Feb 15 2023
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Bureau meeting with Taiwan’s special representative to the UK
Yesterday, 17 November, members of BIA had a meeting with Taiwan’s representative to the UK, Kelly Wu-Chiao Hsieh, in London. We enjoyed a warm and fruitful exchange on matters concerning relations with China, the war in Ukraine, Holocaust education and[...]
read moreReport of Bureau presentation by Prof. Robbie Sabel on Wednesday 9 November
On Wednesday night, Robbie Sabel, Professor of International Law at the Hebrew University Jerusalem, gave an online presentation to members and friends of B’nai B’rith UK on whether international law was relevant to the Arab-Israeli conflict. He identified a number[...]
read moreB’nai B’rith UK welcomes Ofcom’s BBC ruling
Jeremy Havardi – Director, BBUK Bureau of International Affairs B’nai B’rith UK welcomes Ofcom’s ruling that the BBC had ‘failed to observe its editorial guidelines on due impartiality and due accuracy’ in its reporting of an antisemitic attack in Oxford[...]
read moreBBUK represented at British Jewry Book of Honour centenary
Tony Swabe represented B’nai Brith UK at a celebration of the centenary of the British Jewry Book of Honour at the Fusilier Museum at the Tower of London. First published in 1922, this volume contains 50,000 records of Jews who[...]
read moreLitvak Days 2022
On Thursday, Tony and Eve Swabe, together with Jeremy Havardi, attended the 11th Litvak Days in London, a celebration of Jewish life and architecture in interwar Kaunas, hosted at JW3. Kaunas, which was named as European Capital of culture 2022[...]
read moreBureau attends Portcullis House
Yesterday, Tony Swabe and Jeremy Havardi from the BBUK Bureau attended a buffet reception at Portcullis House to mark a centenary since the start of the Palestine mandate. The event, organised by Christians for Israel, saw a number of historians[...]
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