Category Archives: World

B’nai B’rith calls on court not to ‘abet political prosecution of Israel’

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B’nai Brith célèbre les gagnants de la Diversité Parmi Nous 2023

CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH Earl Barish, sponsor principal du concours de création littéraire la Diversité Parmi Nous, félicite Amelie Snowdon, gagnante du premier prix. Read more » »

B’nai Brith Celebrates Diverse Minds 2023 Winners

Cliquez ici pour le français Earl Barish, Diverse Minds Creative Writing Competition national sponsor, congratulates first-prize winner Amelie Snowdon. September 13, 2023 WINNIPEG – B’nai Brith Canada is delighted to congratulate the latest winners of its exciting educational initiative, the Diverse Minds Creative Writing Competition. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith calls on court not to ‘abet political prosecution of Israel’ – JNS.org

(September 13, 2023 / JNS) A panel of legal experts discussed why B’nai B’rith International regards a referral by the U.N. General Assembly to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, as constituting an “unjustified and deeply unhelpful” step away from potential peace in the Middle East. Read more » »

OPINION: More sanctions not proscription for Iran – a bad year for the Foreign Office

As we approach Rosh Hashanah, Jewish and Zionist organisations are likely to be reflecting on all they have achieved over the past year. Successes will rightly be celebrated, with key lessons being identified so that we can apply them to our work over the next year. Read more » »

Charity, City Reach Settlement `In Principle’ of Building Dispute – MyNewsLA.com

Catholic Charities Inc. and the city of Los Angeles have reached a settlement “in principle” of a legal dispute in which the organization sought a court order allowing it to tear down a 100-year-old Westlake District building it purchased in 2018, but had allegedly been prevented from doing so on historical and later environmental grounds. Read more » »

Aid to the Palestinian Authority: what is the foreign office trying to hide?

By: Jeremy Havardi, director of B’nai B’rith The foreign secretary, James Cleverly, had numerous issues to discuss with his counterparts while visiting Israel and the Palestinian Territories this week. As always, security would have been high on the agenda. Read more » »

70 Years of Bringing Shofar to the Streets

by Dovid Margolin and Menachem Posner – chabad.org Since the beginning of Jewish history, the symbol of the High Holidays has been the shofar, the ancient curved instrument used to inaugurate the Jewish New Year. Read more » »

The ADL betrays history and the people it pledges to protect – JNS.org

(September 12, 2023 / JNS) The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 by the B’nai B’rith following the lynching of Leo Frank. Its founding charter gives as its prime directive “to stop by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people. Read more » »

Terrorism Expert Emanuele Ottolenghi on Iran’s Dangerous Presence in Latin America – B’nai B’rith International

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