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Jewish organizations’ 2022 agenda: Replenish the Iron Dome

The Jerusalem Post spoke with B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin about our organization’s top priorities on Capitol Hill in 2022. Read more » »

AJIRI-BBI op-ed from three former members of Congress: This anti-Israel UN ‘Special Committee’ must be put out of its misery

Three former members of Congress, including Dan Burton and AJIRI-BBI Advisory Board members Eliot Engel and Shelley Berkley, wrote an op-ed on behalf of AJIRI-BBI for the New York Daily News calling for the anti-Israel U.N. ‘Special Committee’ (SCIIHRP) to be voted down once and for all. Read more » »

B’NAI B’RITH WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON COVID-19 RELIEF DEAL

(Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2020)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:  We commend Congress for reaching an agreement on the bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill. Read more » »

B’NAI B’RITH APPLAUDS U.S. SENATE FOR UNANIMOUS PASSAGE OF BILL TO STRENGTHEN FIGHT AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM

(Washington, D.C., Dec. 17, 2020)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:  We applaud the U.S. Senate for unanimously passing the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2019. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Statement on HEROES Act

(Washington, D.C., May 18, 2020)—​B’nai B’rith International is encouraged by the House of Representatives’ passage of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act) to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Applauds Bipartisan Senate Passage of Never Again Holocaust Education Act

(Washington, D.C., May 14, 2020)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan Visits B’nai B’rith Senior Housing in Pennsylvania

REP. CHRISSY HOULAHAN VISITS B’NAI B’RITH SENIOR HOUSING IN PENNSYLVANIA (Washington, D.C., August 16, 2019)–Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Penn.) toured B’nai B’rith House in Reading, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 15. She took a tour of the property that included two sample apartments, the library, the party room, the community room and sun room. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Deplores Pro-BDS Resolution Introduced in House

(Washington, D.C., July 18, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We are outraged by Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) introduction of a pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution in the House of Representatives. Read more » »