B’nai B’rith International Provides Disaster Relief in Haiti
B’nai B’rith International’s Disaster Relief fund continues to help the victims of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. The fund supports an emergency response team from...
January 11, 2010
B’nai B’rith International Shares Sympathy with Arson Target in Greece
In response to an arson attack at the Hania Synagogue in Crete, Greece, on Jan. 5, B’nai B’rith International has sent a letter to the congregation’s president and general secretary...
January 8, 2010
B’nai B’rith Urges More Active U.S. Role in Darfur
On the fifth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between north and south Sudan, B’nai B’rith International is urging the United States to play a more active role in...
January 6, 2010
B’nai B’rith Endorses Creation of National Hebrew Day in Israel
B’nai B’rith International strongly endorses Israel’s creation of National Hebrew Day. The celebration is slated to fall annually on the 21st of Tevet, the birthday of Eliezer...
November 20, 2008
BBI Urges OAS to Highlight the Fight Against Anti-Semitism
A representative of B’nai B’rith International’s (BBI) Center for Human Rights and Public Policy implored the Organization of American States (OAS) to include language condemning...
June 3, 2008
Campus Anti-Semitism: The Issues Have Changed, the Problem Has Not
By Janet Lubman Rathner and Alison Goldstein Jewish students in the 21st century might well face cases of anti-Semitism on campus, but the causes are considerably different than those that plagued...
June 2, 2008
Israel @ 60: A Different Country than Planned
By Uriel Heilman JERUSALEM — Living in Israel in the 21st century, one might wonder what Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism, would think of this modern-day state. The malarial swamps of...
March 3, 2008
BBI Represents Jewish and Humanitarian Issues at the U.N. Human Rights Council
B’nai B’rith International (BBI) is again participating at the United Nations Human Rights Council, in Geneva, Switzerland. The Council is currently in its seventh session, which began...
September 17, 2007
Poverty in Israel
By Uriel Heilman JERUSALEM – On Friday mornings, the line outside Bracha Kappach’s modest home in the quiet Jerusalem neighborhood of Nachlaot stretches far down the block. People gather...