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Jewish Community in Panama Donates Medical Supplies and Beds for COVID-19 Patients
(Washington, D.C., April 23, 2020)—B´nai B´rith teamed up with Jewish organizations in Panama to make a new donation to the Ministry of Health and the Ombudsman Office.The Ministry of Health received 50 donated oximeters, which measure heart rates and the oxygen levels in patients’ blood. Read more » »
Jewish Community of Panama Donates Medical Supplies to Hospitals
(Washington, D.C., April 20, 2020)—B´nai B´rith teamed up with Jewish organizations in Panama to make an urgently needed donation to the Ministry of Health. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Uruguay Donates One Thousand Baskets of Food to Uruguayan Government
(Washington, D.C., April 13, 2020)— In response to the coronavirus pandemic and with the vast majority of the country under quarantine, today B´nai B´rith Uruguay delivered one thousand baskets of food as a donation to the government. Read more » »
B´nai B´rith Attends Installations of New Government Ministers in Uruguay, Interfaith Celebration in the Cathedral of Montevideo With President Luis Lacalle Pou
B’nai B’rith Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn attended several ceremonies in Uruguay where new government ministers were formally installed. Uruguay’s new president, Luis Lacalle Pou, took office on March 1st. Read more » »
Holocaust Remembrance Day Across Latin America
B’nai B’rith Helped Coordinate Events in Various Countries (Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2020)—B’nai B’rith International, in partnership with local Jewish communities, helped coordinate events across Latin America in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Commemorates the 81st Anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass Throughout Latin America
(Washington, D.C., Nov. 20, 2019)–Throughout November, B’nai B’rith International held commemorations across Latin America to remember Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass. In 1938, on Nov. Read more » »
Latin American Journalists Travel to Israel With B’nai B’rith: Trip Fosters Greater Understanding of Successes and Challenges in the Jewish State
Fourteen journalists from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil and Panama traveled to Israel with B’nai B’rith from Sept. 20th to Sept. 27th to gain a better understanding of the Jewish state and the most pressing issues in the region. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith International Director of Latin American Affairs Speaks to World Zionist Organization Conference on Anti-Semitism
B’nai B’rith International Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn spoke at the World Zionist Organization’s (WZO) Latin American Conference on Anti-Semitism in Santiago, Chile. The conference was held from Sept. 6 to Sept. 8. Kohn delivered a presentation on “Anti-Semitism in Latin America and the Contexts Around It. 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 » »
