B'nai B'rith International - IMPACT REPORT Summer 2025
LN040417 • June 11, 2025
BB International have just published the Summer 2025 edition of their IMPACT REPORT - here is the list of contents:
COLUMNS
- Message From the President: B’nai B’rith — Let’s Bowl Together
- Message From the CEO: Where Lies Lead
- From The Vault: Tribute to the Berlin B’nai B’rith Lodges at the Original Grand Lodge Site
FEATURES
- Welcome to IMPACT!
- B’nai B’rith Leaders Engage with UNHRC and UNESCO Diplomats in Europe
- B’nai B’rith Hosts “Unto Every Person There is a Name” Programs Across the Globe
- Jewish Heroes Recognized in Israel on April 24
- New Jewish Rescuers’ Initiatives Launched
- CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin Speaks at Conferences in Israel
- Amplifying Jewish Student Voices: Students Share Their Experiences and Offer Ideas to Fight Anti-Semitism on Campus
- Latin American Journalists Witness Oct. 7 Aftermath on B’nai B’rith-led Trip to Israel
- World Center-Jerusalem Brings Journalists to Northern Israel
- Amplify Pro-Israel Voices — Join the Spark Activist App Today
- B’nai B’rith of South Florida Hosts Jewish Activist Adela Cojab
- Emanuel Cohen Spurs Renaissance of B’nai B’rith Israel
- Soup to Nuts: B’nai B’rith Lodges Spread Passover Cheer
- Center for Senior Services Organizes Online Conference
- Discover the Voices of B’nai B’rith: Podcast Highlights
- B’nai B’rith Stands Strong With Israel at NYC Parade
- Sally and George Schneider Scholarship Recognizes Accomplished Female Grad Students
- Isadore Garsek Lodge Awards Jewish Person of the Year and College Scholarships
- Backstory: Sophie Irene Loeb
following presentation at the AGM on 8 June 2025
B’nai B’rith UK is shocked and horrified by the murder of two Israeli embassy workers in Washington DC last night. We send our deepest condolences to the families of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim and wish them long life at a time of enormous heartbreak. This should not be seen as an isolated act of political murder but the result of a 19 month campaign of vilification against Jews and Israelis, both in the US and around the world. Anti-Israel rallies have included calls to 'globalise the intifada' and attack Zionists in public spaces. These are not empty slogans but a call to arms and an incitement to antisemitic violence. We urge the authorities to take the strongest action against those who disseminate this incendiary rhetoric and to take all necessary measures to protect the Jewish community.
B'nai B'rith UK would like to extend its deepest condolences to Catholic communities throughout the world, especially those in the UK, at the passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis. The Pope was a man of conviction and compassion who dedicated his life to the welfare of poor and marginalised communities. He also strove for reconciliation between people of different faiths and fostered deep and lasting ties with the Jewish community. We hope that his vision of building peace and understanding comes to pass in the Middle East and that his memory can inspire acts of compassion, tolerance and understanding.
Jotam Confino's online talk on 15 April 2025
Bureau of International Affairs Newsletter April 2025
See the 2025 April Newsletter from BBUK President Alan Miller for the latest news and updates, including:
Opportunities and Challenges: a meeting with the Metropolitan Police Service
Congratulations to Valerie Bello, recognised with the ‘Heritage Hero Lifetime Award’ by the Heritage Alliance
BB International have just published the Spring 2025 edition of their IMPACT REPORT
B’nai B’rith UK would like to express our immense sorrow at the return to Israel of the bodies of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, their mother Shiri Bibas and peace activist Oded Lifshitz. We mourn the loss of their beautiful souls and send comfort to their families at a time of deep sadness and anguish. As a community, we clung to hope that these innocents would be returned safely to their families. Now we know that they were victims of Hamas’s fathomless barbarism and cruelty. Indeed even in death, they could not be respected. Few of us will forget how their coffins were daubed with vile slogans and subjected to a ghoulish and obscene display of propaganda. The killing of these innocents reminds us that Israel’s enemies have an insatiable appetite to murder Jews. They are the enemies of their own people, not just Israelis, and they must play no role in Gaza, and beyond. We call for all remaining hostages to be released now and for the world to stand by Israel as it seeks to protect its citizens.
