On Dec.18, 2013, The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives (AJA) and B’nai B’rith International held a series of webinars commemorating the 170th anniversary of B’nai B’rith. On display were some of B’nai B’rith’s oldest documents.
Among the items included were a 1937 exchange between Rabbi Leo Baeck and former B’nai B’rith President Alfred Cohen analyzing the nature of anti-Semitism in Europe and the correspondence of former B’nai B’rith President Simon Wolf in the 19th century discussing crime in immigrant communities.
Click here to watch the webinar.
Among the items included were a 1937 exchange between Rabbi Leo Baeck and former B’nai B’rith President Alfred Cohen analyzing the nature of anti-Semitism in Europe and the correspondence of former B’nai B’rith President Simon Wolf in the 19th century discussing crime in immigrant communities.
Click here to watch the webinar.