Fall 2012 Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor: Respectfully, I suggest that you edit a responsive “letters” section as feedback from your readers. B’nai B’rith Magazine publishes news and editorial items...
November 12, 2012
Buenos Aires Cathedral hosted Krystallnacht Commemoration
On Monday, November 12, the Cathedral of Buenos Aires hosted hundreds of people who attended the B’nai B’rith Argentina commemoration of Krystallnacht. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio lead the...
November 12, 2012
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...