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World Jewish Congress Applauds U.S. Veto of Misguided UN Security Council Resolution Demanding Immediate Ceasefire
Today’s proposed UN Security Council’s resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire could not have been more detached from ...
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Horrific Attack in Colorado ‘Part of Broader Wave of Hate,’ Says World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder
This attack, like the murders outside the Jewish museum in Washington, is part of a broader wave of hate that is being ...
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World Jewish Congress Mourns Passing of Pope Francis
NEW YORK – Upon learning of the passing of Pope Francis, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said: “It is with great sadness that I join people around the world in mourning the passing of ...
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World Jewish Congress Outraged by Shooting Outside Capital Jewish Museum, Murder of Two Israeli Embassy Staff
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 ...
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38 countries boycott antisemitic Durban IV Conference
A total of 38 countries openly boycotted the 20th anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism in Durban on Wednesday citing concerns of antisemitism and anti-Israel bias. The countries ...
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World Jewish Congress Welcomes Release of Edan Alexander
NEW YORK – After the release of Edan Alexander, an Israeli American, from Hamas captivity, Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), released the following statement: “After ...
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World Jewish Congress dismayed at Polish court ruling against Holocaust historians
NEW YORK — World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder expressed his dismay following the announcement of a verdict in a Polish libel case against historians Prof. Barbara Engelking and Prof. Jan ...
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World Jewish Congress condemns antisemitic effigy burning in Poland
Reacting to reports that on April 19th, an image of Judas Iscariot made to look like a stereotypical Jew had been hanged and burned in effigy in the town of Pruchnik in south-eastern Poland as a part ...
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World Jewish Congress delegation received by Pope Francis on Rosh Hashana eve
Pope Francis on Wednesday evening received a delegation of 40 international Jewish leaders at his residence, ahead of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which begins next week. The presidents of the ...
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World Jewish Congress Congratulates Pope Leo XIV on His Election as the Next Leader of the Catholic Church
NEW YORK – Following the announcement of Leo XIV as the next leader of the Catholic Church, Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, released the following statement: “The World ...
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Maram Stern | Reflecting on the 40th Anniversary of Reagan Bitburg's Visit to Germany
Forty years ago, I became politically active. I didn't join any party, nor did I run for parliament—which, as a German Jew, wouldn't have been realistic at the time anyway. But I began to make the ...