our newly established law society is named in honour of David Matas, one of Canada’s most renowned and accomplished lawyers and human-rights activists and our Senior Legal Counsel. Sign up and find more details here: https: //www.bnaibrith. Read more » »
Buzzer Sounds Before B’nai B’rith Basketball League Gets Started
The cancellation of the season is a league first. There won’t be any B’nai B’rith basketball league games this season. League spokesman Gary Klinger said the closure of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield because of the COVID-19 pandemic left the weekly league, which normally starts in January, without a home. Read more » »
Dr. Peter Hotez, vaccine scientist and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor …
Dr. Peter Hotez, vaccine scientist and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks with CEO Dan Mariaschin for a timely conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccine rollout in the United States and about the high-risk category of seniors and how to protect them during this tumultuous time. Dr. Read more » »
40,000 descendants of European Jews saved by Chiune Sugihara are alive today thanks to his brave …
40,000 descendants of European Jews saved by Chiune Sugihara are alive today thanks to his brave actions. 🗓 On January 25, together with Combat AntiSemitism, we will honor his bravery with a unique digital reception. Read more » »
Sketches of the trials in the Dreyfus Affair, which is remembered as critical to modern #Jewish …
Sketches of the trials in the Dreyfus Affair, which is remembered as critical to modern #Jewish history, were acquired by le Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme in #Paris. In Dulwich Picture Gallery in #London, an exhibit of ground-breaking Jewish artist Helen Frankenthaler’s woodcuts can be seen from May through November of this year. Read more » »
Avoid Durban Déjà Vu – InsideSources
Twenty years ago, United Nations delegations in #Durban absurdly condemned #Israel for its “treatment of Palestinians” and assailed it for “the racist practices of Zionism.” Are we headed for a „Durban Déjà vu”? Read more from our Pres. Read more » »
SOME (So Others Might Eat) received B’nai B’rith International #COVID19 relief kits on …
SOME (So Others Might Eat) received B’nai B’rith International #COVID19 relief kits on #MLKDay as part of our effort to protect vulnerable communities during the pandemic. SOME is an interfaith, community-based #nonprofit that serves the poor and homeless in #DC. The organization will distribute the kits to those in need. Read more » »
