Category Archives: B’nai B’rith International

Neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement targets Jews on Yom Kippur

Outraged by the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) targeting Jews in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland on Yom Kippur. Anti-Semitic actions took place in more than 20 cities and online. Governments must take swift action, and as in Finland, NRM must be banned. Read more » »

#OTD 79 years ago, the Nazi regime perpetrated one of the biggest massacres of the #Holocaust – …

#OTD 79 years ago, the Nazi regime perpetrated one of the biggest massacres of the #Holocaust – 33,771 brutally killed at Babyn Yar, Ukraine. In the years that followed, nearly 100,000 more were shot in the Kiev ravine. Read more » »

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰? We launched the first Jewish public library in the United States. In January 1852 …

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰? We launched the first Jewish public library in the United States. In January 1852 B’nai B’rith International opened the Maimonides Library on the second floor of the organization’s new Covenant Hall in New York City. Read more » »

YouTube shuts down livestream of US college event honoring Palestinian hijacker

After Zoom prohibited San Francisco State University (SFSU) from hosting terrorist Leila Khaled on its platform, YouTube followed suit and shut down SFSU’s livestream within 30 minutes. We appreciate YouTube swiftly enforcing its policies and refusing to host such hate and #antisemitism. Read more » »

#OTD in 1943 the Vilna Ghetto was liquidated. The day marks National Memorial Day for the Genocide …

#OTD in 1943 the Vilna Ghetto was liquidated. The day marks National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews, in remembrance of the nearly 200,000 who were killed in the #Holocaust. More than 40,000 of them had been in Vilna. May their memory be a blessing. Read more » »

Zoom said to cancel event with Palestinian terrorist hijacker Leila Khaled

Bravo to Zoom for doing the right thing! The platform will prohibit its use when San Francisco State University (SFSU) hosts terrorist Leila Khaled, who is part of the PFLP. In 1970, Khaled took part in hijacking El Al Flight 219. SFSU must live up to the same community standards and cancel the event. Read more » »

Why Is This Night Different? The Abraham Accords

In witnessing the #AbrahamAccords signing, B’nai B’rith President Charles Kaufman feels the winds of change in the Middle East. “[T]he guiding principle offered by the Bahrainis 🇧🇭 and Emiratis 🇦🇪 is peace and prosperity. It is not mere policy. It is a plan already being implemented. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith was honored to host the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the …

B’nai B’rith was honored to host the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the B’nai B’rith convention in 1996. There, she spoke about the five Jewish justices who preceded Justice Breyer and her on the Court. Justice Ginsburg highlighted the relationship between Judaism and the law in the U.S. Read more » »

Supreme Court orders Nordic Resistance Movement banned | News Now Finland

An important decision by Finland’s Supreme Court to uphold a ban on the Nordic Resistance Movement neo-Nazi group. This is a milestone decision: the first time in 40 years Finland has banned a far-right group. Read more » »

#DeleteAntisemitism❌ Being proactive in the fight against #antisemitism is necessary, particularly …

#DeleteAntisemitism❌ Being proactive in the fight against #antisemitism is necessary, particularly given the ease and speed at which it can spread. Therefore, the #DigitalServicesAct must encourage innovative solutions to counter such #hate that focus on education and other preventative strategies, as well as on security and protection. Read more » »