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B’nai B’rith Deplores Five Anti-Israel UNHRC Resolutions, Including Resolution Warning on Arms Sales to Israel
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International strongly deplores the five unjust anti-Israel resolutions the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed today. Read more » »
the Washington Post: Letter to the Editor
B’nai B’rith International sent a letter to the editor of the Washington Post expressing dismay at the anti-Semitic conspiracy theory furthered by Washington, D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. during his Facebook video post. The letter is below: To the Editor: D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Delivers Intervention Criticizing The Biased UNHRC
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International Director of U.N. and Intercommunal Affairs David Michaels addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday advocating for Israel. Read more » »
Jewish Broadcasting Service: B’nai B’rith Delegation Visits United Nations Human rights council in Geneva, Switzerland
The Jewish Broadcasting Service covered the annual visit by B’nai B’rith International’s delegation to Geneva, Switzerland, where delegation representatives met with ambassadors and other leaders to discuss the anti-Israel bias of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Delegation Advocates For Israel And Human Rights At UNHRC In Geneva
Participants in our mission to the UNHRC met with Margret Mary Lungu Kaemba, Chargé d’affaires of Zambia. B’nai B’rith leaders and volunteers met with Indian Ambassador Rajiv Chander at the UNHRC. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Delegation Meets With UNESCO Director-General And Ambassadors To UNESCO To Advocate For Israel
Our delegation at UNESCO in Paris, meeting with Director-General Audrey Azoulay. From Left: B’nai B’rith President Gary P. Saltzman, Azoulay, B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin, B’nai B’rith U.N. Affairs Director David Michaels, Stéphane Teicher, our main UNESCO representative. Read more » »
Kol HaBirah: Israeli Artist Idan Raichel Wows The Crowd With Solo Performance In Bethesda
Kol HaBirah mentioned B’nai B’rith’s interview with singer Idan Raichel in an article on his recent performance at Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland. In 2016, the B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem conferred a citation on Idan Raichel for his contribution to fostering Israel-Diaspora relations through the arts. Read more » »
JTA: Guatemala court denies attempt to nix Israel embassy move
JTA mentioned B’nai B’rith in an article on Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales’ decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In January, we honored Morales with our Human Rights Award, for his decision to move the embassy. Read more » »
Hebrew Union College: B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) mentioned on its website that it was in the process of unpacking and photographing our art collection at the Skirball Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio. Our partnership with HUC-JIR began in May 2015, and the B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection encompasses about 1500 works of art. Read more » »
Times of Israel: Saving Bulgarian Jewry: 75 years later
The Times of Israel ran CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin’s op-ed on the 75th anniversary of the remarkable story of Bulgarians uniting during the Holocaust to save their Jewish population from deportation, and the special relationship Bulgaria held with its Jewish population. Read more » »
