Category Archives: World
After 50 years, B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel Mariaschin warns fight against antisemitism continued
After 50 years, B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel Mariaschin warns fight against antisemitism continuedDIASPORA AFFAIRS: B’nai B’rith outgoing CEO Daniel Mariaschin reflects on changes in the Jewish world, after 50 years of advocacy.Daniel S. Read more » »
A First!
I have been fortunate to call B’nai B’rith my work home for almost nine years, and the time has flown by. Throughout my tenure, I have been privileged to attend several “cool” events. Whether it’s visiting Congress or the White House, attending B’nai B’rith programs, or advocating on Capitol Hill, my time here has been marked by opportunities. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith CEO Dan Mariaschin Reflects on His Retirement Announcement | i24NEWS Interview
Play Video WATCH ON YOUTUBE WATCH ON FACEBOOK B’nai B’rith CEO Dan Mariaschin sat down with i24NEWS’s Jewish World Weekly to discuss his decision to retire after 37 years with the organization and 53 years in the Jewish professional world, and to reflect on his time leading B’nai B’rith and what comes next for him. Read more » »
Winter 2025 Issue of B’nai B’rith Magazine Ready to Read
Latest Issue of Award-Winning Magazine Focuses on Unique Stories in the Jewish Sphere The Winter 2025 edition of the award-winning B’nai B’rith Magazine is now available in print and online. Read more »
Opinion: Ruminations on Rabin
A memorial candle lit during a ceremony commemorating the 24th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the president’s residence in Jerusalem on Nov. 10, 2019. Read more » »
Rockville’s Gail Shirazi Marks 50 Years in Israel/Judaica at Library of Congress
Education is in Gail Shirazi’s blood: her mother, father, aunt, daughter, nieces and nephews are all teachers. So it only makes sense that she devotes her days to informing and enlightening others.“Learning, teaching or exposing people to information … really is very rewarding, and when you give back, you get back,” Shirazi said. Read more » »
From Australia’s Jewish past
From Australia’s Jewish pastSydney David Einfeld AO – Politician and Community LeaderSyd – as he was known – was born on 17 June 1909 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, just three weeks after his parents arrived in Australia – hence his name Sydney. He was the son of Deborah and Rabbi Marcus Einfeld, whose family had come from Yaroslaw in Galicia, Poland. Read more » »
‘Jews, we know what you did’: Jewish teens chased in antisemitic attack in Uruguay
After two Jewish teenagers were chased through the streets of Montevideo by young men hurling anti-Semitic slurs, B’nai B’rith International Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn warned that hateful messages circulating on social networks Read more »
Javier Milei Meets with Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar
Argentine President Javier Milei received the B’nai B’rith Award during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Buenos Aires, and later met with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, underscoring his government’s close relationship with Israel. Read more in Spanish in Ámbito Financiero, and in English below. Read more » »
Lone Star of David: How a short-lived plan saw persecuted European Jews reroot in Texas
Lone Star of David: How a short-lived plan saw persecuted European Jews reroot in TexasIn her new book ‘Melting Point,’ Rachel Cockerell chronicles her ancestors’ involvement in an obscure movement – exclusively in their own wordsWhen author Rachel Read more » »
