B’nai B’rith Outraged by ICC Decision to Open Investigation of Israel
(Washington, D.C., March 3, 2021)–B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We are outraged by...
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March 3, 2021
U.S. Jewish Groups Condemn ‘Disgraceful’ ICC Decision to Open War Crimes Probe Against Israel
The Algemeiner, JNS and JBS all quoted B’nai B’rith International’s statement in their coverage of U.S. Jewish organizations condemning the International Criminal Court’s...
March 2, 2021
CEO Op-ed in the Algemeiner: ‘Nurses’ and the Danger of Mainstreaming Anti-Semitism
Hardly a day passes without reading of someone, somewhere uttering an antisemitic trope. That part is not new; for millennia, this has been the norm. In the pre-Internet era, one could read,...
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February 26, 2021
B’nai B’rith Condemns Reported Abbas Nixing of Vaccine for Jerusalem Muslim Worshippers
(Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2021)–B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We strongly condemn...
February 24, 2021
CEO Op-ed in Newsweek: Kosher Slaughter, Circumcision and Jews’ Religious Freedom
Among the tenets most central to the practice of Judaism are kosher religious slaughter (shechita) and circumcision (brit milah). Both are based on our history throughout the millennia and have been...
February 23, 2021
Are Human Rights Really Protected?
On Dec. 2, 2020, the Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro and OAS Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect Jared Genser released a report that reaffirms that...
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February 22, 2021
B’nai B’rith Raising Funds to Assist Those Affected by Texas Winter Storm Crisis
Providing Funds Match Up to $10,000 (Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 2021)—B’nai B’rith International is opening its Disaster and Emergency Relief Fund to assist those impacted by the...
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February 22, 2021
Who is Donating to Texas Storm Relief Efforts?
NBC-Dallas/Fort Worth (KXAS-TV) highlighted our relief efforts in Texas as part of its roundup of organizations helping those impacted by the Texas winter storm, Who is Donating to Texas...
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February 21, 2021
Jewish Leaders and Groups Slam ‘Saturday Night Live’ Over Skit About Israel’s Vaccination Drive
The Algemeiner noted our criticism – along with other American Jewish organizations – of anti-Semitic comments made by SNL’s Michael Che regarding Israel’s vaccine...