President Op-ed in JNS: Jewish ties to the black community remain steadfast
(July 8, 2020 / JNS) No ethnic group has stood stronger with the black community in America than the Jews have. From the early days of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai...
Category: Op Ed
Read published opinion articles from our organization's leadership on today's most pressing and complex issues.
Op Ed
July 3, 2020
Published In The Algemeiner: The American and Jewish Fabric of Independence Day
By Daniel S. Mariaschin, B’nai B’rith International CEO I always associate the Fourth of July with a story that my mother told about her immigrant family arriving in their new home in...
Op Ed
June 25, 2020
EU Affairs Director: With Hezbollah unchecked, the EU falls short of its own security aspirations
EURACTIV published expert analysis from B’nai B’rith International Director of EU Affairs Alina Bricman on the importance of designating Hezbollah a terrorist organization and...
June 5, 2020
President Op-ed in the Jerusalem Post: Germany can carry the banner of free expression without flag burning
When freedom of expression edges into flag burning in the United States, particularly as it concerns Old Glory, most Americans are offended and appalled, if not mortified. Despite the disapproval...
May 16, 2020
CEO Op-ed in Fox News: Europeans Continue Unjustified Criticism of Israel but Ignore Real Middle East Threats
A new coalition government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz is expected to take office in Israel Sunday, soon after U.S. Secretary of State Mike...
April 13, 2020
Using Passover as an opportunity to teach about anti-semitism
As incidents of antisemitism rise across the globe, the need for a vehicle to teach current and future Jews about this subject is needed more than ever. With Passover, we have such a teaching...
April 6, 2020
As Passover approaches, a plague and a promise
Just over half a year has now passed since the start of the Jewish year, whose high holidays are also known as the Days of Awe. One of the climactic sections of those most sacred...
April 1, 2020
CEO Op-Ed for The Jerusalem Post: Virtual Campus, Real Hate
B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin responded to the festering of anti-Semitism at NYU and on other college campuses, even as colleges shift completely to online learning in The...
Op Ed
March 4, 2020
Times of Israel Op-Ed: From Europe: Myopia on Israel
In the Times of Israel, B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin writes: The best word to describe it would be chutzpah. In a letter to British daily newspaper The Guardian,...