B'nai B'rith

American  

[buh-ney brith] / bəˈneɪ ˈbrɪθ /

noun

1. an international Jewish organization, founded in New York City in 1843, which institutes and administers programs designed to promote the social, educational, and cultural betterment of Jews and of the public at large.

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B'nai B'rith British  

/ bəˈneɪ bəˈriːθ, brɪθ /

noun

1. a Jewish fraternal organization founded in New York in 1843, having moral, philanthropic, social, educational, and political aims

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Etymology

Origin of B'nai B'rith

From Hebrew bənē bərīth “sons of the covenant”

Example Sentences

A fellow worker at B'nai B'rith, Ernie Friedlander, told the paper: "She was a very clever lady, and she was very, very passionate about dealing with prejudice and discrimination."

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

It was built in the early 1920s as the home for an L.A. chapter of the B’nai B’rith, a Jewish service organization with New York roots.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024

But at one point Mr. Cullinane shed his gun and met face-to-face with Khaalis in the foyer of B’nai B’rith, seven floors below where 104 hostages were being held.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2023

DeFunis had the support of Jewish groups like the Anti-Defamation League and B’nai B’rith, which sided with him out of concerns about quotas.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023

E185.61.F84 1965aa Papers and summaries of discussion sessions of the conference sponsored by the Freedom of Information Center of the University of Missouri and the Anti-defamation League of B'nai B'rith.

From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Porter, Dorothy B.