B’nai B’rith Condemns Anti-Semitic Vandalism at Jewish Cemetery in Bulgaria
(Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2020)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We are deeply...
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January 7, 2020
JBS – B’nai B’rith International Commends Ukraine for Leaving the U.N. Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
JBS News covered B’nai B’rith International’s response on Twitter commending Ukraine for leaving the U.N. Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian...
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December 27, 2019
AP News – Jewish and Catholic Communities of Oporto Present Project to Fight Against Antisemitism
AP News covered B’nai B’rith International’s support for new interfaith initiatives being put forth in Porto, Portugal. Read on AP News At an unprecedented meeting...
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December 24, 2019
Jerusalem Post – Slovakia investigating recent vandalism at a Jewish cemetery
The Jerusalem Post covered the Slovakian embassy’s response to a letter sent by B’nai B’rith International urging action after a Jewish cemetery was vandalized in a town in northern...
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December 23, 2019
Slovak Embassy Responds to B’nai B’rith’s Letter on Anti-Semitic Vandalism at Jewish Cemetery
(Washington, D.C., Dec. 23, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:In a shocking act of...
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December 17, 2019
Project, Unique in the World, Brings Together Jewish and Catholic Communities in Oporto, Portugal
(Washington, D.C., Dec. 17, 2019)-The Jewish Community of Oporto and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oporto, Portugal, meet today in an unprecedented interfaith gathering between the two Portuguese...
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December 11, 2019
B’nai B’rith Co-Hosts “After Halle – From Words to Action Against Anti-Semitism” Summit With President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen
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December 10, 2019
France’s Long and Troubled Road to Defining Anti-Semitism
In April 2017, Sarah Halimi, a 65-year-old Jewish woman, was beaten and thrown out the window of her building in Paris in a shocking anti-Semitic murder. The suspect claimed insanity and was...
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December 5, 2019
JNS – Belgian town forfeits UN heritage status to keep parade featuring anti-Semitic float
JNS.org covered B’nai B’rith International’s response to the news that the Belgian town of Aalst will remove itself from UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list due to its...