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B’nai B’rith Remembers Habib Elghanian
Iranian Jewish Leader Executed by Iran in State-Sponsored Killing May 10, 1979(Washington, D.C., May 10, 2022)—B’nai B’rith President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: Today we pause to remember Habib Elghanian, a victim of Iran’s brutal state-sponsored regime, killed on this date in 1979. Read more » »
He helped save 10,000 Jews from the Nazis; his family only found out 63 years later
Adi Daliot was in his 60s when he found out that his father, Hubert Pollack, helped save over 10,000 Jews in Nazi Germany during the years leading up to the Holocaust. Sworn to secrecy by his co-conspirator, Jewish Anglo-German philanthropist Wilfrid Israel, Pollack kept his story quiet — even from his family. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Aid to Ukraine: Shipment of Medical Supplies to Lviv, Help for Refugees
(Washington, D.C., March 15, 2022)–B’nai B’rith President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: Since Moscow began its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Ukraine Briefing – a Note from our President and our CEO
Dear Friends,As we enter a second Shabbat since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we are focused on the devastating humanitarian crisis unfolding there.With more than a million refugees so far, the mass exodus is frighteningly reminiscent of the refugee crisis across Europe during World War II. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Expresses Profound Dismay Over Russia Invasion of Sovereign Ukraine
Supports Fundraising Efforts to Aid Jewish Communities(Washington, D.C., Feb. 24, 2022)—B’nai B’rith President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We are deeply dismayed by Russia’s invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Read more » »
New German Foreign Minister, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and European Commission Vice President Address B’nai B’rith Holocaust Remembrance Day Event
“Holocaust Remembrance: Responsibilities For All Society” (Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2022)—In her first major address before an international Jewish audience since starting her new role, Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock delivered a Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Hosts 2-Part Virtual Series, Hezbollah: Sowing Global Terror
Part 1: AMIA in Advance of 27th Anniversary of Deadly Terror Attack in Buenos AiresPart 2: Shared Threads: AMIA, Burgas and Other Global Terror Attacks (Washington, D.C., July 16, 2021)—B’nai B’rith International hosted a two-part virtual series—Hezbollah: Sowing Global Terror—in advance of the anniversaries of two deadly attacks on Jews. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Co-Sponsors NO FEAR Rally in Washington, D.C. to Combat Anti-Semitism
(Washington, D.C., July 11, 2021)—B’nai B’rith President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: As co-sponsors of today’s NO FEAR: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People, in Washington, D.C. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Welcomes Report That U.S. Will Not Participate in U.N. Event Commemorating Notorious Durban Conference
On August 31, B’nai B’rith Will Lead Communal Response to 20th Anniversary of Event Poisoned by Anti-Semitism(Washington, D.C., May 3, 2021)—B’nai B’rith President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »
