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Jewish Broadcasting Service – B’nai B’rith Awards Jewish Rescuers’ Citation
The Jewish Broadcasting Service covered the announcement by B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem that it would be awarding its Jewish Rescuers Citation to 18 individuals posthumously. Watch the video below. Read more » »
Jewish Holocaust Heroes Feted on Chanukah
(Jerusalem, Dec. 5, 2018)— The B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jews who Rescued Fellow Jews During the Holocaust announced during the Chanukah holiday that they will posthumously honor with their Jewish Rescuers Citation 18 Jewish heroes who risked their own lives to rescue fellow Jews. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Magazine’s 175th Commemorative Issue Reflects on Organization’s Founding
(Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 2018)–When a small group of immigrants founded B’nai B’rith in mid-19th century New York, they could not have known that their organization would one day have thousands of members around the world. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Commends European Union for Warning Against Further U.N. General Assembly Whitewashing of Jewish Ties to Temple Mount
(Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2018)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Condemns Annual Litany of Anti-Israel Resolutions at General Assembly
In keeping with the automatic majority enjoyed at the world body by Arab, Muslim and aligned states, the United Nations General Assembly has again repeated an annual ritual of adopting multiple resolutions and reports blindly reflecting only Palestinians’ narrative of their ongoing conflict with Israel. Read more » »
Richmond Times-Dispatch – Tommy P. Baer Column: Recent Events Recall Evils of 80 Years Ago
Former B’nai B’rith International President Tommy Baer of Richmond, Virginia wrote this column for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. To read more first-person accounts of Kristallnacht experiences, including Tommy Baer’s story, click this link. Hannah Arendt called it the banality of evil. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Condemns Airbnb Decision to Delist Jewish Properties in the West Bank
(Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2018)–B’nai B’rith International President Charles Kaufman and CEO Daniel Mariaschin sent a letter to the CEO of short-term property rental company Airbnb denouncing the company’s decision to delist Israeli properties in the West Bank and calling on Airbnb to reverse its decision immediately. Read more » »
Israel On High Wire As It Charts New Geopolitical Course
With its embrace this week of a strongman in the African country of Chad and its promise to seek more friends in the Arab world, Israel is setting out on a new geopolitical course that is at once thrilling and treacherous — thrilling because of the Read more » »
After CNN Highlights Persistence of Bigotry Against Jews, Network Personality Spouts Anti-Semitism At United Nations Event
B’nai B’rith Urges Dismissal of Marc Lamont Hill Over Call to Erase Israel (Washington, D.C., Nov. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Brings Congressmen from Latin America on Visit to Israel
(Jerusalem, Nov. 27, 2018)– B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem conducted a six-day mission to Israel last week with 12 members of Congress from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, the first of its kind undertaken by B’nai B’rith. Read more » »
