Category Archives: World
Grapevine June 23, 2019: Woman on an ambucycle
Although women drive buses in Israel and ride motorbikes, only three in the whole country ride ambucycles. The third, who is the first in Tel Aviv, is Aely Haccoun who immigrated to Israel from France eight years ago. Read more » »
Israel’s Premier Performer Yehoram Gaon to Receive a Special B’nai B’rith World Center Citation for Fostering Israel-Diaspora Relations Through the Arts
Yehoram Gaon. Photo credit: Ilan Besor. Recognition to be presented at annual B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism ceremony. Winners: Antonia Yamin (KAN – Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation), and Zvika Klein (Makor Rishon and NRG360); Certificate of Merit: Attila Somfalvi (ynet news)Emory University Professor Deborah E. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Sports Awards honorees | Local
B’nai B’rith Sports Awards honorees | Local Uniontown Herald StandardThe Uniontown Rotary Club held the 62th B’nai B’rith Sports Awards recently at the Diamond Ballroom in Uniontown. Honorees for 2019 pictured above with … Read more » »
| Historical Headlines – June 20
06/20/1969 – Armstrong County Planning Commission members last night tabled a request for approval of a county airport site after they were unable to agree that the suggested location would best serve the future interests of the county. Read more » »
Op-Ed By Daniel S. Mariaschin in the Jerusalem Post – Iran, Argentina and a 25-Year-Old Terror Attack
In the wake of the 25th anniversary of the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin wrote an op-ed in the Jerusalem Post about the need for justice in this still-unresolved case. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith CEO Warns of Mainstreaming of BDS
Daniel S. Mariaschin Part of Panel at Global Coalition for Israel Forum(Washington, D.C., June 19, 2019)–B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Read more » »
Iran, Argentina and a 25-year-old terror attack
RESCUE WORKERS search for survivors and victims in the rubble left after a powerful car bomb destroyed the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), in this July 18, 1994 photo. Read more » »
“Anti-Semitism is a Real Clear and Present Danger in Latin America”: B’nai B’rith International Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn Discusses B’nai B’rith’s Work in Latin America
(Washington, D.C., June 18, 2019)–Eduardo Kohn, B’nai B’rith International director of Latin American affairs, joined CEO Daniel S. Read more » »
Jerusalem Post – Berlin Jewish Museum Director Resigns over Tweet Endorsing Antisemitic BDS
The Jerusalem Post quoted B’nai B’rith International President’s Charles O. Kaufman’s letter decrying the actions of the Jewish Museum Berlin’s Director Peter Schäfer in its coverage of Schäfer’s resignation from his post. Read more » »
German Museum director sparking BDS controversy resigns after condemnations fly
The Jewish museum in Berlin. (photo credit: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/NATHANIEL SAMSON) X Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality publications, like ours, are being forced to look for new ways to keep going. Read more » »
