B’nai B’rith International elects new president
B’nai B’rith International concluded its Triennial meeting on Jan. 10 with the election of Robert Spitzer as the organization’s new president.
Spitzer, who previously served as senior vice president and chairman of the B’nai B’rith strategic planning...
HaShomer HaChadash Youth Lead 150-Strong Volunteer Effort to Revitalize Kiryat Shmona
Since early this morning, approximately 150 teenagers from the youth movement of the HaShomer HaChadash Organization – the New Movement – have been working tirelessly to clean and restore public spaces in the city...
Felice Gaer, ‘legendary’ human-rights activist, 78
Felice Gaer Baran, a leading advocate of global human rights for decades, died on Nov. 9 after a battle with cancer. She was 78 years old.
Her career was marked by a history of opposing dictatorships and...
Bernie Marcus, billionaire Home Depot founder and Jewish philanthropist, 95
Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, the Jewish billionaire founder of Home Depot who donated extensively to Jewish causes, died in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 95.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called Marcus "a good friend...
Rene Sportes
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of
Rene Sportes Z"L
Wife: Vida
Children: Denise (David) Hanono, Mike (Maggie) Sportes,
Grandchildren: Branon (Kayla), Alex (Leah), Michael, and Rene and
Great-grandchildren: Jack and Lexi.
The funeral...
Former Mossad chief Zvi Zamir dies at 98
Zvi Zamir, the fourth director of Israel's Mossad national intelligence agency, died in Tel Aviv on Jan. 2. He was 98 years old.
Born Zvicka Zarzevsky in 1925 in Lodz, Poland, Zamir immigrated to Israel...
Herb Kohl Z”L, former U.S. Senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner, Dead at 88
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (SDJW)– While Kohls Department Store co-owner Herb Kohl served in the U.S. Senate for four terms, a sign on his door read “The Bucks Stop Here” – a pun on Harry Truman’s...
Isaac Arazi Z’L, 80, head of ‘tiny’ Jewish community in Lebanon
The octogenarian former president of the about 30-strong Jewish community in Lebanon, who had sought to conserve the abandoned Magen Avraham synagogue in central Beirut, died on Dec. 27 and was buried the same...
Masa Israel intros program for Diaspora volunteers during war
The first group of 20 volunteers for a six-week Masa Israel Journey program to assist residents in the country's south arrived this week.
"The new program allows young Jewish adults from around the world to...
Family in Reserves
A basic aspect of life in Israel is the requirement that every adult, whether male or female, must serve in the IDF for a few years upon reaching the age of 18. While serving...