Category Archives: World
B’nai B’rith Opposes House Rule Change to Deny Disability Insurance Funding
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: The 114th U.S. Congress is underway and among its first acts was the adoption of a new rule that will undercut Social Security as a whole and risks steep cuts in Social Security Disability Insurance benefits (DI) by late 2016. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Strongly Condemns Paris Terror Attack on French Satirical Newspaper
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith strongly condemns the terror attack that left at least 12 dead and 10 wounded in the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Three masked gunmen stormed the building seeking out those who worked at the paper. They escaped after hijacking a car. Read more » »
Recap: B’nai B’rith Praises Return Of Alan Gross From Cuba
The start of Chanukah brought the welcome news that Alan Gross was returning to the United States from Cuba, where he had been held in deteriorating health for five years. Read more »
Odieux attentat terroriste mené contre le siège de la rédaction de Charlie Hebdo
Le B’nai B’rith France condamne fermement l’odieux attentat terroriste mené contre le siège de la rédaction de Charlie Hebdo qui a fait au moins 12 morts L’attaque terroriste ayant coűté la vie à au-moins douze personnes dans les locaux du journal Charlie Hebdo est une abomination. Read more » »
JPost: Venezuelan Government Doing Little To Curb Anti-Semitism
Comments made by B’nai B’rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin were featured in a Jerusalem Post article on the unchecked rise of anti-Semitism in Venezuela. Read more » »
JNS: B’nai B’rith Questions HarperCollins’ Initial Map Defense
B’nai B’rith International made our first statement of 2015 , denouncing the decision by publisher HarperCollins to sell sans Israel maps to Middle East vendors, in the name of „local preference.” HarperCollins initially defended the decision, but later back-tracked and apologized. Read more » »
Bonne et heureuse année 2015
« Le véritable voyage de découverte ne consiste pas à chercher de nouveaux paysages, mais à avoir de nouveaux yeux » Marcel Proust Au nom du Bureau National du B’nai B’rith France et en mon nom personnel, je vous présente ainsi qu’à tous ceux qui Read more » »
Publisher’s Omission Of Israel From Map Is Outrageous And Dangerous Pandering
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: The omission of Israel from maps publisher HarperCollins is selling to Middle East schools is an outrageous effort to insert a political agenda into an educational tool. This exclusion will only reinforce the insular teachings of Israel’s many foes that Israel has no right to be. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Deplores PA Approach to International Criminal Court as Grave Undermining of Peace
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International strongly condemns Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’s reported unilateral application to some 20 international bodies, including the membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Read more » »
JNS: B’nai B’rith Commends U.N. Security Council Vote On Israel
A vote by the United Nations Security Council brought positive news for Israel, as a Palestinian proposal to force Israel out of the West Bank by 2017 and create a Palestinian state based on pre-1967 lines was rejected. B’nai B’rith International commended the efforts of the Security Council, which fell one vote short of passage. Read more » »
