Category Archives: World
MLB Says No More Roger Waters Ads Are Planned
B’nai B’rith Had Expressed Disappointment in MLB ads Promoting Waters (Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2020)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »
European Jewish Press – Portuguese cartoonist uses antisemitic symbols to illustrate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The European Jewish Press covered B’nai B’rith International’s condemnation of Vasco Gargalo’s cartoon of Benjamin Netanyahu as anti-Semitic. Read more » »
Portuguese cartoonist uses antisemitic symbols to illustrate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – EJP
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Texas’ Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
Texas’ Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Corpus Christi Caller-Times Read more »
Kirk Douglas, iconic movie star who reconnected with Judaism later in life, dies at 103
LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Kirk Douglas, the legendary actor who portrayed legions of tough guys and embraced his Jewish heritage later in life, died at his home in Beverly Hills on Wednesday. He was 103. Read more » »
Swastikas painted on headstones at Dutch Jewish cemetery
February 5, 2020 By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were painted on several headstones at a Jewish cemetery in the Netherlands. The incident in Dordrecht, situated about 40 miles south of Amsterdam, was discovered Tuesday, De Telegraaf daily reported. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Budapest – 10 HÉT MÚLVA NEMZETKÖZI KONFERENCIA
B’nai B’rith Budapest – 10 HÉT MÚLVA NEMZETKÖZI KONFERENCIA
6 significant Jewish moments in Trump’s 2020 State of the Union speech
There were a few moments of Jewish significance, from the Middle East peace plan the president unveiled last week to an unusual disruption to what went unsaid. By RON KAMPEAS/JTA FEBRUARY 5, 2020 18: 15 U.S. President Donald Trump departs after delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Concludes Rwanda Conference on Incitement and Genocide
(Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2020)–Marking 75 years since the Holocaust and 25 years following the Rwandan genocide – in which some three-quarters of the country’s Tutsi were massacred in three months – B’nai B’rith International recently hosted a major conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Read more » »
