Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja’afari / APBY: Morgan Chalfant February 26, 2016 1: 40 pmA Jewish human rights group criticized the election of Syria and Venezuela to leadership posts on a United Nations committee focused on human rights, calling it evidence of the „hypocrisy of the U.N. system. Read more » »

Photo: Bulgarian PatriarchyThe Bulgarian Jewish community in Israel has proposed nominating the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for a Nobel Peace Prize for its role in rescuing Jews from the Nazi Holocaust. Read more » »

This is the pro-BDS ad as it appeared in The Los Angeles Times. B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International strongly condemns The Los Angeles Times for publishing a full-page ad that ran on Feb. 24. Read more » »

A GLEN Eira councillor has been censured by fellow councillors for making disparaging remarks in the council chamber about the Jewish community.In a tense council meeting on Tuesday night, Oscar Lobo’s eight fellow councillors unanimously voted to censure him for comments that, in the words of the motion, were „racist and anti-Semitic”. Read more » »

MYSTERY surrounds the imminent visit to Australia of an ultra-nationalist Croatian rock music band whose pro-Nazi material celebrates the far-right Croatian Ustashe movement, with reports that none of the band members have applied for visas yet. Read more » »

A l’initiative du B’nai B’rith France le « WaterLink » voyage d’étude sur l’eau, l’agriculture durable et les énergies renouvelables, s’est déroulé en Israël du 6 au 10 février 2016. Read more » »

The Balkan refugee conference in Vienna, which was held without representatives from the beginning and the end of the refugee route, namely Greece and Germany, made one thing clear: The EU has failed in the refugee crisis, with each member state thinking only of its own interests and attempting to scare away migrants and refugees. Read more » »