U.S. Mission to UNESCO: At UNESCO, a Celebration of Yiddish
On November 12-13, UNESCO hosted a symposium to explore Yiddish’s place as a living language in today’s world, and its central role in Jewish culture, music and literature. Entitled...
November 12, 2012
Permanence of Yiddish International Symposium
The resilience of the Yiddish language and culture was on display during a two-day symposium, “The Permanence of Yiddish,” that featured university teachers, experts, performers, writers, journalists...
November 12, 2012
Iton Gadol: B’nai B’rith. Bergoglio encabezó una liturgia de conmemoración de la Kristallnacht (SPANISH)
El cardenal Jorge Bergoglio encabezó hoy lunes, en la Catedral de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, la liturgia de conmemoración de la Noche de los Cristales Rotos (Kristallnacht), considerado...
November 11, 2012
500 Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean Gather in Ecuador
B’nai B’rith Latin America sponsored 500 leaders and professional staff from the Jewish communities of Latin America and the Caribbean Nov. 6-11 in Quito, Ecuador. This was...
November 9, 2012
The Times of Israel: At interfaith meet in Jerusalem, a grim picture of Jewish-Protestant relations
by Raphael Ahren Protestant clergymen painted a largely pessimistic view of the church’s relationship with Israel and the Jewish community during a visit to the Holy Land, suggesting that...
November 8, 2012
Rachel Taubman (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)
Earlier this year I helped staff a community wide day of service for Jewish teens. Hundreds of teens came together with mentors from all different Jewish organizations to volunteer their time...
November 8, 2012
The Present and Future of Christians in the Middle East Symposium
Shocking testimony about, murder, forced conversion, abductions and other gross human rights violations inflicted on Christian minorities in the Middle East was presented on Nov. 8 at a symposium...
November 8, 2012
B’nai B’rith World Center co-sponsors consultation on Mainline Protestant Churches and the State of Israel
On Nov. 5-8 the B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem co-sponsored a consultation with twenty Christian pastors, laymen, activists and intellectuals from the Anglican, Methodist,...
November 8, 2012
j. weekly: Charitable Giving: Donations may be crucial if sequestration cuts stand
by Ron Kampeas Jewish groups that care for the elderly were looking forward to the election — not because they favored a candidate or a party — they just wanted it to be over. They want...