B.B.R.A.Vo – Day 18
B’nai B’rith Community Service at the VA Hospital in West haven, Conn. Chairman Harold Miller (Santa), from the B’nai B’rith Horeb Lodge, coordinates the visit of 50 community...
December 23, 2013
Tucson Medical Center: Local firefighters spread Christmas kindness at TMC for Children
They weren’t dressed in your traditional Santa suits, but a group of Rural/Metro firefighters played St. Nick at TMC for Children. The guys from Station 73 paid a visit to our pediatric...
December 22, 2013
The Washington Post: Pepco Holdings sponsors B’nai B’rith scholarship contest for young writers, illustrators
by Steven Overly Pepper doesn’t have much musical skill. So when the prickly porcupine is invited to perform in the town’s parade, his hunt for an instrument to play only leads to...
December 22, 2013
The New York Jewish Week: Have Yourself A Happy (Second) Chanukah
by Emily Snyder For many, the winter holiday season can sometime feel like elbowing for room at the family table: Chanukah, Christmas, Kawaanza, Solstice, (Festivus!)…the list goes on. But...
December 20, 2013
JNS: 2013 Jewish news year in review
by Alina Dain Sharon As 2013 draws to a close, JNS.org takes a look at the biggest news stories from Israel and the Jewish world that have shaped the outgoing year… Venezuelan President Hugo...
December 20, 2013
The Australian Jewish News: Jewish expats organise celebration for Mandela
More then 400 people attended a memorial service for Nelson Mandela at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) on Saturday, gathering on lawns where a bronze bust of Mandela is mounted to sing,...
December 20, 2013
The Jewish Daily Forward: Jewish Groups Back New Sanctions, Senators Split
by J.J. Goldberg The Capitol Hill debate over authorizing new sanctions on Iran is getting pretty nasty. Administration officials are warning, anonymously so far, that passage of the Robert...
December 20, 2013
B’nai B’rith Appalled by U.N. Rapporteur’s Claim that Israel is Genocidal, Applauds Canada for Calling for His Termination
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International is appalled by the latest anti-Israel comments of United Nations Human Rights...