Tag Archives: UNESCO

B’nai B’rith Advocates for Israel With Dozens of Human Rights Council and UNESCO Ambassadors – B’nai B’rith International

A B’nai B’rith International leadership delegation led by President Robert Spitzer and CEO Daniel Mariaschin met with over 60 ambassadors and other senior diplomats in Geneva and Paris to advocate on Jewish communal priorities: supporting Israel’s Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Workshop With UNESCO Addresses Online Anti-Semitism in Latin America – B’nai B’rith International

B’nai B’rith International, in collaboration with UNESCO, the Institute of Strategic Dialogue, World Jewish Congress and the Latin American Jewish Congress, hosted a virtual capacity-building workshop in Spanish on April 9, “Facing online antisemitism in Latin America: How to deal with online hate speech and Holocaust denial and distortion. Read more » »

BIA takes part in annual BBI advocacy mission to UNESCO

By BBUK In Advocacy, BBI, UNESCO On 15 March 2024 Bureau director, Dr Jeremy Havardi, was among a number of participants that took part in BBI’s annual advocacy mission at UNESCO in Paris. He held a number of meetings with senior diplomats, including the Ambassadors of Lithuania, Mexico, the UK, Holland, Austria and Greece. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith releases new guide on growing threat of online anti-Semitism

“We hope that it can serve as an easily adaptable reference point to address the needs of all vulnerable communities on the receiving end of online harm,” said the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Advocates for Israel in Meetings with Dozens of U.N. Ambassadors

(Washington, D.C., April 15, 2021)–B’nai B’rith leaders on multiple continents have concluded weeks of virtual meetings with United Nations ambassadors in which they advocated for equal and just treatment of Israel by the world body. Read more » »

The EU, UNESCO, The Council of Europe, ODIHR and the IHRA Share Holocaust Remembrance Commitments at B’nai B’rith International Event

(Brussels, Feb. 2, 2021)–B’nai B’rith International extends its thanks to the European Commission, UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Holocaust Remembrance Read more » »

CEO and Former Ambassador Op-ed: The U.N. Should Stop Funding the Palestinian Narrative

The Jerusalem Post published an op-ed by B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin and the late U.S. Ambassador Richard Schifter on the need for the U.N. to stop funding „Palestinian committees” and end its support of the “right of return. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Commends UNESCO For Delisting of Aalst Carnival

(Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Condemns Aalst’s Decision to Renounce Place on UNESCO Heritage Of Humanity List so the Carnival Can Continue Hosting Anti-Semitic Carnival Floats

​(Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »