Category Archives: World
„Perpetuating Statelessness” – UNRWA its activities and funding
Report by Helene Briskman Director, London Bureau of International Affairs Eve Swabe, Tony Etherton, Tanya Warburg and Helene Briskman of the B’nai B’rith London Bureau of International Affairs recently attended an event at Portcullis House, organised by the Henry Jackson Society in conjunction with the Centre for Near East Research. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Writes Swiss Government, Dismayed by Geneva Conventions Meeting Targeting Israel
B’nai B’rith International sent a letter to Swiss Ambassador to the U.S. Martin Dahinden expressing serious concern over the upcoming meeting of the High Contracting Parties of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Appalled Over Terror Attack on Israeli Embassy Near Athens
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International condemns the latest anti-Israel terror attack, this time at the Israeli embassy in the Athens suburb of Psychiko where men on motorcycles opened fire with Kalashnikov automatic rifles on the front of the building early this morning. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Rio entrega Prêmios da Jornada de Direitos Humanos e Holocausto 2014
No último dia 26 de novembro foram premiadas crianças e jovens por seus brilhantes trabalhos de redação e desenho. Estiveram presentes à solenidade, junto aos professores, coordenadores e diretores das escolas. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith World Center Opens Submissions for 2015 Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in
We are pleased to announce that the submission process for the B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportaǵe in Memory of Wolf and Hilda Matsdorf for 2015 is now open. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Uruguay: Cartoonist Fermin ‘Ombu’ Hontou Presented With Fraternidad Award
Noted cartoonist Fermin Hontou, known by the artistic nickname Ombu, received the 31st annual Fraternidad Award named for Maximo Brenner (Z’L), its founder and former president of B’nai B’rith Uruguay. Some 300 people attended the ceremony at B’nai B’rith Hall in Montevideo. Read more » »
Artist Mordechai Rosenstein opens new ways to experience Hebrew text at …
„Some people call this ‘negative space’ but this is a terrible term. This is space full of possibilities.” Mordechai Rosenstein explains to Maude Dull how the Hebrew letters of her mother’s name can be shaped to evoke things significant in her mother’s life in the outline Dull will color as a gift. Read more » »
Le voyage des blogueurs en Israël approche
A l’heure où l’accès à l’eau potable demeure un défi pour un tiers de la population mondiale, Israël est l’un des leaders mondiaux dans les technologies de l’eau. Read more » »
Lumière, unité et résistance
La fête de Hanoucca porte en elle trois symboles qui pour chacun d’entre nous, en tant que Juifs et en tant que membres du B’nai B’rith, et plus particulièrement encore cette année, revêtent une importance essentielle. Le symbole des lumières tout d’abord. Read more » »
