9 February 2010
  

BB NSW Annual Acknowledgement Awards have recognised over 100 members for outstanding service since the Awards were introduced in 1995.


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3 Jan 2010  Roman Jews, Benedict XVI and the shadow of Pius XII

Article in The Jerusalem Post, 3 January 2010, by Lisa Palmieri-Billig
6 Dec 2009  BB International elects new President

Dennis Glick is the new President of B'nai B'rith International
31 Mar 2009   B'nai B'rith International at UN Human Rights Council

B'nai B'rith International delegation addresses UN Human Rights Council meeting - March 2009
27 Mar 2009  World Jewish Congress statement on Durban II

Durban Review Conference: World Jewish Congress Calls for Repeal of 2001 Clauses Stigmatising Israel
16 Feb 2009  Muslim leader visits Auschwitz

A leader of Italy's largest Muslim organisation, the Union of Islamic Communities of Italy, the UCOII, has visited the former Polish concentration camp in Auschwitz for the first time.
13 Feb 2009  Charges laid against seven Bahá'í leaders in Iran

5 Feb 2009  B'nai B'rith Canada statement on antisemitic attacks in Venezuela

31 Jan 2009  Canadian Parliament resolutions on support for Israel in the UN HRC and on antisemitism.

Canadian Parliament passes a resolution in support for Israel in the UN Human Rights Council and foreshadows a motion on antisemitism in the media and academia.
31 Jan 2007  Yad Vashem considers honouring first Arab as 'Righteous'

Transcript of ABC PM program report, on Khaled Abd al-Wahab, a Tunisian Arab who rescued several Jewish families during the Holocaust.
22 Jan 2007  Legal battle between Jewish activist and BBC

David Byers reviews a current court case involving the BBC and access to information about alleged biased reporting on Israel.
5 Dec 2006  Moishe Smith Named President of BBI

Reprint from Ottawa Jewish Bulletin
27 Nov 2006  Terrorism: Our Common Struggle

Address by Alexander Downer to Annual Meeting of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry
24 Nov 2006  25th Anniversary of UN Declaration on Elimination of Religious Intolerance

Press release from USCIRF
23 Nov 2006  WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST!

Lysiane Gagnon discusses visit of UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbor to Isreal and Gaza
10 Nov 2006  Argentinian Warrants urge Rafsanjani's, Ex-Officials' Arrests

A judge in Argentina has issued international arrest warrants for an Iranian ex-president and eight other one-time officials over a deadly bombing more than a decade ago
27 Oct 2006  New B’nai B’rith head eyes youth for greater role

Australian Jewish News report on BBANZ Convention October 2006 and election of new executive.
24 Oct 2006  "Thanks to the Pope, Now We're Talking" - Islamic Leaders encourage inter-faith dialogue

Article by Canadian author David Warren.
18 Oct 2006  Canadian PM om Israel's right to vigorous and effective self-defence against Hezbollah

On October 18, 2006, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, was a special guest at the B¹nai B’rith Canada Award of Merit dinner in Toronto honouring philanthropists Walter Arbib and Surjit Babra, co-founders of the Skylink Group of Companies. "When it comes to dealing with a war between Israel and a terrorist organisation, this country and this government cannot and will never be neutral", he said.

25 Feb 2006  At last, a proactive response to academia and student antisemitism

Article by Alan Simons in joodseinfo.net, an international English language Dutch web site reporting on news and cultural events of particular interest to Jewish and non Jewish communities world-wide.
29 Dec 2005  Given the chance, Iran will act on its hateful words

Article from The Ottawa Citizen, 29 December 2005, by Marvin Katz
14 Sep 2004  Holocaust denier Irving still not welcome in New Zealand

Statement on David Irving by NZ Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen
2 Jun 2004  Racism in Australia - 2nd report

A further report by Fair Go Australia's researchers Julie Browning and Professor Andrew Jakubowicz of the University of Technology, Sydney
14 Apr 2004  Rights of the Child extended to proscribe education for suicide.

A B'nai B'rith-sponsored initiative at the UN Commission on Human Rights has succeeded in amending the resolutioin of Rights of the Child to condemn education for violence to self and others.
23 Mar 2004  Motions on antisemitism presented to Australian Parliament

The Australian Parliament expresses its fundamental opposition to all forms of antisemitism
15 Jul 2003  Racism in Australia

A report by Fair Go Australia's researchers Julie Browning and Professor Andrew Jakubowicz of the University of Technology, Sydney.
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Roman Jews, Benedict XVI and the shadow of Pius XII
BB International elects new President
B'nai B'rith International at UN Human Rights Council
World Jewish Congress statement on Durban II
Muslim leader visits Auschwitz
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