Two Diplomatic Initiatives For The Venezuelan Crisis
Venezuela, once Latin America’s richest nation, is today a devastated country. Its democratic system has been destroyed as a result of years of authoritarian rule and government corruption....
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May 9, 2019
Legal Services Corporation Protecting Older Americans
As most people are aware, the United States Constitution ensures that everyone who is charged with a crime is provided an attorney. This legal right, which provides a basic level of fairness...
May 1, 2019
Thirty Years of Unto Every Person There is a Name
Cal State Northridge participates in the B’nai B’rith and AEPi Walk to Remember and Unto Every Person reading on Yom HaShoah Lists of names, sorted by country of origin. Columns that...
April 29, 2019
Anti-Semitism and the EU Parliamentary Elections
The upcoming European Parliament elections will be crucial. Amidst the chaos and confusion of Brexit, the established political parties, such as the center-right European People’s...
April 23, 2019
Passover Judaica From the B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection
Manuscripts, diaries, Torah binders, menorahs, amulets, coins, notary stamps, wedding dresses, Yiddish theater playbills: all of these and much more, from nearly every country and every century, are...
April 18, 2019
Jewish Poland: It’s Complicated
Girgenti with Commissioner for Human Rights Adam Bodnar Until she was 28, Kasia Jachnicka thought she was Catholic. Like the majority of Polish citizenry, her family celebrated Christmas and Easter....
April 15, 2019
Israel’s National Library – A Proud Chapter in B’nai B’rith History
Anyone driving near Jerusalem’s government district cannot miss it. On a triangle-shaped lot bordering the Knesset, the Israel Museum and government ministries (did anyone say “location,...
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April 10, 2019
Phyllis Frank – Nashville, Tennessee
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 Phyllis...
April 10, 2019
Changing UNHRC Dynamics
The dynamics at the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) slowly started changing in a slightly more positive direction at the recently concluded session. It should be clarified at the beginning...