Category Archives: World

ELLIS: Why We Rallied at the Head Office of B’nai Brith

I will give this to Michael Mostyn and his crew at the B’nai Brith: They have mastered the art of the smear. They understand very well that whoever throws the mud first generally wins, no matter what the merits of the argument. B’nai Brith’s latest smear campaign is against the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). Read more » »

In An Exclusive Interview With B’nai B’rith Magazine Sex Therapist Dr. Ruth Chronicles Her Early Years

Famed sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who turned 90 in June, survived the Holocaust by escaping to Switzerland via a Kindertransport from Nazi-occupied Germany. Westheimer remained in a children’s home until the war’s end. Amazingly after that, she fought in the Israeli army for Israel’s independence. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith CEO Gives Keynote Address At Sparta-Israel Conference

​B’nai B’rith International Executive Vice President and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin gave the keynote address at the Sparta-Israel Conference, which was sponsored by the Greek branch of B’nai B’rith and the Greek-Israeli Cooperation Institute, and held from Sept. 2-4 in Sparta. Read more » »

Shana Tova Happy and sweet new year

B’nai B’rith Europe President Serge Dahan wishes you and your loved ones Shana Tova Happy and sweet new yearDear Friends,On my behalf and on behalf of the Executive Committee of B’nai B’rith Europe,I convey to you my good wishes for the year 5779. Read more » »

What Israel Needs From American Jews

In recent years, large swaths of American Jewry have become disappointed with Israel, although often for reasons tangential at best to the fundamental problem: the treatment of the Reform and Conservative communities, for example, or the Kotel Read more » »

Fair celebrates 200 years with human cannonball, hot dog eating contest

The Salem NewsFair celebrates 200 years with human cannonball, hot dog eating contestThe Salem NewsAnd, for the first time in the fair’s 200-year history, or at least for the first time in the B’nai B’rith Booth’s 58-year history, the B’nai B’rith Booth and Freedman Financial will feature a hot dog eating contest. Read more » »

Post-Tribune bowling scores

Post-Tribune bowling scoresChicago TribuneSunday B’nai B’rith: Dennis Brotsche 626. Sunday AM Doubles: Nick Garreffa 823; Brandon Goeringer 748; Willie Thomas 696. Sunday Afternoon Mixed: (M) Edmond Bunton 757; Dorian Bolton 740; Dee Bunton 725; (W) Brenda Johnson 697; Sylvia Gant … Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Leader Featured in The Hebrew Watchman

Harold “Hesch” Steinberg, current Disaster Relief Committee chair of B’nai B’rith International, was featured in a recent issue of The Hebrew Watchman. Read about his volunteer work below. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Opens Disaster Relief Fund For California Wildfire And Hawaii Volcano Victims

B’nai B’rith International has opened its Disaster Relief Campaign to assist in two domestic disasters. Read more »

Kazzie Mike Zervos to lead fight against discrimination

A past vice-president of the Kastellorizian Association of Victoria has been appointed as the first CEO of Courage to Care, a charity initiative under the auspices of NGO B’Nai B’rith, which aims to educate younger generations on the dangers of prejudice, racism and bullying. Read more » »