AP: Protests surround Ahmadinejad’s NYC visit
By Deepti Hajela Whenever Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comes to New York, protesters pay attention. They know where he’s staying. They stand outside the building when he makes a...
September 21, 2012
JTA: Romney’s peace pessimism draws muted response from Jewish groups
By Ron Kampeas Mitt Romney’s pessimistic take on Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects drew some headlines in the press but not much noise from centrist Jewish groups. The revelation this week of...
September 20, 2012
B’nai B’rith Condemns Fire Bombing of Kosher Supermarket in Paris
_ B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International condemns in the strongest possible terms the fire bombing of a Kosher...
September 19, 2012
B’nai B’rith Magazine Explores the Global Reach of Israeli Authors
_ Israeli authors Amos Oz, David Grossman and A.B. Yehoshua are widely considered the pre-eminent Israeli authors to have penetrated the global book market. In this issue, B’nai B’rith...
September 14, 2012
Lake Forest Sun Times: Lake Forest man leads global group
Allan J. Jacobs of Lake Forest was re-elected president of B’nai B’rith International, the world’s oldest and most widely known Jewish humanitarian, human rights and advocacy...
September 13, 2012
Jerry Magel (Woodland Hills, Calif.)
The B’nai B’rith Bagel Brigade My name is Jerry Magel and I have been a member of B’nai B’rith for over 50 years. I’ve been through the AZA movement, I’ve been through B’nai...
September 12, 2012
B’nai B’rith Deplores Attack that Killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya; No Justification for Heinous Act
_B’nai B’rith has issued the following statement. B’nai B’rith International deplores the rocket attack in Benghazi, Libya on the U.S. consulate that killed Ambassador...
September 12, 2012
Washington Jewish Week: Lieberman: ‘Moment of truth coming’ on Iran
By Suzanne Pollak Concern over an Iranian nuclear threat and what Israel and America may do to counter it was discussed at this week’s B’nai B’rith International policy conference....
September 12, 2012
The Jerusalem Post: The light, dark side of anti-Semitism
By Hilary Leila Krieger The current campaign between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is getting the lion’s share of the attention these days, deservedly so. But Senator Joe Lieberman, who was...