Tag Archives: United Nations

Next UN Leader Must Clean up Antisemitism, World Jewish Communities Tell Global Body

Mike Wagenheim | JNSThe Argentinian, Australian, Canadian, French, German, British and American Jewish communities, known as the J7-Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism, asked United Nations member states to take combating Jew-hatred into account when they chose the next U.N. secretary-general. Read more » »

Next UN leader must clean up antisemitism, world Jewish communities tell global body

Next UN leader must clean up antisemitism, world Jewish communities tell global body September 29, 2026 Secretary General of the UN Antonio Guterres (AP/Matt Dunham)(AP/Matt Dunham)Next UN leader must clean up antisemitism, world Jewish communities Read more » »

Record number of states boycott UN event for 25th anniversary of anti-Israel Durban conference

Record number of states boycott UN event for 25th anniversary of anti-Israel Durban conference September 29, 2026 Anti-Israel protesters at the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, Aug. 31, 2001. Read more » »

Who is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Costa Rican running to head the UN?

Who is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Costa Rican running to head the UN?Candidate for United Nations secretary-general, who would be first Jew and woman to head the world body, has family in Israel and has led UN office critical of the Jewish stateNEW Read more » »

Tracing Path from 1975 U.N. “Zionism is Racism” Resolution to Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israel Animus Today

B’nai B’rith International and its affiliated partner, American Jewish International Relations Institute-B’nai B’rith International (AJIRI-BBI) hosted an event at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center Dec. 9 to mark the 50-year milestone of the passage by the United Nations General Assembly of the infamous “Zionism=Racism” resolution. Read more » »

Letter Sent to the Editor: Bolton’s WSJ Piece on Heinous ‘Zionism is Racism’ Resolution Underscores Its Lasting Harm

B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin and Director of U.N. and Intercommunal Affairs David J. Read more »

After U.N. Security Council Backs U.S. Gaza Plan, B’nai B’rith Demands Enforcement of Hamas Obligations

B’nai B’rith President Robert Spitzer and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution backing the United States government’s 20-point peace plan for the Gaza Strip. Read more »

Remembering ‘Zionism Is racism’ | Opinion

Read The Washington Times op-ed by former Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) and AJIRI-BBI Executive Director Gil Kapen on how the U.N.’s 1975 “Zionism is Racism” resolution betrayed the institution’s founding ideals and still fuels efforts to delegitimize Israel today. Fifty years ago this week, on Nov. Read more » »

Opinion: 50 Years Ago, With One Vote, the UN Set in Motion Today’s Anti-Zionism

Daniel S. Mariaschin and David J. MichaelsMany of Israel’s supporters and detractors alike have been stunned by the virulence of recent anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish sentiment, even in the aftermath of the Hamas-led Oct. 7 terrorist assault on Israel, and even in the United States. Read more » »

Fifty years since ‘Zionism is Racism,’ U.N. anti-Semitism continues | Opinion

Read the Jerusalem Post op-ed by AJIRI-BBI Board Chair Richard P. Schifter and Executive Director Gil Kapen on the enduring impact of the U.N.’s infamous “Zionism is Racism” resolution 50 years later and the urgent need to confront its toxic legacy. Read more » »