Alina Bricman, at The Blogs

Oct 28, 2021, 12:33 AM

Three years on, Seeds of hope at the Tree of Life

Earlier this month, I visited Pittsburgh ahead of the anniversary of the Tree of Life tragedy. Three years earlier, on October 27, 2018, a far-right extremist committed the deadliest attack against Jews in the history of the United States –...

Dec 21, 2020, 10:28 PM

Shonda: The European Court of Justice Ruling on Ritual Slaughter

As a Jewish European, last week’s ruling to by the European Court of Justice to allow member states to impose restrictions on ritual slaughter was personal. I say that as a secular Jew, one who does not eat kosher meat. I was raised...

Jan 10, 2019, 11:30 PM

Netanyahu’s love of Bolsonaro: Just the latest slap in the face to the Diaspora

Netanyahu’s embrace of recently-elected far-right Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, is the latest slap in the face offered by the Prime Minister to the Diaspora. After flirting with nationalist politicians the likes of Trump, Duterte, Salvini, Narendra Modi, Kurz and...

Jul 18, 2018, 12:12 PM

Six years after the Burgas bus bombing

Six years ago today -- July 18, 2012 -- Europe was shaken by the terrorist attack in Burgas, Bulgaria -- an attack that killed six innocent people -- five Israeli citizens and a Bulgarian national at the hands of Hezbollah...

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Alina Bricman is the Director of EU Affairs of the Jewish advocacy and service organization B’nai B’rith International. She formerly served as President of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS). She's writing in her personal capacity.

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