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En 15 años, donaron 100 millones de dólares en medicamentos a …
„Empezó como una cosa más pequeña y probablemente sea uno de los programas más importantes de ayuda comunitaria en la Argentina”, dice Daniel Sporn, director del Centro de Acción Comunitaria de B’nai B’rith Argentina, para explicar los 100 millones Read more » »
Jews Flood Toronto Courtroom to Defend a Young Man’s Life
Hundreds of Torontonian Jews from all types of backgrounds flooded the Canada Life Building on November 1, 2017, filling the long corridor and jamming into the largest courtroom. We came for one purpose: to support a Jewish life. Yochai Shalom Nethanel Ounanounou, 25, suffered from a severe asthma attack that lead to cardiac arrest on September 27. Read more » »
Why I would like to serve in the Assembly
WHY AM I RUNNING? In order to understand why I am running, you need to know my background.I was born in Elizabeth, raised in Cranford and have lived for more than 30 years in Springfield, where my wife Jodi and I raised our two now-adult children, Stefanie and Ross. Read more » »
If a Shakespeare play is racist or antisemitic, is it OK to change the ending?
It’s the last scene of The Merchant of Venice and the Christians are celebrating. They have love, youth and wealth on their side. Best of all, they have outsmarted “the Jew”. Read more »
‘The Deuce’: Yids of the 1970s
Last Sunday, HBO wrapped up the first season of “The Deuce”, a show about the deplorable state of early-’70S Manhattan, rife with prostitution, porno movie houses and drugs on every corner. Read more » »
Bruce’s History Lessons: Harry Truman: Civil Rights hero
“When a Mayor and a City Marshall can take a negro sergeant off a bus in South Carolina, beat him up and put out one of his eyes, and nothing is done about it by state authorities, something is radically wrong with the system.” – Harry Truman This week (Oct. Read more » »
Show of Solidarity at Court Hearing in Toronto Life-Support Case
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 8: 23 pm | י”ב חשון תשע”ח A section of the huge crowd at the courthouse. Hundreds of members of Toronto’s Orthodox community turned out to attend a court hearing as a show of support for a family engaged in a legal struggle to stop doctors from removing life supporting treatments from their son. Read more » »
Cuatro escuelas públicas recibieron donaciones de B’nai B’rith Uruguay
01/11/2017 En octubre la Filial Dr. Herzl, en nombre de B’nai B’rith Uruguay, realizo donaciones a cuatro escuelas públicas. A la Escuela N°217 de San José de Carrasco, Departamento de Canelones, que necesitaba ser pintada, se le donó el material de pintura necesario. Read more » »
Arts & Entertainment
UCSB Arts & Lectures brings the great Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to town for its first-time ever concert in Santa Barbara, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the Arlington Theater, 1317 State St. The orchestra will be conducted by Zubin Mehta, their phenomenal music director for life. Read more » »
A Bride, a Groom and a Love That Filled the Room
I attended a wedding several years ago that I still think about it. It wasn’t that the food was delicious or that the reception hall was lavishly decorated, although both might have been the case. But these peripherals were dwarfed by the simple goodness of Noah, the groom; Rivka, his bride; and both sets of parents. Read more » »
