B'nai B'rith Uruguay hosted a fundraiser concert on July 25 at Teatro Metro in Montevideo, Uruguay, with the popular tango singer Malena Muyala. 

The program supported the academic scholarship program Salir Adelante.

Watch a clip from the event below:

Noted Uruguayan ballet and modern dancer Federica Folco received the 29th annual Fraternidad Award on Dec. 11, awarded to outstanding artists in literature, painting, sculpture, music, theatre, cinema and dancing. Folco has enjoyed a successful career during the last decade, performing across Latin America, in Spain, Germany and France.

The ceremony was attended by more than 300 hundred people at the B’nai B’rith Hall in Montevideo. The award is originally named for Maximo Brenner (Z’L), founder of B’nai B’rith Uruguay, as well as a former president.

Winners of the award receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the State of Israel where the B’nai B’rith World Center prepares an intensive itinerary combining tourism with professional interchange, site visits and high-level briefings geared to fostering ongoing professional ties between the countries.
 
Folco will also enjoy a one week paid trip to the European country of her choice sponsored by the Brenner family.
 
Vice Minister of Education and Culture Oscar Gomez  joined District 28 President Rafael Hodara, Maximo Brenner’s widow Esther Brenner and Discount Bank Manager Alberto Wezmann (sponsor for the trip to Israel) to present the award to Folco.
 
Gomez, in his remarks to those in attendance, emphasized the “remarkable work B’nai B’rith develops promoting community action and promoting culture in all levels, which is something that all our society is grateful and deserves our warmest thanks.”
 
Folco is a highly accomplished dancer, receiving various awards for her work in Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Spain, France and Germany. She is also a dance professor at the Universidad de la República.

“I feel deeply moved for this award,” Folco said. “It will be a challenge in my career in order to be able to learn from the high level of classic and modern dancing in Israel.”

Officers from the Ministry of Education and Culture and the National Uruguayan Ballet were in attendance. Of those deciding the winner of the award, the chair of the committee was Argentine choreographer and one of the most famous ballet dancers in history, Julio Bocca. Bocca currently serves as director of the National Uruguayan Ballet. His acceptance to chair the selection committee was a privilege and honor for B’nai B’rith and a strong backing to the work done by the organization in the last three decades presenting the Fraternidad Award.

El martes 4 de diciembre se realizará una actividad cultural con música y lectura de poemas.  Participarán Margarita Luongo, Carlos Di Sevo, Sarita Sabah y Renée Behar de Huino.  Será en el Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales (Parque Rodó). Entrada libre.

Y para culminar el año, se entregará el Premio Fraternidad y el Candelabro de Oro en la disciplina "danza".  El Jurado está integrado por los Sres. Julio Bocca, Gerardo Grieco e Ignacio Cardozo.  Será en nuestra Sede el martes 11 de diciembre a las 20.30 hs.

La Comisión de Cultura se reúne en la Sede, todos los días miércoles a partir de las 13 hs.  Invitamos a Hermanas y Hermanos interesadas/os en el tema, a acompañarnos en nuestra tarea.  Participarán de una actividad muy gratificante, en un ambiente de confraternidad y alegría.

El martes 27 de noviembre se hará la presentación, en nuestra Sede, del libro "Memoria viva de una Hermandad".  El libro cubre y describe 75 años de vida de B'nai B'rith en Uruguay, con historias, recuerdos y fotografías.  La presentación estará a cargo del Prof. Manuel Tenenbaum, ex Presidente de la Institución.  En el "hall" se podrá ver una muestra retrospectiva de obras exhibidas en el Salón de Artes Visuales.

El lunes 29 de octubre se reunirá el Jurado integrado por los Sres. Julio Bocca, Gerardo Grieco e Ignacio Cardozo.  En representación de la Comisión de Cultura los acompañará (sin voto) el Ing. Manuel Berger.  Habrá de seleccionar a los galardonados con el Premio Fraternidad 2012 y el Candelabro de Oro.  Este año la disciplina premiada será "Danza".