Category Archives: B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith Outraged by Barcelona Proposal to End Friendship Agreement with Tel Aviv – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith International President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: In 1998, Barcelona and Tel Aviv signed a friendship and cooperation agreement, which cemented the ties between these two wonderful Mediterranean cities. Read more » »

New US Congress to be sworn in – what’s on Jewish orgs’ agenda? – B’nai B’rith International

The Jerusalem Post spoke to B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin about B’nai B’rith’s priorities for the 118th Congress for its article on Jewish organizations’ plans for this new, divided Congress. Read in the Jerusalem Post. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith denounces UN’s referral of Israel to the International Court of Justice – B’nai B’rith International

JNS covered our statement condemning the U.N. General Assembly’s request that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) address the legality of Israeli policies in Palestinian-claimed territories. Read in JNS. (January 2, 2023 / JNS) B’nai B’rith International condemned the U.N. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Denounces U.N. Referral of Israel to ICJ: ‘Are No Palestinian Actions Deserving of Scrutiny?’ – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith International condemns the U.N. General Assembly’s (UNGA) request that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) address the legality of Israeli policies in Palestinian-claimed territories. The referral, endorsed by a UNGA committee in November, has now been rubberstamped by the assembly’s plenary. Read more » »

What Does a Divided Congress Mean for Israel-related Issues? – B’nai B’rith International

The Jerusalem Post interviewed and quoted B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin about what a divided U.S. Congress (and a new Israeli government) means for Israel-related issues. Read in The Jerusalem Post. After two years in which both chambers of U.S. Read more » »

CEO and U.N. Affairs Dir. Op-ed in JPost: Discrimination, Demonization and Delegitimization Has No Place at the U.N. – B’nai B’rith International

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Putting it in Writing – B’nai B’rith International

These past months I have been going through files in preparation for my retirement at the end of December. As there is sand at the beach, there is B’nai B’rith in almost every piece of paper that I have reviewed. Read more » »

Social Security COLA Hopes to Ease Burden on Seniors – B’nai B’rith International

In October the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that, starting in January 2023, recipients will receive an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Over the past 20 years, the COLA has increased benefits about 2.5% a year. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Commends Removal of Iran from U.N. Commission on Status of Women – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith International, whose dedicated Office of United Nations Affairs has led Jewish communal engagement with the U.N. for decades, strongly commends the world body’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for removing Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of a term that was to continue until 2026. Read more » »

15 Jewish Holocaust Rescuers to be Recognized with the Jewish Rescuers Citation – B’nai B’rith International

The B’nai B’rith World Center and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust have announced that they will bestow their joint Jewish Rescuers Citation on 15 nominees, all of them posthumously. Read more » »