Category Archives: World
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 » »
The Jerusalem Post – Grapevine: A smoke-screen trip?
The Jerusalem Post covered the posthumous awarding of two Jewish Rescuers Citations by B’nai B’rith International’s World Center-Jerusalem. Read more » »
Ethnos – Greek-Israeli relations in retrospect
Ethnos covered the first Israel-Hellenic Forum, which took place in Jerusalem in November and which was organized by B’nai B’rith International. Read on Ethnos. Read more » »
JNS – Belgian town forfeits UN heritage status to keep parade featuring anti-Semitic float
JNS.org covered B’nai B’rith International’s response to the news that the Belgian town of Aalst will remove itself from UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list due to its inclusion of an anti-Semitic float during its carnival in March of 2019. read on JNS. Read more » »
Brooke Goldstein Upholds the Civil Rights of Jews
When Brooke Goldstein was in her third year at Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, her graduation was almost delayed because she had to skip so many classes. At the time, she was in the midst of filming a documentary on terrorist groups that recruit children for suicide bombings. Read more » »
JBS News Update – B’nai B’rith International among Organizations Condemning Anti-Semitic Float at Carnival in Aalst, Belgium
B’nai B’rith International is the Global Voice of the Jewish Community. The following highlights stories, around the world, where our leadership has been quoted. Op-eds are published with full text and excerpts from stories are included with links back to the full article. All rights reserved. Read more » »
United Nations Holds Biased Session to Mark International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People
(Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: At today’s annual United Nations General Assembly observance of the U.N. Read more » »
HEADLINES FROM THE ARCHIVES
By Staff | on December 04, 2019 100 years ago: December 4, 1919 Max Epstein Gives $50,000 to Harvard As Tuition Raised from $150 to $200 per annum Boston Jews Observe Protest Day for Massacred Jews in Ukraine 75 years ago: December 7, 1944 B’nai Read more » »
Grapevine: A smoke-screen trip?
Gershman, whose focus was on people doing good, said that he was disturbed by the growing paranoia in the world with regard to Muslims. ARCHBISHOP PIERBATTISTA PIZZABALLA, apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, speaks at the Italian Synagogue in Jerusalem at the ceremony honoring Jews who saved Jews. Read more » »
