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B’nai Brith, boycott-Israel group target Waters concert
As fans of Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters flock to his Winnipeg concert Sunday night at Bell MTS Place, his detractors will gather to watch a film that targets him for supporting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement. Read more » »
Knowing Kaddish Helps Cantor Land TV Roles
Larry David with Kenny Ellis. Photo courtesy of Kenny Ellis via JTA. Kenny Ellis has been a cantor for 27 years, but before he got into Jewish liturgy, he was an entertainer — and he maintains a thriving side career as an actor and singer, which will be on full display in the coming days. Read more » »
After the prayer – Faith leaders press for solutions to violence
As authorities continue to investigate the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, leaders from various faiths are speaking out. Of course, they have offered prayers of comfort and peace for everyone impacted by the tragedy, which claimed the lives of 58 people and led to hundreds of others being wounded after a gunman fired into a crowd at a concert. Read more » »
A fall tradition that connects us to our history
A half-million or so people shuffled across the Topsfield Fairgrounds recently, and it’s certain that a few, anyway, regarded the goats and hatching chicks and thought of the farms still scattered across our region. Read more » »
B’nai Brith CEO maintains Waters making ‘anti-Israel statement’ at shows
Roger Waters The Wall Live in Kansa, 2010. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS As B’nai Brith Canada continued to tour its anti-Roger Waters documentary Wish You Weren’t Here, CEO Michael Mostyn responded to the Pink Floyd co-founder’s outburst at one of his recent Toronto concerts, in which he singled Mostyn out. Read more » »
YEARS AGO FOR OCT. 17
« News Home | Print Published: Tue, October 17, 2017 @ 12: 00 a.m. Today is Tuesday, Oct. 17, the 290th day of 2017. There are 75 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED PRESS On this date in: 1610: French King Louis XIII, age 9, is crowned at Reims, five months after the assassination of his father, Henry IV. 1777: British forces under Gen. Read more » »
Amazon, Texas, John Cornyn, Ted Cruz, ‘Art of the Deal,’ President Trump
Keep Cornyn, Cruz out of it Re: „Texas senators woo CEO with letter — North Texas gets special shoutout in Cornyn, Cruz message to Bezos,” Thursday Business story. Read more » »
Today in History: Oct. 13
by Robert Joseph Baker | October 13, 2017 12: 00 am Last Updated: October 13, 2017 at 8: 41 am AD 54 – Emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances; his 17-year-old stepson Nero succeeds him. 409 – Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania. Read more » »
Hoy en la historia judía / Se funda B’Nai B’Rith, una de las principales organizaciones judías del mundo
Itongadol/AJN.- El 13 de octubre de 1843, Henry Jones y otros 11 inmigrantes judeo-alemanes se reunieron en el Café de Sinsheimer, en el Lower East Side de Nueva York, para hacer frente a lo que uno de ellos, Isaac Rosenbourg, llamó: “La deplorable condición de los judíos en este, nuestro país de adopción”. Read more » »
Today is Friday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2017. There are 79 days left in the year.
« News Home | Print Published: Fri, October 13, 2017 @ 12: 00 a.m. Today is Friday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2017. There are 79 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED PRESS On this date in: 1775: The United States Navy has its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet. Read more » »
