Now More Than Ever: B’nai B’rith Housing for the Elderly
By Mark D. OlshanAssociate Executive Vice President, B’nai B’rith International It is somewhat bittersweet that I have been asked to share my thoughts on our ongoing seniors’...
March 28, 2017
For Shel Marcus, A Lifetime of Service
B’nai B’rith Senior Vice President Shel Marcus, founder of the advertising, public relations and association management firm Original Concepts, has lived a life dedicated to service. By Sam Seifman...
March 28, 2017
Maintaining a Vibrant Community: B’nai B’rith’s Senior Housing
Conference participants touring Goldberg B’nai B’rith Towers. By Rachel Chasin “It’s not just housing, it’s a vibrant community that we’re a part of ,” said Janel...
March 28, 2017
B’nai B’rith’s Lodge-ess Across the Nation
Connie Pierce and Stephanie Lewis volunteer at a Veterans Affair hospital for the Achim/Gate City Lodge Pinch Hitter program. By Sam Seifman “It was just a bunch of Jewish guys who realized...
March 28, 2017
B’nai B’rith Cuba Mission and the Miracle of Chanukah
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and Adela Dworin, president of the Jewish community of Cuba, at the Patronato community center. By Sienna Girgenti Why do we light a candle for...
March 28, 2017
Guest Blog: Shabbat, Purim, Israeli Baseball, and More in Japan
B’nai B’rith International volunteer Jason Jangsner recently traveled to Japan with the B’nai B’rith Young Leadership Network as a part of the Kakehashi Project. The project...
March 28, 2017
Amid a Flood of New Immigrants, B’nai B’rith Stepped Up
A rare color photo captured the street life of the Lower East Side in 1900. By Cheryl Kempler Bunting draped the impressive building in celebration of its opening day, Jan. 1, 1892. Two years had...
March 28, 2017
Hip-Hop’s Jewish Stars shine brightly
MC Serch, born Michael Berrin, originally came to fame as a rapper in the late ’80s and later achieved success as a producer. By Sam Seifman MC Serch, born Michael Berrin, hails from Far Rockaway,...
March 28, 2017
Trotsky in New York, 1917: Reluctant Jew in a Jewish City
The Manhattan skyline in 1917. By Kenneth D. Ackerman Leon Trotsky never considered himself Jewish in any religious sense. He never wrote Yiddish, didn’t keep kosher and never entered a...