Category Archives: B’nai B’rith International
B’NAI B’RITH RAISING FUNDS TO ASSIST THOSE AFFECTED BY TORNADO OUTBREAK
Offering $5,000 in Matching Funds (Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 2021)–B’nai B’rith President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »
Dir. of Legislative Affairs Op-ed in the Algemeiner: Time for a New Chapter in German-Israeli Relations
The Algemeiner published an op-ed by Eric Fusfield, B’nai B’rith director of legislative affairs and deputy director of the B’nai B’rith International Center for Human Rights and Public Policy, calling for Germany to reassert its position as Israel’s leading defender in Europe in the face of rising anti-Israel sentiment. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Announces 2022 Sally and George Schneider Scholarship for New York City-Area Student
(Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2021)–B’nai B’rith International will award the annual Sally and George Schneider Scholarship to a deserving Jewish female graduate student in the spring of 2022. Applications are now being accepted. Read more » »
AJIRI-BBI op-ed from three former members of Congress: This anti-Israel UN ‘Special Committee’ must be put out of its misery
Three former members of Congress, including Dan Burton and AJIRI-BBI Advisory Board members Eliot Engel and Shelley Berkley, wrote an op-ed on behalf of AJIRI-BBI for the New York Daily News calling for the anti-Israel U.N. ‘Special Committee’ (SCIIHRP) to be voted down once and for all. Read more » »
Special tribute to Holocaust victims held in Oporto
JNS noted that as part of a special ceremony held at the Holocaust Museum in Oporto, Portugal, honoring the victims of the Nazi genocide of the Jews, a certificate of tribute was presented to museum director Michael Rothwell. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Magazine: Israeli TV Finds a Global Audience Thanks To Streaming Services and Powerful Storytelling
Winter Issue Also Explores the History and Evolution of Jewish Languages (Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2021)—Israeli TV shows are being picked up by streaming services and winning a wide acceptance with global audiences. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Latin America Commemorates 83rd Anniversary of Kristallnacht
(Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2021)—B’nai B’rith Latin America is commemorating the anniversary of the Nazi Pogrom of November 1938, also known as Kristallnacht/Pogromnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, during the month of November. Some ceremonies were held virtually. B’nai B’rith events in Panama and Uruguay were in person. Read more » »
B’NAI B’RITH COLLECTING JEWISH WWII SOLDIERS’ PROFILES AND STORIES FOR ISRAEL’S MUSEUM OF THE JEWISH SOLDIER IN WWII
Project to Recognize and Honor Jewish Service People (Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 2021)–B’nai B’rith President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith New Zealand Commemorates 60th Anniversary
B’nai B’rith International President Charles Kaufman Gives Keynote Address AUCKLAND, New Zealand — B’nai B’rith New Zealand leaders from across the country took a trip down memory lane Nov. 7 to celebrate the global organization’s 60th anniversary in the land of the long white cloud. Read more » »
US Jewish Groups Call for ‘Overdue’ Confirmation Hearing of State Dept. Antisemitism Envoy
The Algemeiner included our statement prominently in its coverage of American Jewish organizations calling for the swift confirmation of Deborah Lipstadt serve as the next U.S. anti-Semitism envoy. Read more » »
