Category Archives: B’nai B’rith International
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 » »
Disney Channel Replaces ‘Jerusalem’ With ‘Holy Land’ in Passover PSA
We called out Disney Channel for its Passover PSA that replaced the traditional Jewish phrase “Next year in Jerusalem” with “Next year in the Holy Land” because it is a deliberate negation of #Jerusalem as the eternal Jewish capital. Read more » »
Together with Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem, we commemorate those who perished in …
Together with Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem, we commemorate those who perished in the Holocaust. Join us this Thursday, April 8 at 11 a.m. ET, Yom HaShoah, as we read the names of #Holocaust victims during our „Unto Every Person There Is A Name” ceremony. Register now: https: //us02web.zoom. Read more » »
For Passover, local Jewish leaders reflect on recent hardship, hope — and Zoom
„There were many times in history when the reading of the story of the Exodus from Egypt was prohibited,” said B’nai B’rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin. „To be able to sit at the table and read the story in freedom…is something we have to be grateful for. Read more » »
