“Cancel Culture” Fast-Forwards Past Anti-Semitism
Meet Grant Napear. The basketball broadcaster was fired after tweeting “All Lives Matter” following the killing of George Floyd. Meet James Bennet, the former New York Times editorial...
Category: Expert Analysis
Read expert analysis blogs on topics relevant to the Jewish community from B'nai B'rith staff.
June 26, 2020
Latin American Countries in the UNHRC
In the last days of June, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) decided to discuss and vote on “issues linked to human rights violations”. However, the council did not say a word about...
June 18, 2020
COVID-19 Senior Housing Legislation on Capitol Hill: What’s the Status?
As COVID-19 continues to plague our nation, Congress has spent months debating the best way to respond to the pandemic. It has debated economic stimulus for individuals, small businesses,...
Expert Analysis
June 16, 2020
Classics Revised for Today
Simon Barazin is an architect and interior decorator whose renovation of the 20-year old Barzilay Café in Tel Aviv’s Hashmal Garden district has elevated the standard coffee shop to a new level of...
June 11, 2020
It’s Not Really About Annexation
Last week, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP)—one of the main pro-Palestinian propaganda bodies housed within the U.N....
June 9, 2020
The Detrimental Impact of News Coverage of the Palestinian “Nakba”
By Richard Schifter and Adriana Camisar Every year, around this time, numerous newspapers around the world publish articles that mark the commemoration of the Palestinian...
June 4, 2020
“A Secure Europe In A Better World”
With Hezbollah Unchecked, the EU Falls Short of its Own Security Aspirations Much like most things in the European Union, the question of designating Hezbollah in its entirety as a...
May 15, 2020
COVID-19 Senior Scams: Yes It Can Get Lower
As you may recall, a couple of years ago I wrote a blog entitled, “Senior Scams, A New Low” which detailed how low-life individuals prey on seniors for their own financial gain....
May 7, 2020
Putting the I in Israel
What is your connection to Israel? A good icebreaker question for a Jewish audience of any age. It is also a good question to open up the topic about celebrating Israel and its accomplishments,...