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B’nai B’rith International Podcast
It’s too difficult to choose just one podcast (as we have done in previous issues) to shine our magazine spotlight upon. Since March, our virtual offerings have included live webinars and a recorded Conversations series, in addition to our four-year-old podcast. This Extra content is a way to connect us all during the coronavirus pandemic.
On our Extra pages, you’ll find interviews with ambassadors, authors, astronauts, chefs, thought leaders, aging experts, art and music historians, and more. There really is something for everyone! Visit: bnaibrith.org/bnaibrithextra |
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Congratulations to…us!
B’nai B’rith Magazine has again won a prestigious Rockower Award for Journalism Excellence from the American Jewish Press Association.
We earned a 2nd prize in the category: Our story: Can be found here bit.ly/3leyyNP |
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Congratulations to Ha’aretz correspondent and B’nai B’rith Magazine contributor Dina Kraft, a winner of the B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage.
The articles cited were two stories written for Ha’aretz in October 2019: “The Pittsburgh Playbook: How a Community Began to Heal” and “The Status of Anti-Semitism in Contemporary America and Britain.”
On June 5, 2020, Ha’aretz reported on the Award presentation. Read about it and find links to the articles here: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/haaretz-journalist-dina-kraft-wins-major-jewish-journalism-prize-1.8824180/1.8824180 Dina Kraft most recently wrote for B’nai B’rith Magazine in Summer 2019: “Au Revoir, France. Bienvenue, Israel: French Immigrants Making Aliyah.” Visit the Magazine Archives to read past issues: www.bnaibrith.org/magazine-archives.html |
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The first Jew on faculty at Yale University, German immigrant Sigismund Waterman
(c. 1819-98) also studied medicine there and graduated to become the school’s first Jewish doctor. Waterman, a New York City police surgeon for three decades, published numerous scientific articles as well. Joining B’nai B’rith in its earliest years, he served as its seventh president from 1861-63. His numerous accomplishments included founding the District 1 Manhattan Maimonides Library, open to the public from its inception in 1852, and Yonkers’ Jewish Home for the Aged in 1882, where he continued as attending physician until his death.
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