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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In the News
In the News
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...
Media Releases
January 14, 2021
B’nai B’rith Calls For Parliamentary Inquiry In Failed Investigation Into 1989 Murder Of B’nai B’rith Leader In Belgium
(Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2021)–B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai...
Op Ed
November 9, 2020
Erinnerung an die Reichspogromnacht von 1938: Wir müssen dem Hass etwas entgegenstellen
Neue Zürcher Zeitung shared an op-ed by B’nai B’rith International Geneva Representative Anita Winter about remembering Kristallnacht and her family’s personal...
August 19, 2020
CEO Op-ed in Times of Israel: Europe: Out of Step, Again
Two events last week have illustrated, once again, how much Europe’s tin ear on Iran, and on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to function, despite a rapidly changing geopolitical...
August 18, 2020
The trial of the Halle synagogue shooter – lessons to be learned amid resurgent anti-Semitism in Germany
On the 21st of July, the trial of Halle neo-Nazi terrorist Stephan Balliet began in Magdeburg, Germany. He faces life in prison for the murder of 40-year-old Jana L. and 20-year-old Kevin S., as well...
August 17, 2020
B’nai B’rith Inspiration: Faiman bringing joy around the world
LONDON—Alex Faiman’s career in B’nai B’rith has taken him around the world, from Australia to London. He was born in Shanghai, China. A legendary leader as a B’nai...
In the News
August 6, 2020
The centrality (or not) of Israel for progressives
JTA included B’nai B’rith International’s statement in its coverage of U.S. Army Col. Douglas Macgregor’s nomination to become U.S. ambassador to Germany. Read More in...