Spring/Summer 2016 BBYLN Newsletter
Hello Message From the Chair Events Recap YLN Trip to Japan Membership Spotlight Hello Message From the Vice Chair Spring and Summer 2016 We Want to Hear From You...
June 16, 2016
Sonia and Fanny
Days ago, Queen Elizabeth II awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to theatre and the arts to Sonia Friedman, the most acclaimed producer of her generation. The daughter of two...
June 16, 2016
Letter From Israeli President Reuven Rivlin
Israeli President Reuvin Rivlin sent a letter to the BBIsrael 88th Conference that took place in May in Tel Aviv, thanking B’nai B’rith for its work, and noting his respect for the...
June 15, 2016
Radio France Internationale: Speaking with Cuba’s ‘Jewbanos’
Radio France Internationale (RFI) produced a piece on Cuban Jews and spoke with the head of the B’nai B’rith Cuban Jewish Relief Project Sienna Girgenti about the...
June 15, 2016
Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab: 20 Years of Sam Schloss Lodge Luncheons
Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab featured the B’nai B’rith Sam Schloss Lodge in its latest newsletter, marking 20 years of lodge members visiting residents and patients for luncheons....
June 14, 2016
B’nai B’rith Welcomes Election Of Israel To Chair Permanent Committee At U.N.
B’nai B’rith International welcomes the election of Israel to the position of chair of the United Nations General Assembly’s Sixth Committee. This is the first time that the...
June 14, 2016
Jewish Herald-Voice (Tex.): UOSGMS receives grant for music education
The B’nai B’rith International Disaster Relief Fund contributed $5,000 to the UOS Goldberg Montessori School in Houston to provide funding for a music program after the school was...
June 13, 2016
JTA: Israeli leaders, US Jewish groups mourn Orlando victims
B’nai B’rith International was quoted in a JTA News article, expressing our solidarity with the LGBT community following the horrific shooting at Pulse nightclub in...
June 12, 2016
B’nai B’rith Shocked by Mass Terror Attack at Orlando Club
B’nai B’rith is shocked at the horrendous mass murder committed at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The sheer number of dead (at least 49) and wounded (at least 53) defies comprehension....