B’nai B’rith Magazine Wins Rockower Award
B’nai B’rith Magazine was honored with a first-place Simon Rockower Award for Journalistic Excellence in American Jewish History by the American Jewish Press Association. The award was...
June 30, 2013
B’nai B’rith Tri-State Region Installation, Cocktail and Dessert Reception
The B’nai B’rith Tri-State Region hosted a Champagne, Strawberries and Dessert gathering to welcome their new leadership and toast those who have served. The free event began at 7...
June 30, 2013
The Jewish Daily Forward: Holding Hands Across Time From Sinai to Gettysburg and Today
by Dara Horn In 2009, when I published “All Other Nights,” a novel about Jewish spies in the Civil War, I was invited to speak at Temple Ohev Sholom in Harrisburg, Pa. I arrived to...
June 28, 2013
B’nai B’rith Denver – 2013 Leadville Camping Trip
B’nai B’rith Denver organized its annual Leadville camping trip and community service project from June 28 – 30. The schedule included:Friday: Camping at Printer Boy Campground on...
June 28, 2013
B’nai B’rith International Honors Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig With Distinguished Humanitarian Award
Joe Torre and Author/Educator Sharon Robinson (Daughter of Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson), as well as Rachel Robinson (Widow of Jackie Robinson) Also Attend B’nai B’rith International...
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June 28, 2013
MLB.com: Selig honored with humanitarian award
In the more than two decades Bud Selig has been Commissioner of Major League Baseball, the landscape has been dramatically transformed. There is labor peace and, not coincidentally, record attendance...
June 28, 2013
Haaretz: U.S. Senate passes immigration bill with provisions for Jewish camp counselors, religious refugees
The immigration overhaul passed in the U.S Senate includes provisions that protect a visa program used by Jewish summer camps and that makes permanent a law that facilitates immigration for victims...
June 28, 2013
JTA: State Dept. envoy: Hungarian gov’t must do more to condemn anti-Semitism
Hungary’s government must do more to condemn political anti-Semitism, the State Department’s anti-Semitism envoy said in a letter to Jewish groups. “Prime Minister Viktor Orban...
June 28, 2013
European Jewish Press: Israel, Jewish groups slam ‘politicised’ UNESCO Palestinian vote on Jerusalem
by Shari Ryness The resolution, drafted by Jordan at the apparent instigation of fellow UNESCO members Palestine, condemned a series of Israeli developments in the Jewish capital, including the...