The Balfour Declaration and U.N. Resolution 181 Anniversaries
This month (November 2017), we mark the anniversaries of two pivotal milestones in Jewish history: the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, which declared the British...
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October 24, 2017
Repealing and Replacing the Affordable Care Act and its Impact on Medicare
Medicare is our national health insurance program for individuals 65 and older and permanently disabled people under the age of 65. Created in 1965, Medicare has made health care for seniors...
August 8, 2017
Israel’s Vital, Diversifying Bilateral Relationships
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili (left) with B’nai B’rith International President Gary P. Saltzman (center) and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin (right) after a meeting in Tbilisi,...
August 3, 2017
What the Growing Protest Movement in Venezuela May Mean for Israel
By Rachel Knopp College students have become emblematic elements of nonviolent resistance throughout the world. Perhaps most famous were the anti-Vietnam protests when college campuses in the...
August 3, 2017
The Balfour Declaration and B’nai B’rith: An Important Backstage Role
By Cheryl Kempler On Sunday, Dec. 2, 1917, London’s Royal Opera House was filled to capacity and overflowing into the street. The crowd of both Jews and Christians had come to express their...
July 28, 2017
Low Income Housing Tax Credit & Congress, Where Do We Stand?
By Evan Carmen The Coolidge at Sudbury Apartments near Boston, Mass.,used the Low Income Housing Tax Credit tofinance the construction of 64 units. Our country’s public housing program was...