Category Archives: B’nai B’rith International

Anti-racism mustn’t be exploited to foment anti-Semitism | Opinion

„False accusations of ‘Zionist’ racism—along with attempts to preempt pushback by asserting that Jews dismiss all reproach as anti-Semitic—undermine the very cause of fighting bigotry,” our Director of United Nations and Intercommunal Affairs David Michaels writes in Newsweek. Read more » »

❗️HAPPENING SOON❗️ Today at 11:30 ET | 5:30 CET 82 Years Since the November Pogroms – Genocide …

❗️HAPPENING SOON❗️ Today at 11: 30 ET | 5: 30 CET 82 Years Since the November Pogroms – Genocide Prevention: A Collective Responsibility WATCH: https: //facebook.com/bnaibrithinternational/live More info 👇82 Years Since the November Pogroms – Genocide Prevention: a Collective Responsibility 🗓 Monday, November 9 at 11: 30 a.m. ET | 5: 30 p.m. Read more » »

Remembering the 1938 November Pogroms (Kristallnacht) Join Bnai Brith Brasil TODAY at 3 p.m. ET / 5 …

Remembering the 1938 November Pogroms (Kristallnacht) Join Bnai Brith Brasil TODAY at 3 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. BRT, as they commemorate 82 years since Kristallnacht. Special guests include Israeli President Reuven Ruvi Rivlin, a Holocaust survivor’s daughter Judith Scliar, Archbishop of Rio Orani João Tempesta and Judge Denise Levy Tredler. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Congratulates President-Elect Joe Biden

B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:  We congratulate Joe Biden on his election as president of the United States. And we congratulate Kamala Harris on her historic election – as a woman and as a child of immigrants – as vice president. Read more » »

Rabbi Lord Sacks, rabbinical giant of his generation, dies aged 72

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z”ll. Rabbi Sacks was without a doubt one of the most influential Jewish figures of our age. An enduring moral voice, an eminent intellectual and an inspiring leader. Read more » »

Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US

Congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for being elected the next president and vice president of the U.S. 🇺🇸. We wish them well and hope both can unite Americans on many issues, including our support for Israel and our fight against anti-Semitism. Read more » »

Israel – the Middle East’s sole democracy, one of the world’s smallest and most beleaguered nations …

Israel – the Middle East’s sole democracy, one of the world’s smallest and most beleaguered nations – is ritualistically condemned more than all other 192 United Nations member states combined. „For its own sake…it’s time for a new U.N. approach to the Middle East,” writes our Director of U.N. and Intercommunal Affairs David Michaels for Medium. Read more » »

At 75, Time to Shift the U.N.’s Posture on Israel

Medium published an op-ed by B’nai B’rith Director of United Nations and Intercommunal Affairs David J. Michaels on the U.N. at 75 and the need for the world body to shift its approach to Israel-related issues. Read in Medium Last week, the United Nations celebrated its 75th anniversary. Read more » »

Names

„I remember feeling that there was a good deal to consider when I had the chance to select a first name for my children…” Rhonda Love breaks down the significance of names in the latest Expert Analysis blog: https: //bit. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Condemns U.N. Committee’s Rash of Anti-Israel Votes

(Washington, D.C., Nov. 5, 2020)–B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith condemns the decision made by a United Nations committee to pass a resolution referring to the Temple Mount – the holiest site in Judaism – only by its Islamic name. Read more » »