Category Archives: World
B’nai B’rith Supports Application of Title VI Civil Rights Law to Jewish People
(Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith applauds President Donald Trump’s anticipated executive order extending federal civil right protections to the Jewish people. Read more » »
ROBERT PARRY: Cheering a ‘Democratic’ Coup in Ukraine
There’s been much celebration in U.S. political and media circles over the violent ouster of Ukraine’s democratically elected president. Nearly everyone is hailing this putsch and ignoring that it was spurred on by neo-Nazi militias, Robert Parry reported on Feb. 26, 2014. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Magazine: Jewish German Fashion Industry Flourished, Then Perished Under Nazi Rule
Winter Issue Also Spotlights: The Tiny Cuban Jewish Community, African Immigrants to Israel, Oil in Chanukah Cooking, And More (Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2019)– In pre-World War II Berlin, Jewish fashion designers were key to Germany’s golden age of fashion. Read more » »
Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019
Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin Participates in Hudson Institute Panel on Eastern Mediterranean
(Washington, D.C., Dec. 9, 2019)–B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin will participate in a panel entitled “U.S. Influence in the Mediterranean: Why It Still Matters” on Dec. 10 at the Hudson Institute in cooperation with the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and B’nai B’rith International. The panel will focus on U.S. Read more » »
Together Against Antisemitism — National Solidarity Rally
Report by Jeremy Havardi Several members of B’nai B’rith UK joined the protest rally against antisemitism that was held on Sunday 8 December in Parliament Square. An estimated three thousand people attended and heard speeches from such luminaries as barrister Richard Rinder, actress Tracey Ann Oberman and historian Tom Holland. Read more » »
Veteran Journalist, Educator Charles Kaufman To Address Fall 2019 Commencement
SAN MARCOS – Charles Kaufman, veteran journalist and faculty member in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will be the keynote speaker at one of six commencement ceremonies to be held at Texas State University on Dec. 13-14 in the University Events Center. Kaufman will speak during the 2 PM ceremony Dec. Read more » »
Presidents on Jewish Persecution & the State of Israel
The Play, „Fiddler on the Roof,” recounts the story of Jewish persecution in Eastern Europe and Russia. President Abraham Lincoln, shortly after he signed the Emancipation Proclamation, met with Canadian Christian Zionist, Henry Wentworth Monk regarding the oppression of the Jews in Russia and Turkey. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Distributes Pittsburgh Healing Fund to Synagogue Shooting Victims
(Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2019)–On behalf of the B’nai B’rith International Pittsburgh Healing Fund, Executive Board of Directors member and Pittsburgh native Steve Smiga, who serves as regional president, presented a check today for programming for survivors of the horrific attack one year ago at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Read more » »
Ottawa synagogue receives same hate mail seen in other Canadian cities: B’nai Brith
An Ottawa synagogue has been added to the list of Canadian Jewish congregations who have been the target of hate mail in recent days. B’nai Brith Canada says Young Israel of Ottawa has received the same hate mail that has been seen in synagogues in Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton, Kingston, Calgary and Edmonton. Read more » »
