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Coverage of 2024 Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony Honoring Jewish Rescuers During the Shoah – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith International has received significant news coverage of its joint Holocaust commemoration ceremony with Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL-JNF) on Yom HaShoah, dedicated annually to honoring the heroism of Jews who rescued fellow Jews during the Holocaust. Read more » »

Why is this Yom HaShoah different from all others? – B’nai B’rith International

Written by Alan Schneider, Director, B’nai B’rith World Center–Jerusalem Even in Israel, which has been tempered by a century of Arab aggression, the horrors of Oct. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith World Center and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael to celebrate heroism of Jewish rescuers during Holocaust

  The B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL-JNF) will hold their 22nd annual joint Holocaust commemoration ceremony on Monday, May 6, Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). The event, taking place at 10 a.m. Read more » »

2024 Jewish Rescuers Citation Recipients – B’nai B’rith International

Recipients of the Jewish Rescuers Citation at the 2024 Yom Hashoah Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony 1. Dr. Vittorio Emanuele Sacerdoti (1915-2000, Italy) along with two non-Jewish Italian doctors, fabricated a fictitious disease called Syndrome K to keep the SS away from Jews who were hiding in a hospital in Rome. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Partners with Yad Vashem as Official North American Sponsor of “Unto Every Person There is a Name” Holocaust Program For 35th Year – B’nai B’rith International

Essential Program Enables Holocaust Victims to be Remembered as Individuals B’nai B’rith is proud to again serve as the North American sponsor of “Unto Every Person There is a Name,” the essential Holocaust remembrance program of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. Read more » »

Linking Holocaust Survivors with Lost Family | The DNA Reunion Project – B’nai B’rith International

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Filmmaker Laura Bialis Talks About Her Documentary „Vishniac” – B’nai B’rith International

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Holocaust Glorification, Distortion and Trivialization Following the Hamas Massacre of October 7 – B’nai B’rith International

Written by B’nai B’rith Director of European Affairs Alina Bricman, this expert analysis is part of the report “The Fragility of Freedom Online: Holocaust Denial and Distortion.” Read the full report here. The Hamas massacre of Oct. Read more » »

Was Oct. 7th a Holocaust? – B’nai B’rith International

Fighting continues to rage in Gaza: rocket barrages on Israeli civilians in the North and the South persist; 136 hostages remain in captivity of Hamas; and some 200,000 Israelis remain internally displaced due to security threats against towns and cities in both regions. Read more » »

Remembering the Holocaust After October 7 – B’nai B’rith International

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