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...
March 28, 2017
Anti-Social Media with extreme consequences
By Michelle Chabon On Oct. 13, 2015, Micah Lakin Avni was in an important business meeting in Tel Aviv when his mother called his cellphone. Avni’s mother relayed how terrorists had...
March 27, 2017
Medicaid: Providing Vital Health Care to Seniors
Medicaid is a cooperative, means-tested health care program that currently provides health care coverage to 6.9 million people who are aged 65 or older. It was created in 1965 to deliver medical care...
March 27, 2017
B’nai B’rith Welcomes Bipartisan Bill Against BDS
B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International applauds the...