Category Archives: World
Report: Biden will pick Merrick Garland as attorney general
January 6, 2021 By Arno Rosenfeld Merrick Garland would have become the fourth Jewish member of the Supreme Court. Now all indications are he’ll become the next attorney general. According to Politico, Joe Biden will nominate Garland to the country’s top law enforcement post. Read more » »
FJFS at Memphis Jewish Community Center and Plough Towers Memphis received B’nai B’rith …
FJFS at Memphis Jewish Community Center and Plough Towers Memphis received B’nai B’rith International #COVID19 relief kits – face masks and hand sanitizer – as part of our ongoing effort to protect vulnerable communities during the pandemic. Read more » »
Auschwitz survivor among the first vaccinated in hometown of Pfizer’s CEO
January 6, 2021 By David Ian Klein Zana Sadikario-Saatsoglou, a Thessalonikan Jew and Holocaust survivor, became one of the first people in Greece to receive Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday. 98-year-old Sadikario-Saatsoglou received the vaccine at Thessaloniki’s Saul Modiano Old Age Home, which serves its Jewish community. Read more » »
Biden taps Iran deal architect Wendy Sherman for senior diplomatic role
January 6, 2021 By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — President-elect Joe Biden tapped Wendy Sherman, an Iran nuclear deal architect, to be his deputy secretary of state — a signal of his determination to return to the deal, Politico reported Tuesday. Read more » »
A century after Leo Frank, Jewish Twitter reacts to real chance of a Jewish Senator from the Deep South
January 6, 2021 By David Ian Klein The votes are still being counted in Georgia’s runoff election in which Democrat Jon Ossoff is vying to oust Republican Sen. David Perdue. But with the Associated Press having called the other Georgia contest for the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Read more » »
Senate runoff election: Jewish Georgia not immune from deep national political divide
By Larry Brook, JNS While most of the country is dealing with the hangover from the highly divisive 2020 presidential election, aside from recounts and accusations of election fraud, the intensity has continued in Georgia as a massively important runoff election will take place on Jan. 5. Read more » »
From distributing 3,000 #COVID19 relief kits across the U.S. to finding a new, creative way to …
From distributing 3,000 #COVID19 relief kits across the U.S. to finding a new, creative way to spread joy and thank #EssentialWorkers over the holidays, read Rhonda Love’s blog on how the word PEOPLE defined our community service agenda in 2020: https: //www.bnaibrith. Read more » »
📌 Thursday, January 14 🕛 12 p.m. New York / 6 p.m. Geneva / 7 p.m. Jerusalem Join us for a panel …
📌 Thursday, January 14 🕛 12 p.m. New York / 6 p.m. Geneva / 7 p.m. Jerusalem Join us for a panel discussion on Israel’s 🇮🇱 humanitarian efforts around the globe with panelists: 🔹 Amb. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada Deeply Concerned by Statements from NDP MPs
Jan. 5, 2021 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada wrote to federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on Monday, refuting the comments of NDP Members of Parliament, who posted inflammatory social media statements that treat Israel in a totally unfair manner and that add fuel to the fire of antisemitic conspiracy theories. Read more » »
Ten suspects to face trial in deadly 2016 Brussels bombings case
We welcome news that 10 suspects of the 2016 Brussels attack will be brought to justice by facing trial next year. The attack came two years after the attack on the Jewish Museum of Belgium and shows that EU states must redouble efforts to tackle Islamist extremism. Read more » »
