Category Archives: World

Santa Barbara’s Latke King

Matt Kettmann Douglas Weinstein prepares latkes for Hanukkah Douglas Weinstein is Making 2,500 Potato Pancakes for Hanukkah Friday, November 30, 2018 “If you’re Jewish and at an event, I probably made the latkes,” Douglas Weinstein told me last week, Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Condemns Annual Litany of Anti-Israel Resolutions at General Assembly

In keeping with the automatic majority enjoyed at the world body by Arab, Muslim and aligned states, the United Nations General Assembly has again repeated an annual ritual of adopting multiple resolutions and reports blindly reflecting only Palestinians’ narrative of their ongoing conflict with Israel. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith UK wishes you a Chag Sameach Chanukah 5779

30/11/2018| Announcements, BBUK, Events, Fund Raising, National News| Alan Miller with his wife Edna wish B’nai B’rith UK along with family and friends a Chag Sameach Chanukah 5779 Edna and I wish all the members of B’nai B’rith UK along with your family and friends a peaceful, healthy and happy festival. Read more » »

Richmond Times-Dispatch – Tommy P. Baer Column: Recent Events Recall Evils of 80 Years Ago

Former B’nai B’rith International President Tommy Baer of Richmond, Virginia wrote this column for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. To read more first-person accounts of Kristallnacht experiences, including Tommy Baer’s story, click this link. Hannah Arendt called it the banality of evil. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Condemns Airbnb Decision to Delist Jewish Properties in the West Bank

(Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2018)–B’nai B’rith International President Charles Kaufman and CEO Daniel Mariaschin sent a letter to the CEO of short-term property rental company Airbnb denouncing the company’s decision to delist Israeli properties in the West Bank and calling on Airbnb to reverse its decision immediately. Read more » »

Marc Lamont Hill under fire for blasting Israel, prompts calls for his firing from CNN, Temple U

Fox NewsMarc Lamont Hill under fire for blasting Israel, prompts calls for his firing from CNN, Temple UCleveland Jewish News“It is intolerable that Hill, who describes himself as ‘one of the leading intellectual voices in the country,’ has enjoyed important platforms to spread his ignorant and bigoted views,” said B’nai B’rith. Read more » »

Le Mot du Président du B’nai B’rith France

La résistance juive : leçons de l’histoire pour construire notre avenir Cet édito a été publié dans le numéro d’Actualité Juive du 29 novembre 2018   La fête de Hanoucca que nous allons célébrer symbolise la résistance spirituelle du judaïsme sur l’assimilation grecque. Read more » »

Israel On High Wire As It Charts New Geopolitical Course

With its embrace this week of a strongman in the African country of Chad and its promise to seek more friends in the Arab world, Israel is setting out on a new geopolitical course that is at once thrilling and treacherous — thrilling because of the Read more » »

After CNN Highlights Persistence of Bigotry Against Jews, Network Personality Spouts Anti-Semitism At United Nations Event

B’nai B’rith Urges Dismissal of Marc Lamont Hill Over Call to Erase Israel (Washington, D.C., Nov. Read more » »

Chanukah Greetings

Photo Credit: Jewish Press In one of the many grand coincidences in Jewish history, President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on the 19th of Kislev, a week before Chanukah – which happens to also be the date when, in 1949, Prime Read more » »