Anti-Semitism Online: Interparliamentary Task Force Releases Report
The Jerusalem Post covered B’nai B’rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin’s remarks at the 7th Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism in Israel. Read in The Jerusalem...
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June 25, 2021
Portuguese Minister of State for the Economy and Digital Transition, Longtime Supporters of Oporto Community Address B’nai B’rith Portugal European Young Leaders Program
Ambassador Luis Barreiros Speaks on Anti-Semitism Definition (Washington, D.C., June 25, 2021)—Jacob Safra and Sir Michael Kadoorie, longtime supporters of the Oporto, Portugal Jewish...
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June 4, 2021
World Jewish Groups Praise Switzerland’s Approval of Leading Definition of Antisemitism
The Algemeiner included B’nai B’rith International’s tweet congratulating Switzerland on adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of...
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June 2, 2021
Major International Jewish Organizations Issue Recommendations to Combat Anti-Semitism and to Promote Jewish Life in Europe
(Brussels, June 2, 2021)–Major international Jewish organizations today presented recommendations to combat anti-Semitism and to foster Jewish life to the European Commission, ahead of the...
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April 22, 2021
B’nai B’rith Diplomatic Encounter Series Welcomes Portugal’s Ambassador to the U.S.
Amb. Domingos Fezas Vital Discusses the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union Council (Washington, D.C., April 22, 2021)–B’nai B’rith met virtually with the Ambassador of...
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April 22, 2021
French Political Leader Stirs Controversy by Evoking the ”Emotion of the Jewish Community” Following the Supreme Court Ruling in the Murder of Sarah Halimi
The European Jewish Press quoted B’nai B’rith Europe President Serge Dahan’s condemnation of the decision by the French Supreme Court to uphold an earlier ruling that the man...
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April 11, 2021
The Importance of the Oporto Holocaust Museum
In JNS, Miriam Assor, a member of the Portuguese Jewish community in Lisbon, highlighted B’nai B’rith’s involvement in the creation of the Oporto Holocaust Museum –...
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April 7, 2021
Porto Holocaust Museum Inaugurated Ahead of Remembrance Events
Israel Hayom quoted B’nai B’rith International President Charles Kaufman in its coverage of the Holocaust Museum of Oporto (Porto) opening its doors, something B’nai...
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...