Category Archives: World
Chanuka 2020 – B´nai B´rith – Coordenação Nacional Loja Barão Hirsch
Chanuka 2020 – B´nai B´rith Coordenação Nacional Loja Barão Hirsch Data: 13/12/2020 – domingo Horário: 20h Zoom Programa 1. Abertura 2. Palestra Profa. Ilse Wofchuk 3. Acendimento da Chanukia – 4º dia 4. Mensagem do Rabino Yehuda Gitelman – vídeo 5. Canção Maotzur Morá Luciana Zylbersztejn -vídeo 6. Read more » »
Saying Goodbye to Hanukkah
Unsure why The New York Times has chosen to publish an op-ed that mocks and minimizes Hanukkah, a cherished Jewish holiday that celebrates religious freedom. Read more » »
Stand up, Say Something, Do Something! Join us for a very important virtual event discussing the …
Stand up, Say Something, Do Something! Join us for a very important virtual event discussing the plight of the Uyghur people in China. Remarks from several Flag of Canada parliamentarians followed by a panel discussion moderated by our ND, League for Human Rights, Ran Ukashi. Read more » »
Paul Schwebel, 1945-2020 | News, Sports, Jobs
CANFIELD — Paul Schwebel, 75, passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, surrounded by his wife and children. He was born April 29, 1945, in Youngstown, to the late Irving and Dorothy Unger Schwebel. He was a June 1963 graduate of The Rayen School in Youngstown. Read more » »
Obituary: Joshua D. Shubin
Joshua D. Shubin, son of Minna and David Shubin, died peacefully at home Nov. 29, 2020, surrounded by his family. Born in Atlantic City, Josh spent his early years in Philadelphia and his high school years in West Palm Beach, Fla. He graduated in 1948 from the University of Florida, where he was a member of Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity. Read more » »
Roald Dahl’s family quietly apologize for his ‘prejudiced’ anti-Semitic remarks
We are encouraged by the apology of the late British author Roald Dahl’s family for his anti-Semitic views. Their statement that the children’s author’s bigoted remarks were “incomprehensible” is long overdue. Read more » »
Congregation B’nai B’rith Marks Hanukkah With Eight Days of Good Deeds
Mitzvah Week activities could include donating food or clothes for community members in needDecember 7, 2020 | 4: 11 p.m. Read more » »
How did a brave group of Polish Jews secretly gather materials to chronicle the life of Jews in …
How did a brave group of Polish Jews secretly gather materials to chronicle the life of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland? What’s being done to restore run-down Jewish cemeteries in #Europe? Check out these stories and more in the winter issue of B’nai B’rith #Magazine: https: //bit. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Magazine: How Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto Hid an Astonishing Archive of Jewish Life During the Holocaust
Winter Issue Also Spotlights the Effort to Restore the Run-Down Jewish Cemeteries in Europe(Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2020)—“Oyneg Shabes” — or “Sabbath delight” — is usually associated with a joyful social gathering. Read more » »
‘Jesus Wins’ graffitied on Greece synagogue and Holocaust monument
We condemn the desecration of the Jewish synagogue and Holocaust museum in Larissa, Greece. Such heinous acts are an affront to those who perished in the #Holocaust and must never be tolerated. We thank the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for condemning this blatant #antisemitism. Read more » »
