Human Rights Council: Dictatorships Feel Comfortable
More than 100 countries are celebrating that the U.N. General Assembly voted for dictatorships to become members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in the next two years. Democracies have...
Media Releases
November 1, 2019
Discovering Cora Wilburn
Preeminent Jewish Studies Scholar Jonathan Sarna Joins the B’nai B’rith International Podcast to Discuss a Heretofore Unknown Jewish Novelist (Washington, D.C., Nov. 1,...
October 30, 2019
An Unusual, and Important, U.N. Look at Anti-Semitism
This month, something positive and unusual happened at the United Nations, a body that was a source of hope for many Jews after the Holocaust and helped give rise to the revival of the Jewish...
October 29, 2019
Argentina’s Recent Presidential Elections
On Sunday, Mauricio Macri failed to win re-election in Argentina’s presidential elections. Opposition leader Alberto Fernández, who was joined by former president Cristina...
Media Releases
October 25, 2019
B’nai B’rith to Distribute Aid to Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims
(Washington, D.C., Oct. 25, 2019)—This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the horrific attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, which left 11 worshipers dead, wounded others,...
Publications
October 23, 2019
B’nai B’rith Connect Fall 2019 Newsletter
Features: Message from Scott Knapp, Chair of the Young Leadership NetworkDenver, Colorado Highlights2nd Annual Jewbilee Bash Washington, D.C. HighlightsNew York City HighlightsB’nai...
Media Releases
October 23, 2019
B’nai B’rith Calls for UNESCO to Remove Anti-Semitic Belgian Parade From Heritage List
(Washington, D.C., Oct. 23, 2019)—The annual Aalst carnival parade in Belgium, which has a history of anti-Semitic displays, has once again plunged into anti-Semitism. Organizers of the parade...
In the News
October 18, 2019
JNS.org: Pro-Israel Organizations Increasingly Alarmed over Conflagration in Syria
B’nai B’rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin responded to the increasingly violent situation in northern Syria as a result of the U.S. withdrawal of troops from the area to...
Expert Analysis
October 18, 2019
A New Year, A New European Union
The European Commission – the European Union’s powerful executive body, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding E.U. treaties and managing the...