Category Archives: B’nai B’rith International
Jewish Community Responds to Educator’s Holocaust Comparison
The Hebrew Watchman (Memphis) included letters from both B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and Memphis-area B’nai B’rith leader Harold I. Steinberg to Germantown Municipal School District superintendent Dr. Jason Manuel in response to a district administrator comparing vaccine papers to yellow stars. Read more » »
Sharansky, Lévy, Bolton, Stephens, Cotler Headline Televised B’nai B’rith Response to “Durban IV”
“Durban Revisited” – A JBS Series Marking the U.N. Racism Conference’s 20th Anniversary – Tackles Enduring Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism (Washington, D.C. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Raising Funds to Aid Haiti Following Earthquake
(Washington, D.C., August 17, 2021)—B’nai B’rith President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International is opening its Disaster and Emergency Relief Fund to assist those affected by the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14. Read more » »
Coverage of B’nai B’rith Rescuers Citation Presentation in Amsterdam
B’nai B’rith International has received coverage for a Rescuers Citation given to Jewish resistance fighter Henriëtte Pimentel, who saved 600 children in Amsterdam from Nazi death camps. She was honored at the Verzets Resistance Museum 78 years after her death. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Condemns Polish Parliament’s Passage of Law Impeding Restitution of Jewish Property
(Washington, D.C., August 13, 2021)–B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Achim/Gate City Lodge Donates Stuffed Animals to Local Police Department
The B’nai B’rith Achim/Gate City Lodge in Atlanta, Georgia, donated over 200 stuffed animals collected from the community to DeKalb County Police Department through the B’nai B’rith Cares for Kids program. Police officers will carry the stuffed animals in their trunks to give to children they encounter when responding to situations. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Delivers Humanitarian Assistance in Ashdod, Makes Solidarity Visit to Lod
(Jerusalem, August 6, 2021)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin visited the city of Lod, Israel, with B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Director Alan Schneider for a meeting with municipal CEO Aharon Attias. Read more » »
Jews Who Saved Jews… The Hands of Choice – Safed
The Times of Israel (blog) included B’nai B’rith International’s Rescuers Citation, which honors Jews who rescued fellow Jews during the Holocaust, in its coverage of a new memorial sculpture in Safed. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Applauds Appointment of Deborah Lipstadt as Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
(Washington, D.C., July 30, 2021)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We applaud the appointment of Emory University professor and historian Deborah Lipstadt to serve as the State Department’s next special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism. Read more » »
B’NAI B’RITH LATIN AMERICA HOSTS SPANISH-LANGUAGE VIRTUAL PROGRAM ON U.N. DURBAN CONFERENCE
September Summit Will Mark 20th Anniversary of Racism Conference Tarred by Anti-Semitism (Washington, D.C. Read more » »
