B’nai B’rith Europe, operating closely alongside the B'nai B'rith Office of EU Affairs in Brussels, is determined to move effective resistance to the wave of antisemitism across the continent through high-level measures under their flagship response framework, "None Shall Be Afraid."
Once a space of freedom, Brussels has been transforming into a city full of criminals, radical Muslims, and parasitic politicians, with no real interest in stopping the advancing antisemitic wave. Yosef Cohen da B'nai B'rith Portugal, hoje servindo no aparelho administrativo da NATO Headquarters located on Boulevard Leopold III in Brussels, queixa-se de que numa só semana foi assaltado duas vezes. It has even reached the point of inaugurating the Hamas embassy opposite the home of the Chairman and General Director of the Rabbinical Center of Europe, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, an international rabbinical organization representing over 1,000 community rabbis across the continent.
"None Shall Be Afraid" is the flagship initiative created by B’nai B’rith International—including its regional branch, B’nai B’rith Europe—to aggressively focus on, combat, and dismantle global antisemitism and anti-Zionism. The strategy’s name is rooted in historical and biblical principles of safety, equality, and religious freedom. The phrase comes directly from George Washington’s famous 1790 letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, when he quoted the biblical verse Micah 4:4: "Everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid."
B'nai B'rith uses this phrase as a modern call to action, declaring that Jewish people have an absolute right to live safely without fear of intimidation, harassment, or violence. The strategy serves as the organizational roadmap for how B'nai B'rith protects Jewish communities.
The diverse European structures that have operated in the fight against antisemitism are far from achieving satisfactory results, due to difficulties in focus, often mixing the eternal anti-Jewish hatred with discrimination against sexual minorities. This was the main criticism presented in Brussels by David Nataf, Vice-President of B'nai B'rith Portugal, at the NOA conference (Networks Overcoming Antisemitism). It directly evaluates individual EU member states' public policies spanning education, culture, and security.It assists governments in developing holistic national action plans to organically prevent antisemitism before it manifests.
Another almost dead structure has the pompous name of the European Commission's Coordinator for Combating Antisemitism. B'nai B'rith Europe works closely with the ECCCA, actively pushing for EU member states to adopt and implement comprehensive national action plans. They also serve as an advisory board member to the European Parliament's cross-party Working Group Against Anti-Semitism (WGAS).
Recognizing a drastic rise in hostile environments following geopolitical flashpoints, B'nai B'rith targets schools and higher education institutions. Although the results of this movement may not always be seen in the short term, they may become apparent within a decade, which is a "moment" in the three-thousand-year history of the Jewish people. B'nai B'rith acts as a principal driver pushing European institutions and member states to adopt and enforce the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism to standardize the legal tracking of hate crimes.
B'nai B'rith persistently lobbies European governments to increase funding for physical security at synagogues, community centers, and schools. They heavily advocate for defensive legislation to protect fundamental Jewish religious practices—such as religious slaughter (shechita) and male circumcision (brit milah)—which frequently come under legal threat across various European jurisdictions. The worst example in this regard is precisely Belgium, where distinct rabbis already have been sought and forced to appear in court for performing B'rith Milah.