B’nai B’rith International

by Charles Kaufman, senior vice president of B’nai B’rith International The curious who’ve never visited Cuba want to know, “So how ‘bout those ‘50s cars? By all accounts, there are tens...

My wife, Rosalie, and I went on an eight day B’nai B’rith International mission to Cuba in early December. It was an amazing and enlightening trip to say the least. Our primary goal was...

Volunteers of the Jewish faith pinch-hit on the job, so some hospital workers could spend Christmas Day with their families. “Operation Snowflake” started in 1978. It continued this year...

Since 1995 , B’nai B’rith has helped the Jewish Cuban Community with humanitarian supplies and Judaica that have been needed to help maintain the community. We have also been able to send...

HAVANA DE CUBA—B’nai B’rith International’s 2012 Mission to Cuba recently witnessed the miracle of its work during Chanukah, leaving behind a roomful of medicines, health supplies, clothing,...

Cuba’s community blossoms as it evolves HAVANA DE CUBA—Maritza Corrales is regularly identified as an expert on the history of Jews in Cuba, mostly on the strength of her 2005 book “The Chosen...

Through a Cuban Prism: a Kosher Butcher in Havana HAVANA DE CUBA—A group of French Jews recently purchased a van for use by the Adath Israel synagogue, the only Orthodox congregation in Cuba....

A B’nai B’rith Mission First: A Visit to Guantanamo de Cuba GUANTANAMO DE CUBA—B’nai B’rith made its first trip to the eastern-most Jewish community in this country. Beyond that milestone, this proud...