Tag Archives: anti semitism

B’nai B’rith Letter to East Brunswick Board of Education Regarding Anti-Semitic Yearbook Incident – B’nai B’rith International

In response to a Jewish Student Union photo being replaced by a photo of Muslim students in East Brunswick High School’s senior yearbook, B’nai B’rith International sent a letter to East Brunswick (New Jersey) Board of Education President Laurie Read more » »

Letter Sent to the Editor: NYT Guest Piece by UNRWA Chief Defends the Indefensible – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin and AJIRI-BBI Chair Richard P. Schifter sent a letter to the New York Times regarding its recent guest article by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, in which Lazzarini absurdly defends Read more » »

New Book Brings Young Jewish Voices Calling for Equal Human Rights – B’nai B’rith International

In response to the wave of attacks on Jews across the globe and the appropriation of human rights to attack the Jewish State, B’nai B’rith Portugal has published a book written by young Jews from 40 countries around the world highlighting the global Jewish commitment to human rights and the minimizing of the human rights of Jews post-Oct. 7. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Ceremony Recognizes 2024 Diaspora Reportage Award Winners – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem held its annual award ceremony for Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage on May 26 at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. Read more » »

ICC warrants ‘obscene’ say pro-Israel and Jewish groups – B’nai B’rith International

The Jerusalem Post highlighted B’nai B’rith International’s condemnation of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor’s request that the pre-trial chamber of the ICC approve arrest warrants for the prime minister and defense minister of Israel, in its coverage of this issue. Read in the Jerusalem Post. Read more » »

Anti-Semitism is growing in Uruguay and members of the Jewish community express their concern – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn spoke with El País about the sharp rise in anti-Semitism in Uruguay – especially online – since Oct. 7, and the growing concern in the Uruguayan and larger Latin American Jewish community. Read more in El País in Spanish. Read below in English. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Outraged by Seeking of ICC Warrant Against Israeli Leaders – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International condemns in the strongest possible terms the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor’s request that the pre-trial chamber of the ICC approve arrest warrants for the prime minister and defense minister of Israel. Read more » »

Reflections on the 2024 B’nai B’rith Leadership Forum – B’nai B’rith International

By Joshua Levi Steinke, B’nai B’rith member and 2024 Leadership Forum attendee who authored this guest blog about his experience attending our 2024 Leadership Forum. This year I joined my very first B’nai B’rith Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. Read more » »

Jewish American Heritage Month and the crisis of antisemitism | Opinion – B’nai B’rith International

In an opinion piece for JNS, B’nai B’rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin urges Jews in the U.S. to tell our extraordinary story to open and fair-minded Americans – during Jewish American Heritage month and beyond. Read the op-ed at JNS.org. Read more » »

Ideological Holocaust | Opinion – B’nai B’rith International

In an El País op-ed, B’nai B’rith Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn addresses the troubling news that a Uruguayan Israeli professor was prohibited by the state university from teaching classes on laicism because students called him a “Zionist” and a “supporter of the genocide against the Palestinians. Read more » »