Category Archives: World

Jewish Broadcasting Service: Coverage Of B’nai B’rith’s Disaster Relief Fund Opening

The Jewish Broadcasting Service covered the opening of B’nai B’rith International’s Disaster Relief Fund to support communities impacted by the California wildfires and the eruption of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Read more » »

Allentown Congressional Candidates Visit Low-Income Seniors At B’nai B’rith Apartments

​Republican Congressional candidate Marty Nothstein and Democratic Congressional candidate Susan Wild toured one of B’nai B’rith International’s housing facilities for low-income senior citizens to meet with residents and discuss the critical importance of housing for adults with limited means. Read more » »

Paraguay’s Reversal Of Embassy Move To Jerusalem Disconcerting

B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:  ​The decision by Paraguay to reverse itself and now move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem back to Tel Aviv is deeply disconcerting. Read more » »

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 » »