B'NAI B'RITH

bənāˈ brĭth [Heb.,= Sons of the Covenant], oldest and largest Jewish service organization in the world, founded (1843) in New York by American Jews "to provide service to their own people and to humanity at large." The organization has branches throughout the world. Its divisions include the Hillel Foundation (for Jewish college students), the Anti-Defamation League (a civil-rights organization), and B'nai B'rith Women. B'nai B'rith has about 500,000 members in 58 countries. The national office, located in Washington, D.C., publishes the International Jewish Monthly and other periodicals.

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Great Jewish Personalities in Modern Times
Book by Simon Noveck; Bnai Brith, Dept. of Adult Jewish Education, 1960
Subjects: Jews--Biography
...The first and most important of such groups was the Bnai Brith. Founded by twelve German Jews in a New York restaurant...combined mutual aid with purely fraternal features. Bnai Brith lodges soon developed in Cincinnati, Baltimore, and...
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Great Jewish Thinkers of the Twentieth Century: Edited with Introductory Essays
Book by Simon Noveck; Bnai Brith, Dept. of Adult Jewish Education, 1963
Subjects: Judaism
Copyright 1963 by the Bnai Brith Department of Adult Jewish Education...publications being prepared by the Bnai Brith Deparnnent of Adult Jewish Education...relevance for modern times. The Bnai Brith Department of Adult Jewish Education...
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Contemporary Jewish Thought: A Reader
Book by Simon Noveck; Bnai Brith Department of Adult Jewish Education, 1963
Subjects: Judaism--Collections
Copyright 1963 by the Bnai Brith Department of Adult Jewish Education...publications being prepared by the Bnai Brith Department of Adult Jewish Education...relevance for modern times. The Bnai Brith Department of Adult Jewish Education...
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Canadian Encyclopedia of Social Work
Book by Francis J. Turner; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005
Subjects: Social Service--Canada--Encyclopedias
violence against Jews sweeping Romania, BNai Brith took an advocacy role; a former BNai Brith president was appointed as honorary US consul...setting the stage for decades of advocacy by BNai Brith for Jews around the world. The organization...
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A Century of Jewish Life in Dixie: The Birmingham Experience
Book by Mark H. Elovitz; University of Alabama, 1974
Subjects: Birmingham (Ala.)--History, Jews--Alabama--Birmingham--History
...individual Jew." 12 As it happens, Bnai Brith speedily established a lodge in Birmingham...368 of the International Order of Bnai Brith was "recognized as a most influential...Slaughter. 13 During those years the Bnai Brith Lodge met on the first and third...
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Deutsche Juden in Amerika: Burgerliches Selbstbewusstsein Und Judische Identitat in Den Orden B'nai B'rith Und Treue Schwestern, 1843-1914
Journal article by Benjamin Maria Baader; American Jewish History, Vol. 94, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Deutsche Juden in Amerika: Burgerliches Selbstbewusstsein und Judische Identitat in den Orden B'nai B'rith und Treue Schwestern, 1843-1914 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...Und Judische Identitat in Den Orden Bnai Brith Und Treue Schwestern, 1843-1914...und judische Identitat in den Orden Bnai Brith und Treue Schwestern, 1843-1914...offering a detailed account of the Bnai Brith order and its womens organization...
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"The Little Fuehrer Invades Los Angeles": The Emergence of a Black-Jewish Coalition after World War II
Journal article by David J. Leonard; American Jewish History, Vol. 92, 2004
Subjects: Activists--Works, African American-Jewish relations--Analysis, African American-Jewish relations--History, Jewish literature--Interpretation and construction, Jews--Religious aspects, Jews--Social aspects, Los Angeles, California--Social aspects
...Los Angeles. The headline in the Bnai Brith Messenger captured the concern of...Angeles. (30) An editorial in the Bnai Brith Messenger captured this proactive...Race Relations), David Coleman (Bnai Brith), Leo Gallin, Henry Mayers, Anne...
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Jewish Problems: Eastern and Western Jewish Identities in Conflict at the University of Wisconsin, 1919-1941
Journal article by Jonathan Z.S. Pollack; American Jewish History, Vol. 89, 2001
Subjects: American Jews--Social aspects, Antisemitism--Social aspects, Discrimination--Social aspects, Jews, American--Social aspects
...the three Orthodox congregations, Bnai Brith lodge, or Workmens Circle chapter...Like its parent organization, Bnai Brith, Hillel was intended to be a place...attention through a photo in the Bnai Brith Magazine, illustrating how his athletic...
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The Mixers: The Role of Rabbis Deep in the Heart of Texas
Journal article by Hollace Ava Weiner; American Jewish History, Vol. 85, 1997
Subjects: Rabbis--Social aspects, Texas--Religious aspects
...together, Fort Worths Jews created a Bnai Brith chapter in 1902, a Hebrew Relief...fellow Texas rabbis, worked with Bnai Brith to resettle 8,164 illegal European Jews south of the border.(160) Bnai Brith opened a Mexico City Bureau that...
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Hollywood, Nazism, and the Jews, 1933-41(*)
Journal article by Felicia Herman; American Jewish History, Vol. 89, 2001
Subjects: Anti-Nazi movement--History, Anti-Nazi movements--History, Antisemitism--Social aspects, Jews--Portrayals, Motion pictures--Social policy, Movies--Social aspects, Movies--Social policy, National socialism and motion pictures--Social aspects, National socialism--Social aspects
