In 1888, the B’nai B’rith International #Jerusalem Lodge became the first public body in pre-state #Israel to set Hebrew as its official language. Read more » »

We welcome the new national strategy to tackle #antisemitism in #Austria. The new strategy addresses security needs, promises to review educational materials, provides a civil society platform and creates a coordinating office in the Federal Chancellary. Read more » »

We donated B’nai B’rith International #COVID19 relief kits containing face masks and hand sanitizer to Freeport Memorial Library over #MLKDay weekend. Read more » »

Along with other American Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, we sent our warm wishes to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as they were inaugurated as President and Vice President of the United States 🇺🇸 in a peaceful transition of power. Read more in the Algemeiner. Read more » »

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First national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman told #inauguration crowd in her poem quoting the prophet Micha that “none shall be afraid.” We welcome the sentiment. B’nai B’rith International’s None Shall Be Afraid initiative is our signature response to #antisemitism: https: //www.bnaibrith.org/none-shall-be-afraid. Read more » »

Dr. Peter Hotez, vaccine scientist and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks with CEO Dan Mariaschin for a timely conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccine rollout in the United States and about the high-risk category of seniors and how to protect them during this tumultuous time. Dr. Read more » »

40,000 descendants of European Jews saved by Chiune Sugihara are alive today thanks to his brave actions. 🗓 On January 25, together with Combat AntiSemitism, we will honor his bravery with a unique digital reception. Read more » »

Sketches of the trials in the Dreyfus Affair, which is remembered as critical to modern #Jewish history, were acquired by le Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme in #Paris. In Dulwich Picture Gallery in #London, an exhibit of ground-breaking Jewish artist Helen Frankenthaler’s woodcuts can be seen from May through November of this year. Read more » »

Twenty years ago, United Nations delegations in #Durban absurdly condemned #Israel for its “treatment of Palestinians” and assailed it for “the racist practices of Zionism.” Are we headed for a „Durban Déjà vu”? Read more from our Pres. Read more » »