From Hebrew to English: The Art of Translation
Translation is a tricky business. Translators must deftly balance their duty to the original text with the need to create a translation that stands on its own. They have to honor the wishes of...
August 30, 2012
B’nai B’rith Denver Happy Hour and Open House
70+ members of the Denver Jewish community joined B’nai B’rith on August 30 for an open house event at the Cork House. Attendees mixed and mingled while discovering B’nai...
August 30, 2012
Bobbie Levine (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)
I THINK I LOVE MY JOB… I have been on staff with B’nai B’rith since June 1987, but a part of the B’nai B’rith “Family” since 1957. As a new resident of...
August 30, 2012
Fall 2012 Letters to the Editor
Jews in the Civil Rights Movement Dear Editor: Thank you for the excellent issue covering Jews in the civil rights struggle. The article evoked many memories for me. Following my discharge from...
August 30, 2012
Marvin Bacaner—An Aliyah Bet Seaman
The “Aliyah Bet” seamen operated ships that ferried Holocaust survivors from the displaced persons camps of Europe to then-Palestine shortly after World War II. Aliyah Bet was the...
August 30, 2012
Pletz.com – Brasil: Os 80 anos da B’nai B’rith Brasil (PORTUGUESE)
Uma cerimônia à altura do feito. A instituição judaica B’nai B’rith, celebrou, no último dia 10, em Curitiba, oito décadas de...
August 29, 2012
The Jerusalem Post: Envoy to Germany: Awardee ignores terror on Israel
By Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post Correspondent Germany has come under criticism from both Israel’s Ambassador Yakov Hadas-Handelsman and the director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center office...
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August 28, 2012
B’nai B’rith Archives Transferred to Ohio
In June, the B’nai B’rith archives and its Holocaust and Related Materials Collection were transferred to the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives (AJA) in Cincinnati, Ohio....
August 27, 2012
B’nai B’rith Troubled by City of Frankfurt Bestowing Anti-Israel Professor with Adorno Prize
B’nai B’rith International is deeply troubled to learn the city government of Frankfurt, Germany, will award University of California, Berkeley, professor Judith Butler with the Theodor...