Category Archives: World
B’nai B’rith Writes U.N. Secretary-General Over Recommendation to List Israel with the Taliban, ISIS
B’nai B’rith International has written U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon concerning the absurd recommendation by U.N. Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui to place Israel on the list of entities that regularly and systematically harm children in conflict situations. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Disaster Relief Fund Opened For Victims Of Texas Floods
Responding to this week’s heavy flooding in central Texas that killed at least 19 and caused millions of dollars in damage, B’nai B’rith International opened it’s Flood, Tornado and Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund to assist the victims and rebuild.News of the announcement was covered by JNS.org and the Baltimore Jewish Times . Read more » »
Treasured Jewish Art Collection Heads to Cincinnati
The saga of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick Museum’s confinement has finally come to an end. The esteemed Washington collection of more than 1,500 Jewish works spanning ancient to modern times was put into storage in 2002 — a victim of the fading fortunes Read more » »
Athen’s lodge visit to the Jewish community of Trikala, Greece
„B’nai B’rith Lodge „Filon” Athens has organized over long weekend’s International Labor day (1/5/2015) a visit to the historical Jewish community of the city of Trikala, located in central mainland, Greece. The venue was part of our long standing solidarity visits to small communities all over the country. Read more » »
Disaster Relief on the Way for Houston
It has been more than 36 hours after massive flooding crippled parts of Texas and Oklahoma and Jewish organizations in Houston are beginning to evaluate the impact of the storm in order to determine which areas are in need of assistance. Read more » »
El Pais: „Vemos Con Alarma Este Brote Antisemita” (Español)
Introducción de Española: Director for Latin America of B’nai B’rith denounced the alarming rise of anti-Semitism that is occurring in Western countries. Read more » »
Kingsway Regional High School Student Wins Southern New Jersey Diverse Minds Youth Writing Challenge
Book Writing Contest Focusing on Tolerance and Diversity The winner of this year’s Diverse Minds Youth Writing Challenge in southern New Jersey is „Lilly & Sully” written and illustrated by Julia Mallon from Kingsway Regional High School in Mount Royal, N.J. Read more » »
From Malmö: Reaction to the vandalization of an exhibition on White Busses
Malmö 2015-05-11 In view of the vandalized exhibition on the white buses. The exhibition on the white buses have been vandalized in Gothenburg during the night of Saturday, one becomes despondent says project manager Michael Ringlander. Read more » »
Letter of protest concerning Kavala Holocaust Memorial by Malmö Lodge
B’nai B’rith Malmölogen har skickat ett brev till Greklands Ambassad i Stockholm. Malmö 2015-05-22 Embassy of the Hellenic Republic, Greece FAO: Charge’ d’ affaires Despina KoukoulopoulouKommendörsgatan 16 114 48 Stockholm Sweden Dear Charge’ d’ affaires Mrs. Read more » »
Bridges of Tolerance
B’nai Brith Europe & B’nai B’rith Dr. Moses Rosen present : Inauguration of the „Bridges of Tolerance” project on Holocaust Education, June 3 to 5 2015, Bucharest Read more »