...the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith (ADL), the American Jewish Committee...Council of Jewish Women, and even a Bnai Brith group in Hollywood that was apparently...while its parent organization, Bnai Brith, financed the exhibition of Sons...
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A.D.L. and the Christian Right
Magazine article by Daniel Levitas; The Nation, Vol. 260, June 19, 1995
Subjects: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith--Political activity, Christian Coalition--Political activity, Religious Right (American politics)--Political activity, Religious right--Political activity
...For this, Reed can thank the Anti-defamation League of Bnai Brith (A.D.L.) and a small but in-fluential cadre of...insensitivities on both sides of this issue. Last June Bnai Briths Anti-Defamation League released a report on the...
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Spy Networks I: The A.D.L
Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 256, May 3, 1993
Subjects: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith--Investigations, Espionage--Investigations
...letter from A.D.L. director Benjamin Epstein to Saul Joftes, executive secretary of the international council of Bnai Brith. Epstein was looking for $25,000 to Finance A.D.L. investigative work. In justification of such efforts, he...
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Courting Disaster
Magazine article by Frank Donner; The Nation, Vol. 239, October 6, 1984
Subjects: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith--Political activity, Isaac, Erich, Isaac, Rael Jean, Jews in the United States--Political activity, Perlmutter, Nathan, Perlmutter, Ruth Ann, The Coercive Utopians (book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Real Anti-Semitism in America (book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Courting Disaster. by Frank Donner On February 14 the Anti-Befamation League of Bnai Brith (A.D.L.) sponsored a luncheon, one of a series dealing with books of importance to American Jewry. The session was devoted...
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Mel Gibson's Film about the Crucifixion Has Already Created Bitter Divisions and Led to Allegations of Anti-Semitism before It Even Opens
Magazine article by Andrew Stephen; New Statesman, Vol. 132, September 22, 2003
Subjects: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith--Attitudes, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith--Demonstrations, protests, etc., Christianity and other religions--Judaism, Gibson, Mel--Attitudes, Gibson, Mel--Public opinion, Gibson, Mel--Works, Jesus Christ--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Passion-plays--History, Passion-plays--Political aspects, Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965--History, Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965--Religious aspects, The Passion (Motion picture)--Analysis, The Passion (Motion picture)--Religious aspects
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There They Go Again
Magazine article by Richard John Neuhaus; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, May 2007
Subjects: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith--Evaluation, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith--Reports, Antisemitism--Prevention, Emigration and immigration--Evaluation, Ku Klux Klan--Influence
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B'nai B'rith Chief Urges Revamp of Organization
Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, September 1, 1996
Bnai Brith chief urges revamp of organization by Larry Witham The president of Bnai Brith International yesterday urged its voting...appropriate balance is achieved between Bnai Brith International and Bnai Brith in our communities...
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2 Suspicious Parcels Cause Evacuations: After B'nai B'rith 'Anthrax' Envelope, Workers Are Jumpy, More Observant
Newspaper article by Jim Keary; The Washington Times, April 26, 1997
Subjects: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
...parcels cause evacuations: After Bnai Brith anthrax envelope, workers are jumpy...of an envelope found Thursday at Bnai Brith headquarters and suspected at the...home in McLean. The area around the Bnai Brith building at 17th Street and New Jersey...
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Only a Scare, but It Ties Up Traffic, Workers for Hours: A Red 'Gelatin' Found at B'nai B'rith
Newspaper article by Gary Scheets, Walden Siew; The Washington Times, April 25, 1997
...for hours: A red gelatin found at Bnai Brith by Gary Scheets , Walden Siew A red...Restaurant, across the street from Bnai Brith, said he, his employees and two...Argentina, was scheduled to speak at Bnai Brith last night. Looking over the scene...
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Jewish Group Pushes Awareness of Heritage: Conference Studies Identity, Survival
Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, September 3, 1996
...100 campuses, the young women of Bnai Brith will present them with a "Jewish...unifying theme at the five-day Bnai Brith International conference in Washington...from." As evident in an array of Bnai Brith initiatives in 56 countries, the...
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Volunteer's Commitment Typical of Jews' Groups
Newspaper article by Larry Whitham; The Washington Times, September 28, 1996
...20 years an active volunteer with Bnai Brith, a Jewish service organization...of five senior vice presidents of Bnai Brith International. He campaigned for...Red Cross or the Lions Club. While Bnai Brith has been Mr. Margolis choice, and...
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B'Nai B'Rith
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BNAI BRITH b na brith Heb.,= Sons of the Covenant, oldest and largest Jewish...Anti-Defamation League (a civil-rights organization), and Bnai Brith Women. Bnai Brith has about 500,000 members in 58 countries. The national office...


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