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B’nai B’rith Releasing Series of Video Testimonies in Response to Latest Anti-Israel U.N. Commission

(Washington, D.C., May 23, 2022)–B’nai B’rith President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: In a response to the forthcoming first report by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) latest Read more » »

Repudiating the Apartheid Slander Against Israel; New B’nai B’rith Report Available Now

(Washington, D.C., May 19, 2022)–B’nai B’rith International today launched the first part of its groundbreaking report, “The Apartheid Slander Against Israel and the Ideological Distortion of Human Rights,” responding to the dangerous and false accusation that Israel is an “apartheid state. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Appreciates Sen. Bob Menendez’s “Dear Colleague Letter” Advocating Funds for Affordable Senior Housing

B’nai B’rith appreciates a “Dear Colleague” letter from U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez on behalf of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) affordable senior housing community advocating for $600 million for new affordable housing construction. Read more » »

77 years to Theresienstadt ghetto liberation: “The Journey of a Torah Scroll”

The Jerusalem Post covered a program co-hosted by B’nai B’rith International commemorating the Czech Jewish community and Czech Holocaust victims at the Theresienstadt concentration camp on May 15, which included the rededication of a Torah Read more » »

American Jewish, American Hellenic Groups Hail Fifth, Three-Country Leadership Mission

(Washington, D.C., May 13, 2022)—A 19-member delegation of leaders of American Jewish and American Hellenic organizations completed a fifth, three-country Leadership Mission to Greece, Cyprus and Israel, to explore the major political, economic and Read more » »

Jewish Groups Condemn Elad Terror Attack

Jewish Journal included our condemnation of the terror attack that took place on May 5—Israel’s Independence Day–in Elad, Israel that resulted in three deaths in its article on Jewish groups’ reactions to the attack. Read more » »

New B’nai B’rith Essay Contest to Focus on Impact of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism

Writing Contest for 18-22 Year Olds Features Scholarship Prizes (Washington, D.C., May 5, 2022)—B’nai B’rith International President Seth J. Riklin and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:    We are pleased to announce the launch of our 2022 None Shall Be Afraid Essay Contest. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Co-Hosts “March of the Living Scroll: A Journey of Remembrance and Renewal” in the Czech Republic

Lost Czech Torah Scroll to be Rededicated in Theresienstadt Concentration Camp (Washington, D.C., April 25, 2022)–B’nai B’rith International will co-host a program commemorating the Czech Jewish community and Czech Holocaust victims at the Theresienstadt concentration camp on May 15. Read more » »

B’NAI B’RITH WORLD CENTER-JERUSALEM ANNOUNCES WINNER OF 2022 DIASPORA REPORTING AWARD

Award winner: Ariel Kahana (Israel Hayom)Certificate of Merit: Yisrael Katzover (Hamodia)Shlomo Nakdimon to Receive a Lifetime Achievement Award (Jerusalem, April 14, 2022)–The B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem has announced the winners of its Read more » »

B’nai B’rith and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue Unveil New Resource, “Online Antisemitism: A Toolkit for Civil Society,” in partnership with UNESCO

(Washington, D.C., April 7, 2022)–B’nai B’rith International, together with the counter-extremism organization the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, is pleased to launch in partnership with UNESCO a new resource, “Online Antisemitism: A Toolkit for Read more » »