Category Archives: World

New Quebec government plans to ban public servants from wearing kippas

MONTREAL — Quebec’s incoming government wants to ban some public servants from wearing religious symbols to work, spurring concerns from Jewish groups. The proposed ban by the Coalition Avenir Québec government is ostensibly to make the Canadian province’s public institutions more secular and religiously “neutral. Read more » »

Dragin, Joan

Cleveland Jewish NewsDragin, JoanCleveland Jewish NewsA member of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, Joan was involved in B’nai B’rith Women and the Mandel Jewish Community Center. Joan loved to play cards and go to lunch with her friends. She had a great sense of humor and family was of the utmost … Read more » »

Nikki Haley, strong advocate for Israel on world stage, resigns as ambassador to UN

Nikki Haley, strong advocate for Israel on world stage, resigns as ambassador to UNCleveland Jewish News“Nikki Haley is a great champion of human rights, of U.N. reform and for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship,” said Daniel S. Mariaschin, executive vice president and CEO of B’nai B’rith International. Read more » »

JNS: Nikki Haley, Strong Advocate for Israel on World Stage, Resigns as Ambassador to UN

Nikki Haley, who has been the face of the Trump administration’s strong stances in support of Israel, has resigned as ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday.A former Republican governor of South Carolina, Haley, who has served as U.N. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Commends U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in Support of Israel at World Body

​B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:   Upon the announcement of her stepping down as the United States ambassador to the United Nations at the end of the year, we Read more » »

Statement from B’nai B’rith Bulgaria

Serge Dahan President of B’nai B’rith Europe supports the position of Bulgarian Lodge regarding the honors confered by Bulgarian Ministry of Defense to former member of pro-facist Union of Bulgarian National LegionsStatement from B’nai B’rith Read more » »

Kiev B’nai B’rith send news to BBUK

08/10/2018| Appeals, BBUK, Charitable Projects, Fund Raising, Kiev Project, Projects, Ukraine| Kiev B’nai B’rith send Rosh Hashanah news to BBUK Dear Malcolm! Thank you very much for you letter. Please, find attached the images of our Lodge’s Rosh Hashanah gathering. The event took place in the Jewish Foundation of Ukraine. Read more » »

Advocacy, Access, Action: B’nai B’rith Spans Three Centuries Doing Good Works

New York’s Lower East Side. 1843. It’s dirty. It’s crowded. Conditions are not great for Jewish immigrants. Into that scene arrives 12 German Jews who meet at a beer hall — Sinsheimer’s Café — to discuss ways to make their lives and the lives of their families and the greater Jewish community, better in their new country. Read more » »

Topsfield’s top dog

The Salem NewsTopsfield’s top dogThe Salem NewsTOPSFIELD — When the Topsfield Fair general manager and board of directors set out to find a special event to mark its 200th anniversary, food seemed like a good theme — it being a country fair and all — so they went with the fair’s first-ever hot … Read more » »

Le Bnai Brith « se réserve » le droit de porter plainte contre le CFTC Loire

L’association juive B’nai Brith France a annoncé dimanche « se réserver le droit de porter plainte » contre la branche locale de la Loire du syndicat CFTC de la Loire. Ce dernier a partagé sur LinkedIn un article du site Démocratie participative, déjà épinglé à plusieurs reprises pour son antisémitisme outrancier. Read more » »