Category Archives: B’nai B’rith International

Anti-Semitism is growing in Uruguay and members of the Jewish community express their concern – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn spoke with El País about the sharp rise in anti-Semitism in Uruguay – especially online – since Oct. 7, and the growing concern in the Uruguayan and larger Latin American Jewish community. Read more in El País in Spanish. Read below in English. Read more » »

Eylon Levy To Deliver Keynote Address at B’nai B’rith World Center 2024 Journalism Awards; Singer Ilanit To Receive Citation – B’nai B’rith International

Journalism Award Winners: Elad Simchayoff (Channel 12 News) and Canaan Lidor (The Times of Israel) Eylon Levy, former Israeli Government spokesperson, will deliver the keynote address, “A National Home on a Hostile Frontier” at the B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Awards for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage for 2024. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Outraged by Seeking of ICC Warrant Against Israeli Leaders – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International condemns in the strongest possible terms the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor’s request that the pre-trial chamber of the ICC approve arrest warrants for the prime minister and defense minister of Israel. Read more » »

Reflections on the 2024 B’nai B’rith Leadership Forum – B’nai B’rith International

By Joshua Levi Steinke, B’nai B’rith member and 2024 Leadership Forum attendee who authored this guest blog about his experience attending our 2024 Leadership Forum. This year I joined my very first B’nai B’rith Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. Read more » »

Anti-Semitic Protests on American College Campuses & More | CEO Dan Mariaschin Interview with George Korda on WOKI-FM – B’nai B’rith International

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Jewish American Heritage Month and the crisis of antisemitism | Opinion – B’nai B’rith International

In an opinion piece for JNS, B’nai B’rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin urges Jews in the U.S. to tell our extraordinary story to open and fair-minded Americans – during Jewish American Heritage month and beyond. Read the op-ed at JNS.org. Read more » »

Ideological Holocaust | Opinion – B’nai B’rith International

In an El País op-ed, B’nai B’rith Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn addresses the troubling news that a Uruguayan Israeli professor was prohibited by the state university from teaching classes on laicism because students called him a “Zionist” and a “supporter of the genocide against the Palestinians. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Condemns U.N. General Assembly Vote on Palestinian Statehood – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International condemns the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA)’s passage of a resolution endorsing Palestinian full membership in the organization and giving enhanced privileges to the Palestinian delegation. Read more » »

Coverage of 2024 Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony Honoring Jewish Rescuers During the Shoah – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith International has received significant news coverage of its joint Holocaust commemoration ceremony with Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL-JNF) on Yom HaShoah, dedicated annually to honoring the heroism of Jews who rescued fellow Jews during the Holocaust. Read more » »

Why is this Yom HaShoah different from all others? – B’nai B’rith International

Written by Alan Schneider, Director, B’nai B’rith World Center–Jerusalem Even in Israel, which has been tempered by a century of Arab aggression, the horrors of Oct. Read more » »