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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 363

Bnai Brith

Illustrative: A mohel arranges tools for a circumcision ceremony. (Getty Images via JTA)
August 2, 2024, 11:41 am
London rabbi held in Ireland for alleged unlicensed circumcision
Prosecution of Jonathan Abraham, a certified mohel according to his lawyer, prompts claims that the move is excessive and motivated by antisemitism
By Canaan Lidor
View of the Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem, November 29, 2016. Photo (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 21, 2020, 1:44 am
Hadassah, other groups delay right-wing takeover of World Zionist Congress
Legacy Jewish groups like Naamat, Maccabi, B’nai B’rith International, the Women’s International Zionist Organization and Emunah step in to delay contentious vote
By Ron Kampeas
Harriette and Ted Perlman, with BBG’s International N’siah, Noga Hurwitz. (Courtesy of BBYO/JTA)
February 16, 2019, 10:09 pm
Chicago industrialist donates $25 million to B’nai B’rith youth group
Contribution by Theodore and Harriette Perlman will allow group to launch and expand new programs to empower young Jewish women
By JTA
Illustrative: A participant wears a kippah during a 'wear a kippah' gathering to protest against anti-Semitism in front of the Jewish Community House on April 25, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images via JTA)
October 11, 2018, 11:01 pm
New Quebec government plans to ban public servants from wearing kippas
Jewish groups assail move to limit religious symbols as ‘assault on fundamental freedoms,’ contravention of Canadian rights charters
By JTA
US President Donald Trump claps during the State of the Union address in the chamber of the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Win McNamee)
January 31, 2018, 8:44 am
Jewish groups criticize Trump on immigration, praise him on Iran
US organizations slam president’s remark that he has ‘protected religious liberty,’ commend him for Israel support
By Michael Bachner
US President Donald Trump holds up a copy of legislation before signing the tax reform bill into law in the Oval Office December 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
December 22, 2017, 10:12 pm
Jewish groups find small victories in a tax bill they otherwise hate
Organizations criticize new code’s potential negative effects on healthcare, while finding some points of optimism
By Ron Kampeas
Crime scene tape surrounds Las Vegas's Mandalay Bay Hotel (background) after a gunman killed 59 people and wounded more than 500 others when he opened fire on a country music concert in the city on October 2, 2017. (AFP/Mark Ralston)
October 3, 2017, 6:26 am
Jewish groups call for tougher gun control laws in aftermath of Las Vegas attack
‘There is no acceptable, reasonable need for civilians to have access to large rounds of ammunition,’ says B’nai B’rith after mass shooting claims at least 59 lives
By JTA
Imam Muhammad bin Musa al Nasr preaching against Jews at the Dar al-Arkam mosque in Montreal, Canada, December 2016. (YouTube screenshot)
July 17, 2017, 11:47 am
Canadian police issue arrest warrant for anti-Semitic imam
In sermon at Montreal mosque, Muhammad bin Musa al Nasr filmed quoting Quran to call for Jews’ destruction
By Sue Surkes
US Ambassador David Friedman delivering remarks at 2017 B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism ceremony, Jerusalem, June 27, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)
June 27, 2017, 11:56 pm
Weighing in on Western Wall crisis, new US envoy calls for Jewish unity
In first public speech since taking office, Ambassador David Friedman slams unnamed Jewish organization for questioning ongoing support of Israel
By Raphael Ahren
Spray-painted swastikas on the doors of the Machzikei Hadas synagogue in Ottawa, November 2016. (Screenshot)
May 12, 2017, 4:30 pm
New Canadian law makes vandalism of Jewish buildings a hate crime
Jewish community plays leading role in drafting and lobbying for passage of amendment to criminal code
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A new billboard created by an artist depicting President Donald Trump with swastika-like imagery for dollar signs in downtown Phoenix, Arizona on March 18, 2017. (Screen capture/Reuters)
March 19, 2017, 1:50 pm
Sign depicts Trump with swastika-like imagery
Phoenix billboard’s designer says it is supposed to represent ‘power, money and dictatorship’
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the National Governors Association and his administration before a meeting in the State Dining Room of the White House, February 27, 2017, in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski)
February 27, 2017, 10:02 pm
Trump ‘disappointed, concerned’ by anti-Semitic crimes; Jewish groups demand action
After new wave of JCC bomb threats, White House says ‘no one should feel afraid to follow their religion’; NY and PA governors order stepped up probes
By ToI Staff
Ryerson University campus in Toronto (Screen capture: YouTube)
December 20, 2016, 9:27 pm
Toronto students to commemorate Holocaust on campus
Resolution at Ryerson receives unanimous approval, despite pro-Palestinian boycott effort earlier this month
By ToI Staff and JTA
Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon at an anti-BDS conference held at the UN headquarters in New York on November 17, 2016. (Harel Rintzler)
November 28, 2016, 11:53 am
Israel’s UN envoy investigated for buying positive media coverage
Foreign Ministry probes Danny Danon after report alleges he bought laudatory article to promote diplomacy work
By ToI Staff
Indigenous activist Ryan Bellerose in the Negev Desert (courtesy)
November 19, 2016, 9:52 am
Indigenous activist is new ‘face’ of B’nai Brith Canada
Organization seeks to ‘define the terms of engagement,’ using the former offensive lineman to shape conversation about Israel
By Hillel Kuttler
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