Category Archives: World

Κοινή επίσκεψη των AHEPA, AHI και Εβραϊκών Οργανώσεων σε Ελλάδα, Κύπρο και Ισραήλ

Επίσκεψη της αντιπροσωπείας των ΑΗΕΡΑ, ΑΗΙ, B’nai B’rith και Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations στο Μέγαρο Μαξίμου τον Ιανουάριο του 2016. ΟΥΑΣΙΓΚΤΟΝ. Read more » »

Turistas fueron rechazados en un hostel de Valizas por ser israelíes

Una pareja de israelíes veinteañeros que estaban viajando por América del Sur hizo una reserva en el hostel Buena Vista de Valizas, Rocha. La reserva fue realizada a través del sitio web Booking, pero los jóvenes nunca pudieron hospedarse porque el dueño les canceló la reserva. Read more » »

Detroit Jewish News: Looking back at its Jan. 8, 1943 Issue

This Detroit Jewish News article, which looks back upon its Jan. 8, 1943 issue, mentions that issue’s acknowledgment of the 100th anniversary of B’nai B’rith International. The headline, “Spain Balks Escape of Jewish Refugees,” in the Jan. 8, 1943, issue of the JNseemed a lot like the headlines of 1942. Read more » »

JNS.org: Major jewish organizations back israel’s bDS entry Ban, barred groups call it ‘bullying’

JNS.org cited B’nai B’rith International in its coverage of the Israeli government’s action that bars leading individuals in organizations that support the BDS movement from entering Israel. Read more » »

Joint Three-Country Leadership Mission: Jan. 14 To 19, 2018

Leading American Hellenic, American Jewish Groups to Evaluate the Critical and Evolving Relationship Between Greece, Cyprus and Israel The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (Order of AHEPA), the leading membership-based grassroots Read more » »

News

NewsThe Jewish NewsFirst, on the front page, there was a respectful political cartoon about B’nai B’rith. As the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, with a largely American membership, B’nai B’rith was celebrating its 100th birthday. The cartoon depicted one … Read more »

Donor’s Life Defined by Caring for Community

Growing up, Gerson Schwartz would wake up to find that his father had already left for work, and he wouldn’t return until after Schwartz had already gone to bed. Gerson SchwartzHis father took off of work only about one hour every week — to go to synagogue. “We never forgot we were Jewish,” Schwartz said. “It was part of our life. Read more » »

Miriam Kochan obituary

My mother, Miriam Kochan, who has died aged 88, was an inspiring teacher, author and leader in the Oxford Jewish community. She pioneered the ceremony of batmitzvah for girls aged 12 and over in the orthodox Jewish community in the UK. Facing down much resistance from conservative elements, she introduced the ceremony in 1970. Read more » »

Alice Cohn: Jewish Heroine Of The Holocaust

Photo Credit: Jewish Press The family of Alice Cohn accepting a plaque on her behalf. In the Righteous of the Nations feature, we have honored the bravery of remarkable people like Johanna Eck, Mary Elmes, Giorgio Perlasca and Frank Foley who risked their own lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Read more » »

the Times of Israel: How artist beat ‘foolproof’ Nazi system to forge Dutch ID papers, save 350 lives

The Times of Israel cited the awarding of the „Jewish Rescuers’ Citation” by B’nai B’rith International to Alice Cohn, a Jewish artist whose fake ID cards saved hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust. Read more » »