Category Archives: World
BBLBIA Newsletter for June 2019
BBLBIA Newsletter for June 2019 The post BBLBIA Newsletter for June 2019 appeared first on B’nai B’rith UK. Read more » »
Detwiler receives B’nai B’rith honor
By ops@our-hometown.com | on June 05, 2019 By JASON BLACK One of the most respected and time-honored sports awards in Fayette County is the B’nai B’rith Award. The award is given annually by the Uniontown Rotary Club and the B’nai B’rith Fayette Lodge. Read more » »
Why Israel, U.S. are allies
On Oct. 29, 1956, Israeli troops took control of the Sinai Peninsula. United States President Eisenhower pressured Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to withdraw Israeli troops on March 16, 1957, in order to bring “peace” to the Middle East. The first attempt at land-for-peace was short lived. Read more » »
Let’s remember Leah Chase as an indispensable civil rights figure
On a Wednesday night in late May 1965, a homemade bomb exploded in the 2300 block of Orleans Avenue. The Times-Picayune referenced the damage to that automobile — and only that — in its headline, thereby missing the opportunity to tell the real story. Read more » »
William Byrd star Megan Grant works hard on the softball field, in class and on the farm
William Byrd star Megan Grant works hard on the softball field, in class and on the farm Roanoke TimesThe Elon signee is a two-sport standout, a valedictorian and a „big country girl. Read more » »
BBUK’s very successful Ukraine Trip
Report by Alan Miller BBUK visit to Ukraine 9th – 19th May 2019 A welcome to Ukraine from Sholom Aleichem After many years of supporting charitable projects in Ukraine, 21 members of BBUK set off to see the projects for themselves and to try to learn Read more » »
2019 AHEPA Family Leadership Excursion Visits Greece, Cyprus, Phanar
By Constantine S. Sirigos May 31, 2019 Left to right: Past AHEPA Supreme President Nicholas Karakostas, President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades, Cypriot-American industrialist and philanthropist Philip Christopher, who was presented with the Socrates Award, and AHEPA Supreme President George Loucas. (Photo by TNH/Constantine S. Read more » »
Features
The Warsaw Ghetto uprising began on April 19, 1943, when German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport the remaining 55,000-60,000 Jews to extermination camps. Read more » »
Gandel Holocaust Education Conference
Browse > Home / News / Gandel Holocaust Education Conference May 30, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk Read on for article Over three days recently, teacher graduates from the Gandel Holocaust Studies Program for Australian Educators participated in the educational conference in Melbourne. Read more » »
Toronto Sun – MOSTYN: Al Quds Day March an Embarrassment to Toronto
In this op-ed for the Toronto Sun, author and CEO of B’nai B’rith Canada Michael Mostyn writes that the Al Quds Day March should be cancelled due to its highly anti-Semitic speakers and undertones. Read at the Toronto Sun Imagine, for a moment, that a 1,000-strong rally took place each year on city property in downtown Toronto. Read more » »
