Category Archives: World

Jewish groups urge Trump administration to restore higher refugee quotas

Some 167 national, state and local Jewish organizations, including the major umbrella bodies of the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform streams, have called on the US government to meet the refugee resettlement admissions goal for this year. The goal for fiscal year 2019 is 30,000, a historically low figure. Read more » »

Moosbrugger wins B’nai B’rith 5K

Moosbrugger wins B’nai B’rith 5K  Cleveland Jewish NewsMills Moosbrugger, 19, of Cleveland Heights was the 5K’s the overall first place finisher in the B’nai B’rith Health Run 1 Mile Run/Walk – 5K Run on July 28, … Read more » »

Imam accused of making anti-Semitic remarks during sermons in north Edmonton community hall

An Edmonton community league will no longer rent its hall to an imam who a Jewish organization alleges used the space to make anti-Semitic remarks. Read more » »

Furor grows over Belgian journalist’s antisemitic article

By ALEX WINSTON August 9, 2019 03: 27 2 minute read. Journalist Dimitri Verhulst. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) Belgian Jews have filed a police complaint after a Belgian journalist wrote in an opinion piece, “There is no promised land, only stolen land,” and commented on the stereotype of „Jewish noses. Read more » »

ONG B’nai B’rith expresa su preocupación por los discursos de odio que promueven llamados como la “Marcha anti inmigrantes”

Santiago, jueves 8 de agosto de 2019.  “Las autoridades, los medios de comunicación y representantes de la ciudadanía deben tomar medidas para frenar la incitación al odio en el espacio público chileno, de acuerdo con las obligaciones del país en Read more » »

Melbourne teens attend US summer leadership camp

August 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk Read on for article Six Jewish teens from Melbourne public schools have recently returned from a three-week-long camp in Pennsylvania, USA where they represented the United Jewish Education Board at the B’nai B’rith Youth Organisation International Leadership Training Conference. Read more » »

Have you heard? Jews have hooked noses in Belgium

MainOpEdsHave you heard? Jews have hooked noses in Belgium Belgium is very much the perfect example of Europe’s future: the sordid alliance between the atheistic left and Islam. Giulio Meotti, 08/08/19 10: 38 | updated: 10: 29 Giulio Meotti The writer, an Italian journalist with Il Foglio, writes a twice-weekly column for Arutz Sheva. Read more » »

Jewish groups protest Belgian newspaper’s anti-Semitic article

Six European Jewish groups send letter to editor of De Morgen newspaper, ask him to retract article saying Jews have „ugly noses”. Read more » »

Legal Insurrection Foundation opposes proposed anti-Israel public school curriculum in California

Joins over 80 organizations in signing a letter organized by the AMCHA Initiative opposing the proposed California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Legal Insurrection has long tracked and opposed the spread of anti-Israel curricula at the university Read more » »

Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations | US & World News

Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations | US & World News  Jewish News of Greater PhoenixFrom left: Irwin Cotler, former Canadian justice minister and attorney general; Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League; David Harris, executive … Read more » »