Category Archives: World
B’nai B’rith Sends Aid To Japan Following Devastating Flooding And New Heat Wave
B’nai B’rith International is deploying its Disaster Relief Fund to help the victims of the worst flooding to engulf Japan in decades. At least 210 are confirmed dead, with scores still missing. Compounding the disaster is a heat wave that has gripped the same region impacted by the floods. Read more » »
B’nai Brith asked Trudeau to condemn glorification of Nazis while in Europe
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (2017 Canada Summer Games/CC BY 2.0) B’nai Brith Canada called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to condemn attempts to glorify Nazi sympathizers and distort history, prior to his trip to Latvia and the NATO summit in Brussels. Read more » »
Poland honors satirist who said Jews create anti-Semitism
(JTA) — A Polish satirist who in 2016 made anti-Semitic jokes on television and later accused Jews of fomenting hatred against themselves was awarded his country’s highest distinction for artists. Read more »
PFOP: Bloomington lawyer led fight against anti-Semitism
Bloomington PantagraphPFOP: Bloomington lawyer led fight against anti-SemitismBloomington PantagraphBy this time, Sigmund Livingston was active in Jewish affairs, playing a national role in the Independent Order of B’nai B’rith, a Jewish social and charitable organization also known as the Sons of Israel. In 1908, he headed a standing committee … Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Commends Episcopal Church’s House Of Bishops For Opposing Economic Warfare Against Israel
Other Resolutions, However, Reflect Unjust Narrative Against Jewish StateB’nai B’rith International commends the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops for rejecting an irresponsible and bigoted motion for anti-Israel divestment that the denomination’s House of Deputies passed earlier this week. Read more » »
Conversatorio con Shai Agosin: la situación del antisemitismo en Chile
Conversatorio con Shai Agosin: la situación del antisemitismo en Chile Con una nutrida concurrencia, que reunió a Hermanos de diversas Filiales de B’nai B’rith, se realizó el encuentro y conversatorio con Shai Agosin, Presidente de la Comunidad Judía Read more » »
B’nai B’rith France at the Evian Refugee Conference
In Evian, France, an international conference was held July 11, in remembrance of the July 1938, conference on the topic of assisting the Jewish refugees in Europe, the failure of which, despite the presence of all the allies and before a multitude Read more » »
BBUK Interlodge Quiz Hugely Successful
12/07/2018| BBUK, Fund Raising, Qiryat Gat, Ukraine| BBUK Interlodge Quiz won by Yad B’Yad Lodge Yad B’Yad Regain the Interlodge Quiz Cup The 2018 Interlodge Quiz would not have happened without Maxine Cohen offering to organise the event. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Sends Aid To Help Victims of Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano
B’nai B’rith International tapped its Disaster Relief Fund to help the victims of Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano that decimated the village of El Rodeo. A mix of lava, volcanic gas, rock and ash sped down the mountain more than a week ago at hundreds of miles an hour, trapping residents in cars at they tried to flee and in homes as they sought shelter. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Makes Annual Donations to Israeli Children Who Lost a Parent in Terror Attacks
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Director Alan Schneider presented on Tuesday thousands of Shekels in financial assistance to Israeli children left fatherless in two terrorist attacks earlier this year. Read more » »
