Category Archives: World
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰? We launched the first Jewish public library in the United States. In January 1852 …
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰? We launched the first Jewish public library in the United States. In January 1852 B’nai B’rith International opened the Maimonides Library on the second floor of the organization’s new Covenant Hall in New York City. Read more » »
KC Pastor Adam Hamilton To Receive American Public Square Founder’s Civility Award
KC Pastor Adam Hamilton To Receive American Public Square Founder’s Civility Award Broadway World Read more »
YouTube shuts down livestream of US college event honoring Palestinian hijacker
After Zoom prohibited San Francisco State University (SFSU) from hosting terrorist Leila Khaled on its platform, YouTube followed suit and shut down SFSU’s livestream within 30 minutes. We appreciate YouTube swiftly enforcing its policies and refusing to host such hate and #antisemitism. Read more » »
Virtual Book Launch: Paul Gardner’s The Unsung Family Hero
You’re invited to the launch! Registration for the event is free of charge. To register via Trybooking click on: https: //www.trybooking.com/BLOID A review. “It’s not a memoir, and it’s not a history and it’s not a conventional biography. It’s an engrossing adventure story framed by the real-life occupation of Holland by the Nazis. Read more » »
Chronicler tells of Jewish rescuers during Holocaust
Jews Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust: 100 Stories of Jewish Rescue by Moshe Gromb, Nadav Book, 2020, Israel, 132 pages, available via Amazon. By Jerry Klinger Jerry Klinger BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — A remarkable book about the unknown, the unbelievable, a book about life, not death. Read more » »
#OTD in 1943 the Vilna Ghetto was liquidated. The day marks National Memorial Day for the Genocide …
#OTD in 1943 the Vilna Ghetto was liquidated. The day marks National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews, in remembrance of the nearly 200,000 who were killed in the #Holocaust. More than 40,000 of them had been in Vilna. May their memory be a blessing. Read more » »
Zoom said to cancel event with Palestinian terrorist hijacker Leila Khaled
Bravo to Zoom for doing the right thing! The platform will prohibit its use when San Francisco State University (SFSU) hosts terrorist Leila Khaled, who is part of the PFLP. In 1970, Khaled took part in hijacking El Al Flight 219. SFSU must live up to the same community standards and cancel the event. Read more » »
Why Is This Night Different? The Abraham Accords
In witnessing the #AbrahamAccords signing, B’nai B’rith President Charles Kaufman feels the winds of change in the Middle East. “[T]he guiding principle offered by the Bahrainis 🇧🇭 and Emiratis 🇦🇪 is peace and prosperity. It is not mere policy. It is a plan already being implemented. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith was honored to host the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the …
B’nai B’rith was honored to host the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the B’nai B’rith convention in 1996. There, she spoke about the five Jewish justices who preceded Justice Breyer and her on the Court. Justice Ginsburg highlighted the relationship between Judaism and the law in the U.S. Read more » »
Jews eulogize Ginsburg, who spoke often of her heritage
By Jackson Richman, JNS and Sarah Wildman, JTA Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, died on erev Rosh Hashana, Friday Sept. 18, at the age of 87. Read more » »
