Category Archives: World
BBUK AGM – Further News
Dear Members As part of BBUK’s celebrations of the 175th anniversary of the founding of B’nai B’rith, we are delighted that Dan Mariaschin, CEO and executive vice president of B’nai B’rith International, has accepted our invitation to be present at BBUK’s Annual General Meeting at ORT House on Sunday, 3 June from 10.45am to 4pm. Read more » »
Jewish Groups Weigh in on Pompeo for Secretary of State
Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Mike Pompeo {Originally posted to the JNS website} Major American Jewish organizations are pleased by the nomination of CIA director Mike Pompeo to succeed Rex Tillerson as U.S. Read more » »
Security by assassinations
From time to time, a book comes along that does much to shed light on a vexing issue. One such book is the recently released Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations by Ronen Bergman (Random House, 2018). Read more » »
Malcolm Hoenlein says his role with Israeli gas giant is ‘completely transparent’
Malcolm Hoenlein, center, the executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and Stephen Greenberg, right, its chairman, meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, February 9, 2016. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Delegation Advocates For Israel And Human Rights At UNHRC In Geneva
Participants in our mission to the UNHRC met with Margret Mary Lungu Kaemba, Chargé d’affaires of Zambia. B’nai B’rith leaders and volunteers met with Indian Ambassador Rajiv Chander at the UNHRC. Read more » »
Entrepreneurs Support Youth Interactive
Youth Interactive, an after-school program for at-risk youth in Santa Barbara, is not your typical nonprofit, so it was quite fitting that it have an atypical fundraiser. Read more » »
Jewish groups weigh in on Pompeo for secretary of state
(March 15, 2018 / JNS) Major American Jewish organizations are pleased by the nomination of CIA director Mike Pompeo to succeed Rex Tillerson as U.S. secretary of state, and some are expressing hope that Pompeo will reverse Tillerson’s recent decision to side with the PLO in a lawsuit by victims of terrorism. Read more » »
Presidents Conference ‘Transparency’ Questioned After Malcolm Hoenlein Revelations
Two of America’s largest Jewish organizations are raising concerns about Malcolm Hoenlein’s leadership of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in the wake of a Forward report about his undisclosed role on the board of an Israeli gas firm. Read more » »
Edward Jacobson (1891 – 1965)
Eddie Jacobson’s life-long friend Harry Truman was hardly known for fulsome praise. So when Truman described him “as fine a man as ever walked,” it was a tribute not to be taken lightly. Humble and unaffected, Jacobson did not seek out a high place in the world. However when given the chance to act nobly, he did. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Delegation Meets With UNESCO Director-General And Ambassadors To UNESCO To Advocate For Israel
Our delegation at UNESCO in Paris, meeting with Director-General Audrey Azoulay. From Left: B’nai B’rith President Gary P. Saltzman, Azoulay, B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin, B’nai B’rith U.N. Affairs Director David Michaels, Stéphane Teicher, our main UNESCO representative. Read more » »
