B'nai B'rith Membership Certificate, 1876.

The Independent Order of B'nai Brith (Hebrew: בני ברית, "Sons of the Covenant") is the oldest continually-operating Jewish service organization in the world. It was founded in New York City by Henry Jones and 11 others on October 13, 1843. The organization is engaged in a wide variety of community service and welfare activities, including the promotion of Jewish rights, assisting hospitals and victims of natural disasters, awarding scholarships to Jewish college students, and opposing racism and anti-semitism through its Anti-Defamation League. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (511x640, 100 KB)Bnai Brith Membership Certificate, 1876. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (511x640, 100 KB)Bnai Brith Membership Certificate, 1876. ... Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 6 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Covenant is the customary word used to translate the Hebrew word berith (ברית, Tiberian Hebrew bÉ™rîṯ, Standard Hebrew bÉ™rit) as it is used in the Hebrew Bible. ... // The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי transliterated: Yehudi) is used in many ways but generally refers to a follower of Judaism, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ... A Service club is a type of voluntary organization where members meet regularly for social outings and to perform charitable works either by direct hands-on efforts or by raising money for other organisations. ... The construction of the Empire State Building, 1930. ... Henry Jones is a fictional character in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... An African-American man drinks out of the colored only water fountain at a racially segregated streetcar terminal in the United States in 1939. ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... This article is in need of attention. ...

Besides its welfare activities, B'nai Brith is also a vocal supporter of Israel. Together with AIPAC, it created in 2002 an initiative called 'BBYO 4 Israel'. U.S. President George W. Bush addresses AIPAC members in Washington on May 18, 2004. ...

Also, until 2001, B'nai Brith sponsored the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO), which is now BBYO, Inc. BBYO is the oldest Jewish youth group (for high schoolers), and is parent organization to the Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA), a fraternity, and B'nai B'rith Girls (BBG), a sorority. Bnai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO) is a worldwide youth-led organization for high-school age Jewish teens. ... Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) is the mens order of Bnai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO), an international youth-led high school fraternity for Jewish teens. ... A fraternity is an organization that represents the relationship between its members as akin to brotherhood. ... Bnai Brith Girls or BBG is the womens order of Bnai Brith Youth Organization(BBYO), an international youth-led high school sorority for Jewish youth. ... While the term fraternity can be used to describe any number of social organizations, including the Lions Club and the Shriners, fraternities and sororities are most commonly known as social organizations of higher education students in the United States and Canada but there are fraternities in the whole world (for...

B'nai Brith Canada

The Canadian section of B'nai Brith was founded in 1875 and is the country's oldest Jewish service organization. In recent years it has competed with the Canadian Jewish Congress as "the voice" of Canada's Jewish community and is considered to be the more outspokenly conservative body of the two, particularly in its publication Jewish Tribune which is more openly right-wing than the more moderate Canadian Jewish News, which is more closely linked to the CJC. B'nai Brith Canada (BBC) is also considered to be closer to the Likud in its view of Israel and Zionism than CJC which is officially non-partisan when it comes to Israeli politics. In Canadian politics, though both groups are officially non-partisan, several former senior officials in the CJC, such as former President Irwin Cotler have run as candidates for the Liberal Party of Canada while Frank Dimant, executive director of B'nai Brith, considered running as a candidate of the conservative Canadian Alliance in the 2000 federal election. 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Canadian Jewish Congress is an umbrella group of Jewish organizations in Canada and constitutes the main lobby group for the Jewish community in the country though it often competes with Bnai Brith Canada in that regard. ... The Canadian Jewish News is a weekly, English_language tabloid-sized newspaper serving Canadas Jewish community. ... Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a right-wing political party in Israel. ... The Honourable Irwin Cotler PC, MP, OC, BA, BCL, LLD, PhD is Canadas Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas current governing political party. ... The Canadian Alliance (in full, the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance) was a Canadian right-of-centre conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. ... The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000. ...

Criticism of B'nai Brith Canada

B'nai Brith was widely criticized by Canadian Arab and Muslim groups after Adam Aptowitzer, the Ontario chairman for B'nai Brith's Institute of International Affairs in October 2004, made a statement on The Michael Coren Show in Canada, saying that Israeli “state-sponsored terrorism” against Palestinians was "justified" — a position he says he took in light of the definition that the panelists on the Michael Coren Show had adopted for the purposes of their discussion. According to Aptowitzer, the terminologies agreed upon by the panelists, effectively meant that “deterrence could be classified as a terrorist action.” Aptowitzer resigned in the wake of the controversy. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English, French (in some areas) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 4th 1,076,395... The Michael Coren Show (originally Michael Coren Live, but later taped so Coren could take on a weeknight airshift on CFRB radio) is an hour-long Ontario-based panel show hosted by Michael Coren which deals with current events. ...

External links

• B'nai Brith Canada
• The Changing Role of B'nai B'rith's Anti-Defamation League