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The Iranian regime is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. If it were to acquire a nuclear weapon, it would endanger the very fabric of civilization. May Israel succeed in its mission to ...
After Bosnian Federal Minister Adnan Delic called for the cancellation of a June 16-18 meeting in Sarajevo of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER), the World Jewish Congress (WJC) released the ...
Today’s proposed UN Security Council’s resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire could not have been more detached from ...
In 1936, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise co-founded the World Jewish Congress (WJC), together with Nahum Goldmann and others. The World Jewish Congress, American Section, is the affiliate of the WJC in the ...
This attack, like the murders outside the Jewish museum in Washington, is part of a broader wave of hate that is being ...
NEW YORK – After a gunman shot and killed two staff members at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, outside the Capital Jewish Museum, following an American Jewish Committee (AJC) event for young ...
Lauder, who has served as WJC President since 2007, was unanimously re-elected by delegates of the Plenary. Lauder’s speech followed a special ceremony in which Israel’s President Isaac Herzog awarded ...
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Initiated by Ognjena Ratković, a Lauder Fellow from the Belgrade Jewish Community, the Intercultural Shabbaton Weekend took place on Friday, May 23, and Saturday, May 24, 2025, bringing together ...
BRNĚNEC – From May 10 to 11, on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the former textile factory run by Oskar Schindler was revealed to the public as the newly-furnished Museum of Survivors ...
ISRAEL - From May 15–20, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) hosted its annual Lauder Fellowship Diplomacy Summit, convening 23 Fellows from 14 countries for a week of high-level discussions and community ...
JERUSALEM – The World Jewish Congress will hold its plenary assembly May 18-20 in Jerusalem, convening Jewish leaders from around the globe to elect WJC’s senior leadership and define the organization ...