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UJEB BBYO Leaders Elected College Captains for 2020 at Glen Eira College (GEC)
Browse > Home / Younger Minds / UJEB BBYO Leaders Elected College Captains for 2020 at Glen Eira College (GEC) February 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk Read on for article Noah Loven and Chloe Guss, who are both in year 12 at Glen Eira College, have just been elected College Captains for 2020. Read more » »
Weekly roundup of world briefs
Independent Jewish day school in Connecticut to close, cites finances and enrollment By Marcy Oster (JTA)—Carmel Academy, an independent Jewish day school in Greenwich, Connecticut, will close at the end of this school term, citing the “current realities of finances and enrollment. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Canada Urges Canadian Gov’t to Condemn Palestinians’ Use of Child Soldiers
BEIJING, CHINA – DECEMBER 04: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) accompanies Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to view an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People on December 4, 2017 in Beijing, China. Read more » »
Times of Israel – Little known Philippines’ WWII rescue of Jews was capped by US interference
The Times of Israel covered B’nai B’rith’s participation in a commemorative event at the U.N. for WWII-era Philippines President Manuel Quezon, who helped create a safe haven for Jewish refugees in his country. Read more » »
‘An Innocent Man Was Lynched’: Reporting exonerated Leo Frank in the murder of Mary Phagan
Tennessean staff Published 3: 32 PM EST Feb 20, 2020 In 1982, Tennessean reporters led efforts to posthumously exonerate Leo Frank, who was wrongfully convicted of killing Mary Phagan in 1913 in Atlanta. Frank, a Jewish factory manager, was lynched amid a wave of anti-Semitism after his conviction. Read more » »
Little known Philippines’ WWII rescue of Jews was capped by US interference
Little known Philippines’ WWII rescue of Jews was capped by US interference The Times of Israel Read more » »
Amnesty International mourns the loss of professor José Zalaquett
José Zalaquett was a prominent lawyer and academic, who fought for human rights, truth and justice worldwide. He initiated his human rights work as a law student campaigning for Salvador Allende in Chile. Upon Allende’s election as president in 1970, José Zalaquett served as cabinet minister, which he left for a post at the university. Read more » »
Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020
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6 Countries, 14 Orgs Rally Against ICC Probe Against Israel – The Jewish Press
Photo Credit: UN Photo Headquarters of the International Criminal Court at The Hague Several European countries, the US, Canada, Brazil, and Uganda have voiced their opposition to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe against Israel, arguing Read more » »
B’nai B’rith condemns ‘ongoing attacks’ against Jews in Ukraine
B’nai Brith said it wrote a letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in January, protesting the incidents. Read more » »
