Category Archives: World
Georgia Remembers Holocaust Victims, Recognizes Survivors
Uniting legislators, dignitaries, representatives and Jewish leaders, the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust held its annual “Days of Remembrance” event May 3, a day after Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more » »
Schwager to serve as president-elect of Pennsylvania Bar Association
Schwager – WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County lawyer David E. Schwager, a partner in the Wilkes-Barre law firm of Chariton, Schwager & Malak, will become president-elect of the Pennsylvania Bar Association at the conclusion of the association’s Annual Meeting, May 17, in Lancaster. He will become the association’s 2020-21 president. Read more » »
The Polish Ambassador H.E. Arkady Rzegocki spoke at a BBLBIA breakfast meeting
On 8th May, the Polish Ambassador H.E. Arkady Rzegocki spoke at a breakfast meeting hosted by Clifford Chance and organised by B’nai B’rith’s Bureau of International Affairs. The Ambassador gave a talk about the role of Poland’s Righteous Gentiles during the Second World War and a lively question and answer session followed. Read more » »
Baruch Dayan HaEmet – Tillie Singer z”l – Boulder Jewish News
Rabbi Marc Soloway May 7, 2019 – 2 Iyar 5779 Lifecycle Tillie Singer (Tobi Rivkah bat Shmaryahu), Howard Singer’s mother (Valerie’s mother-in-law), passed away very peacefully on the morning of May 7, 2019 in Maryland. She was 103 and a half years old! Tillie was charming and interactive until just a few weeks ago, and lived a very full life. Read more » »
The Word of God is Dangerous
By Demetric Muhammad-Guest Columnist- | Last updated: May 7, 2019 – 11: 11: 23 AM What’s your opinion on this article? The Real Reason Facebook Banned Our Beloved Minister Farrakhan Long before the recent controversy between the Jewish community and Read more » »
Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, May 7, 2019 Chicago TribuneScores, schedules and highlights in Sports from the Region in Northwest Indiana. Read more »
Nida S. Bernstein, 99, a volunteer, art lover, and descendant of early Jewish Americans
Nida S. Bernstein, 99, a volunteer and art lover whose Jewish roots extended to the colonial era, died Saturday, May 4, at Sunrise Lafayette Hill. Before moving to Sunrise last year, she lived in West Mount Airy. Mrs. Bernstein could trace her lineage to two men who fought in the American Revolution, said her son, Todd Whitlock Bernstein. Read more » »
Talkers.com May 3, 2019 Podcast Coverage Includes B’nai B’rith International Podcast Episode Feat. Guest Pamela Nadell
Talkers.com included a B’nai B’rith International podcast episode featuring guest Professor Pamela Nadell on its May 3, 2019 podcast coverage. The episode included in-depth discussion of Nadell’s 2019 book America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today. Read on Talkers.com Milwaukee’s ‘97. Read more » »
The Daily Northwestern – ‘It Was Not Supposed to Be Like This’: At Walk to Remember, a Rumination on Present as Much as Past
The Daily Northwestern covered the Walk to Remember at Northwestern University in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The walk is part of a yearly program sponsored by B’nai B’rith International and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Honors Jewish Rescuers
(Washington, D.C., May 6, 2019)– The B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem honored the legacy of Jewish Holocaust-era rescuers in Belgium at two major events held on May 2nd – Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah). Read more » »
