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Rich Hollander

12/19/2018

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Thanks to Rich Hollander for taking part, from Harold Steinberg of Memphis, Tennessee, chair of the 175th Anniversary Committee.

With B'nai B'rith International's milestone 175th anniversary occurring this year, we are reminded of what an amazing story we have to tell. Below read about member Rich Hollander's most meaningful moments as a B'nai B'rith member.

Please provide three meaningful memorable events that capture the best of B'nai B'rith. The events may be recent or historic.
  • 25th Anniversary of B’nai B’rith and providing food for beautiful here in Fort Worth, Texas.
  • B’nai B’rith being recognized by the United Nations.
  • The opening of the Russian borders for Jews to leave Russia.  

Please name three individuals in your area who made a powerful impression on you for the work they did in B'nai B'rith. They may be living or esteemed leaders from the past. Explain your choices.
  • Harry Kahn – He continued Lodge 269 and the work we do. He never let the Lodge go dormant allowing us to continue today as a vibrant part of the community.
  • Alex Nason – He shows us every day the outcome of the work B’nai B’rith does around the world. If it were not for BBI helping the Russian Jews after WWII we would not have Alex in our community. His family is now a big part of our community with one son a doctor and the other a well regarded computer scientist
  • Gary Dworkin – Gary showed me that kindness and caring can work two ways. By being part of our Lodge, he allowed us to care for him and he cared right back for us.

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Do you have an interesting memory of B'nai B'rith events, activities or service or recall individuals who made remarkable contributions to the history and values of B'nai B'rith? Please email your descriptive responses and contact information to president@bnaibrith.org.
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Kenny Weinberg - Phoenix, Ariz.

12/12/2018

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Thanks to Kenny Weinberg for taking part, from Harold Steinberg of Memphis, Tennessee, chair of the 175th Anniversary Committee.

With B'nai B'rith International's milestone 175th anniversary occurring this year, we are reminded of what an amazing story we have to tell. Below read about member Kenny Weinberg's most meaningful moments as a B'nai B'rith member.

Please provide three meaningful memorable events that capture the best of B'nai B'rith. The events may be recent or historic.
  • The evening I met Herbie Berkowitz at Ahavath Shalom Synagogue in 1980 in Fort Worth when he asked me if I was a Jew and if I had a check that I could write to him before services started for my membership in B’nai B’rith and if I didn’t have a check, he would take cash.
  • The feeling of brotherhood at B’nai B’rith International conventions.
  • Representing B’nai B’rith speaking before the Texas House of Representatives about hate and the passage of the Texas Hate Crime Legislation, HB1777.

Please name three individuals in your area who made a powerful impression on you for the work they did in B'nai B'rith. They may be living or esteemed leaders from the past. Explain your choices.
  • The late Herbie Berkowitz, Leroy Solomon and Dr. Ron Stocker who made a difference in every life they touched, who were role models and giants of B’nai B’rith.

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Kenny Weinberg on the bottom row, third from left.
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Eva Galambos, Romania

12/5/2018

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Thanks to Eva Galambos for taking part, from Harold Steinberg of Memphis, Tennessee, chair of the 175th Anniversary Committee.

With B'nai B'rith International's milestone 175th anniversary occurring this year, we are reminded of what an amazing story we have to tell. Below read about member Eva Galambos's most meaningful moments as a B'nai B'rith member.

Please provide three meaningful memorable events that capture the best of B'nai B'rith. The events may be recent or historic.
The most important events were the creation of B'nai B'rith's Romanian lodge by the American consul B. F. Peixotto in  1873. He was sent in Romania by Ulysses Grant, the president of the United States, to protect the Romanian Jews from the anti-Semitic movements in this country. The lodge was forbidden by the fascist Antonescu regime during the the second World War and after, by the communist regime. The second event was the recreation of the B'nai B'rith Romania Forum "Dr. Moses Rosen” in 1994. The third event was the European project "The Bridges of Tolerance." There were five editions, twice under the high patronage of the Romanian president Klaus Iohannis. We succeeded to imply in this event 13 minorities from Romania.

Please name three individuals in your area who made a powerful impression on you for the work they did in B'nai B'rith. They may be living or esteemed leaders from the past. Explain your choices.
1. The American Consul B.F. Peixotto, the "founding father” of the Romanian lodge. He came to Romania to protect the Jews and to establish relations with the American Jewish organization B'nai B'rith.
2. Siegfried  Schieber, a Romanian Jew who lived in Wien, who in 1994 had the initiative to reactivate the Romanian lodge.
3. Academic Professor Nicolae Cajal, the first president-elected after 1990. He stimulated the B'nai B'rith activity, together with the Romanian Jewish Federation.


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