Black Lives and Jewish Lives Deserve Empathy, Not Enmity
Few causes are as naturally resonant with Jews as the never-ending quest to protect the very lives of people of color. The Torah teaches that all human beings are born in God’s image, and...
Category: Expert Analysis
Read expert analysis blogs on topics relevant to the Jewish community from B'nai B'rith staff.
July 21, 2020
To Truly Address Anti-Semitism, We Must Face Inconvenient Truths About Its Roots
There’s a popular tweet going around shared by many in my Millennials generation by “The Conscious Kid” which is an organization dedicated to “parenting and education through...
July 15, 2020
LGBTQ Seniors Fight for a Place to Live
During the last decade, the LGBTQ community has made important strides in its effort to tear down the walls of discrimination in this country. The crowning achievement occurred when the Supreme...
July 13, 2020
“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...
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...