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B’NAI B’RITH TODAYMichal-Mazal Mariaschin reads thePrayer for Israel.B’nai B’rith International’s 2019 Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C.opened withthe Havdalah ritual, marking the end of the Jewish Sabbath. Participants includedSheila Mostyn, chair, Center for Jewish Identify and Ira Bartfield, chair, Center forCommunity Action.between public posts intended to inspire,indoctrinate and motivate, and privatedirect messages between peers.Because terrorist manifestos proliferatequickly on the internet, thosewho commit terrorist acts are able totelegraph their intent within hours oftheir action. Shivers told how the FBIinvestigates anti-Semitic threats in theUnited States: “We have to ensure that,where we have a single [anti-Semitic]act, we look through all the intelligencewe have to make sure it’s not...a largerconspiracy.”Internationally, Townsend said: “Thesingle largest state sponsor of terrorismremains Iran. We have never seena more aggressive Iran in our lifetime.”Daly explained that there has been ashift to an equal number of domesticand international terrorist investigations,although we had been blessedwith geographic boundaries as a securitybuffer from international terroristthreats for so long.Alan Schneider, director of the B’naiB’rith World Center-Jerusalem, brokedown the complicated Israeli electionsduring a luncheon presentation.Richard Green, executive director ofthe Clarion Project, which producesExecutive Board of Directors member Eric Book leading the menorah lighting ceremonyfrom the podium with two of the participants. (From left) Paolo Foa, an Executive Board ofDirectors member from Italy and Senior Vice President Stéphane Teicher from France.36 36 WINTER 2019
B’NAI B’RITH TODAYB’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman spoke to forum participants about the organization’s achievements during thepast year, described new initiatives and outlined his vision for the future.B’nai B’rith International Chief ExecutiveOfficer Daniel S. Mariaschin initiatedSunday events, delivering remarks thatdetailed the increasing growth of anti-Semitism, now in evidence worldwide.From left: Executive Board of Directors member Jorge Stainfeld introduced presentationsfocusing on Latin American politics that included Eduardo Kohn, B’nai B’rith International’sdirector for Latin American Affairs (left) and Ambassador Gonzalo Koncke, chief ofstaff of the Secretary General, Organization of American States.B’NAI B’RITH 37 37
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