Category Archives: B’nai B’rith International
Pro-Israel groups press Congress to help end ‘hateful content’ in UNRWA schools
In a letter to U.S. Congressional leaders, B’nai B’rith International and other pro-#Israel and Jewish organizations urged legislators to pressure the United Nations to end hateful anti-Semitic content found in the curriculum of schools run by UNRWA. More in JNS. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Commemorates Yom HaShoah With Virtual And In-Person Events Around The World
Hosts First-Ever Clubhouse Yom HaShoah Name Reading, Featuring Young LeadersRomanian Ambassador to Israel Radu Ioanid Speaks at Jewish Rescuer Ceremony in Israel(Washington, D.C. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Condemns Teacher’s Union Leader’s Dangerous Characterization of American Jewry
(Washington, D.C., April 8, 2021)—B’nai B’rith President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We vociferously condemn the deeply harmful comments about the Jewish role in school re-openings made by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. Read more » »
WATCH: Howard Mortman, communications director for C-SPAN and author of the timely new book …
WATCH: Howard Mortman, communications director for C-SPAN and author of the timely new book „When Rabbis Bless Congress: The Great American Story of Jewish Prayers on Capitol Hill,” speaks with CEO Dan Mariaschin. Read more » »
Remembrance and education: Yom HaShoah and the Synagogue in Babyn Yar
This Thursday, April 8 – #YomHashoah – a synagogue will be dedicated at the BABYN YAR Holocaust Memorial Center near Kyiv, #Ukraine to commemorate 80 years since the Babyn Yar massacre. Read more » »
Holocaust ceremony to commemorate Jews who saved fellow Jews during WWII
Together with Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund, we’re hosting a joint ceremony on April 8 to commemorate Jews who saved other Jews during the #Holocaust – the only #YomHaShoah event dedicated annually to honoring their heroism. Read The Jerusalem Post / JPost. Read more » »
Congressman Alcee Hastings, after career of triumph, calamity and comeback, dies at 84
We mourn the loss of U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, a vigorous advocate in the fight against anti-Semitism. We were honored to have him speak at our 2004 biennial, as well as at our event in conjunction with the 2005 OSCE conference on #antisemitism and other forms of discrimination in Córdoba, Spain. Read more » »
“All Our Brothers and Sisters: Jews Saving Jews During the Holocaust,” co-edited by B’nai B’rith World Center Director Alan Schneider, Now Available
A new book, co-edited by the director of B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Alan Schneider and dedicated to the stories of Jews who rescued fellow Jews during the Holocaust, is now available through publisher Peter Lang. Read more » »
Remembrance and Education: Yom HaShoah and the Synagogue in Babyn Yar
Thursday, April 8th, marks the confluence of two significant events – the observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day throughout the Jewish world, and the dedication of a symbolic synagogue at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center near Kyiv, where 33,771 Jews were murdered in a two-day period in late September 1941. Read more » »
The B’nai B’rith World Center in #Jerusalem and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL-JNF) will, for the 20th …
The B’nai B’rith World Center in #Jerusalem and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL-JNF) will, for the 20th consecutive year, celebrate the heroism of Jews who rescued fellow Jews during the #Holocaust in a joint Holocaust commemoration ceremony on April 8 – #YomHaShoah. Read more: https: //www.bnaibrith. Read more » »
