Tag Archives: B’nai B’rith
B’nai B’rith Announces 2023 Sally and George Schneider Scholarship for New York City-area Student – B’nai B’rith International
B’nai B’rith International will award the annual Sally and George Schneider Scholarship to a deserving Jewish female graduate student in the spring of 2023. Applications are now being accepted. Read more » »
Obituary: Moishe Smith, Past President of B’nai B’rith and Longtime Jewish Community Leader – B’nai B’rith International
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A man who made ‘Australia a better place’
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus gave the keynote address at the inaugural Raoul Wallenberg Day event held at St Kilda Town Hall in Melbourne on Sunday. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Remembers AMIA Prosecutor Nisman and Asks for Justice Eight Years After His Death – B’nai B’rith International
Iton Gadol published B’nai B’rith Argentina’s letter (in Spanish) demanding justice for the 2015 death of AMIA prosecutor Dr. Alberto Nisman, and the victims of the 1994 AMIA bombing. Read in Iton Gadol (in Spanish). It has been eight years since the death of Dr. Read more » »
Putting it in Writing – B’nai B’rith International
These past months I have been going through files in preparation for my retirement at the end of December. As there is sand at the beach, there is B’nai B’rith in almost every piece of paper that I have reviewed. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Leadership Forum Focuses on Anti-Semitism and Resilience – B’nai B’rith International
U.S. Anti-Semitism Envoy Deborah Lipstadt Featured Speaker Global anti-Semitism, Israel on the world stage, disaster relief efforts, mental health and aging, and domestic and international policy priorities in the next year were the focus of discussions at the B’nai B’rith International 2022 Leadership Forum, held virtually Dec. 11-12. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Magazine: The Unfinished Quest for Restitution of Jewish Silver Plundered by the Nazis – B’nai B’rith International
Plus: Inclusion; Jews with Disabilities, Beyond Bagels, the Women Who Built Tel Aviv and More! In 1939, Jews in Germany and Austria were ordered to surrender their jewelry, gold, silver and other precious metals to the Nazis. Many items were purchased by the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. Read more » »
Interview with B’nai B’rith CEO: „I Don’t Think I’ve Ever Seen This Amount of Anti-Semitism” – B’nai B’rith International
Iton Gadol interviewed B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin about the alarming rise in global anti-Semitism, our organization’s invaluable voice speaking out on issues impacting Jews and Israel across the globe, his time leading the organization and more. Iton Gadol’s article is in Spanish, but below is the English translation. Read more » »
Today in Jewish History: B’nai B’rith Celebrates 179th Anniversary – B’nai B’rith International
Iton Gadol noted the 179th anniversary of B’nai B’rith International’s founding. Read in Iton Gadol (in Spanish). Read more » »
Award recipients set to travel and learn
B’nai B’rith has recently announced the recipients of the 2022 Bernard J. Lustig Scholarship. Now in its 67th year, the scholarship has been awarded to Rabbi Sammy Brygel (full scholarship), Isabel Gelb (full scholarship) and Rabbi Alon Meltzer (partial scholarship. Read more » »
