Category Archives: World
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 » »
Filmmaker Aviva Kempner Delves Into The Life Of The Baseball Player Who Spied On Nazis, On B’nai B’rith’s Podcast
(Washington, D.C., May 29, 2019)–Aviva Kempner, the award-winning director best-known for documentaries about baseball player Hank Greenberg and radio and television star Gertrude Berg, joined B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin for a discussion on her latest film project, “The Spy Behind Home Plate. Read more » »
‘Flying the Hezbollah flag risks arrest’: Upcoming ‘Quds Day’ marches face legal sanctions, political opposition
Anti-Israel ‘Quds Day’ marches worldwide are facing pushback in the form of legal sanctions, political opposition. Read more » »
Rotary Club to hold 62nd annual B’nai B’rith Sports Awards
Rotary Club to hold 62nd annual B’nai B’rith Sports Awards Uniontown Herald StandardThe Uniontown Rotary Club will hold the 62nd B’nai B’rith Sports Award luncheon ceremony at the Diamond Ballroom in Uniontown on Thursday. Read more » »
Harsha V. Agadi of Crawford & Company Receives B’nai B’rith Distinguished Achievement Award
(Washington, D.C., May 28, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International is pleased to announce Harsha V. Agadi, president & CEO of Crawford & Company®, as the recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award. A gala award dinner will be held in his honor on May 30th at the St. Regis in New York. B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Read more » »
Grapevine: People of the Book
Jerusalem Post commentator and political analyst Amotz Asa-El was among the speakers last week at the monthly Bible Circle hosted by President Reuven Rivlin at the President’s Residence. Read more » »
