Tag Archives: holocaust education
B’nai B’rith International CEO to Retire in June
After nearly four decades with the organization, the longtime CEO of B’nai B’rith International plans to step down on June 30 next year.Chevy Chase resident Daniel Mariaschin has served the Jewish professional world for more than 50 years. Read more » »
CEO Op-ed in Algemeiner: Holocaust Remembrance: Responsibilities for All Society
The Algemeiner published an op-ed by B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin about the importance of Holocaust remembrance and important lessons for combating Holocaust denial and distortion. Read in the Algemeiner When I began my career nearly 50 years ago, Holocaust remembrance events were few and far between. 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 » »
Special tribute to Holocaust victims held in Oporto
JNS noted that as part of a special ceremony held at the Holocaust Museum in Oporto, Portugal, honoring the victims of the Nazi genocide of the Jews, a certificate of tribute was presented to museum director Michael Rothwell. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith International Takes Part in High-level Malmö Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Anti-Semitism
(Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2021)–B’nai B’rith International is pleased to have taken part in the historic Malmö Remember-React International Forum, to promote Holocaust Remembrance and combat anti-Semitism. Read more » »
Jewish Community Responds to Educator’s Holocaust Comparison
The Hebrew Watchman (Memphis) included letters from both B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and Memphis-area B’nai B’rith leader Harold I. Steinberg to Germantown Municipal School District superintendent Dr. Jason Manuel in response to a district administrator comparing vaccine papers to yellow stars. Read more » »
Remembrance and Education: Yom HaShoah and the Synagogue in Babyn Yar
Thursday, April 8th, marks the confluence of two significant events – the observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day throughout the Jewish world, and the dedication of a symbolic synagogue at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center near Kyiv, where 33,771 Jews were murdered in a two-day period in late September 1941. 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 » »
Radio Jai – La memoria necesaria, el presente que ataca
In this article for Radio Jai, author and B’nai B’rith International Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn discusses Yom HaShoah. Read more » »
