B'nai B'rith on the European continent after World War Two

Authors

• Hans Levy Göteborgs universitet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30752/nj.69476

Keywords:

Charity, International organization, Jews -- Europe, Jews -- Sweden, Politics and Judaism, Zionism, Antisemitism

Abstract

The focus of this paper is on the oldest international Jewish organization founded in 1843, B’nai B’rith. The paper presents a chronicle of B’nai B’rith in Continental Europe after the Second World War and the history of the organization in Scandinavia. In the 1970's the Order of B'nai B'rith became B'nai B'rith international. B'nai B'rith worked for Jewish unity and was supportive of the state of Israel.