Category Archives: World

Jewish Historical Society obtains new collections

December 17, 2019Other items in today’s column include: DFEH fines Treo @ Kettner HOA for mezuzah refusal *Options, Women’s Event for the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, set for Feb. 2*Political bytes By Donald H. Harrison Donald H. Read more » »

Washington Post – Trump’s executive order on anti-Semitism adds to the fierce campus debate about Israel and Palestinian rights

The Washington Post​ cited B’nai B’rith International’s response to the White House’s executive order charging the government with the responsibility to punish universities where anti-Semitism occurs. Read more » »

Project, Unique in the World, Brings Together Jewish and Catholic Communities in Oporto, Portugal

(Washington, D.C., Dec. 17, 2019)-The Jewish Community of Oporto and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oporto, Portugal, meet today in an unprecedented interfaith gathering between the two Portuguese communities as part of the Global Project in the Fields of Culture and Religion. Read more » »

Tickets on sale to hear Henry Winkler at 2020 OBU Green and Gold Gala

Tickets on sale to hear Henry Winkler at 2020 OBU Green and Gold Gala  Shawnee News Star Read more »

Lost Huntington: Brown’s Apparel | Lost Huntington

Editor’s Note: This is the 318th in a series of articles recalling vanished Huntington scenes. HUNTINGTON — Irvin Polan Brown owned and operated Brown’s Apparel Inc. in the Hotel Frederick building at 946 4th Ave., for more than 50 years. Brown was born in 1904 in East Bank, West Virginia. Read more » »

Hanukai gyertyagyújtás a Budai Várban

Hanuka második lángját 2019. december 23-án, hétfőn délután 5 órakor gyújtjuk meg a Táncsics Mihály utca 23. hátsó oldalán, a Babits Mihály sétányon a várfal mellett. ✡️🕎🎶

B’nai B’rith Statement on Beverly Hills Synagogue Vandalism

(Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:  It is with deep sadness and anger that we condemn the attack on Nessah synagogue in Beverly Hills on Shabbat. Police are classifying the shocking attack as a hate crime. Read more » »

Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019

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Allentown seeks to keep Maingate Night Club open by exempting from state noise regulations

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Bahrain’s National Day celebrations – London

Report by Jeremy Havardi Earlier this week, Jeremy Havardi represented B’nai B’rith UK at an event to celebrate Bahrain’s national day, held in the King’s apartments at Kensington Palace. Dozens of diplomats from the Middle East were in attendance together with representatives from faith communities. Read more » »