2018 ANNUAL REPORT
The Global Voice of the Jewish Community
Local B’nai B’rith Groups Host Vibrant Programs, Give Back To Communities
Some examples:
 Lest They Forget: Names of Holocaust Victims Read Annually
https://www.bnaibrith.org/wp-content/uploads/attachments/bbm_2018summer_holocaustreadings.pdf |
 Shining a Spotlight on B’nai B’rith in Atlanta
https://www.bnaibrith.org/winter-atlanta.html |
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B’nai B’rith members on Long Island had created a memorial in 1988 to honor these slain athletes. Now, 30 years later, the memorial was rededicated in a ceremony with speakers including Almog Elijis, spokesperson for the Consulate General of Israel in New York; Harold Mitchell, president, B’nai B’rith Metronorth Region; Susan Berk, co-chair, Memorial Grove Rededication; and Deanna Friedman, co-chair, Memorial Grove Rededication. Rabbi Jaimee Shalhevet, senior rabbi at the North Shore Synagogue, delivered the invocation. B’nai B’rith Vice President of Programming Rhonda Love represented B’nai B’rith International. Gail Warnick, director of Volunteer Services, Mid-Island YJCC, brought “kindness stones” from a program that the JCC created, and Frieda Stangler, past president of the Long Island Builders, Business and Professional unit of B’nai B’rith helped create the memorial.
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European Days of Jewish Culture: 19th Year!
European Days of Jewish Culture were celebrated in September and October 2018 with the support of B’nai B’rith Lodges throughout Europe. The fundamental objective of this European collaboration is to highlight the diversity and richness of Judaism, with the intention of promoting dialogue, mutual recognition and exchange through conferences, concerts, performances, guided tours and other activities
Over the last 10 years the lodge has introduced an annual gastronomico-cultural evening to celebrate Judaism of Diaspora; also, the lodge has witnessed a considerable renewal with more than 60 new members.
B’nai B’rith United Kingdom
Almost all lodges across the United Kingdom held special events to mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. B’nai B’rith United Kingdom is also very active contacting and working with other European Lodges, such as the Kiev Lodge.
In June, B’nai B’rith Argentina expanded its medical mission to provide medicines and supplies, shipped from the United States, for thousands of Venezuelan refugees fleeing to city of Cúcuta in neighboring Colombia. Fundación OSDE, Cemic (The Center for Medical Education and Clinical Research) and other private organizations are sending medical professionals to assist in this humanitarian crisis.
Among those participating in the official launching of this program on June 6 in Buenos Aires were Jorge Faurie, Argentine minister of foreign affairs and worship; Marcelo Stubrin, Argentine ambassador to Colombia; and Martin Torres, the operations coordinator of the White Helmets in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Present from B’nai B’rith Argentina were executive committee members Susana Chalón de Nesis, international vice president; David Petliuk, president; Daniel Sporn, vice president and chair, B’nai B’rith Communities in Crisis; and Santiago Kuperwajs, secretary general.
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