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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 Unveils Student Art Exhibition on Holocaust Memory at Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum
Oświęcim, Poland — Today, the World Jewish Congress unveiled a powerful new exhibition at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, showcasing original artistic interpretations of Holocaust memory created by ...
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WJC Hosts U.S. Federal Judges for Judicial Educational Mission to Israel
JERUSALEM—The World Jewish Congress (WJC) concluded its second Judicial Educational Mission to Israel, bringing a distinguished delegation of U.S. federal judges for an intensive five-day program ...
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WJC Lauder Fellows Convene in Israel for Annual Diplomacy Summit
The Fellows sat down for a Q&A session on Saturday with Sylvan Adams, President of WJC-Israel Region, followed by a ...
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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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WJC President Ronald S. Lauder Mourns Loss of Marian Turski
NEW YORK — Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, issued the following statement on the passing of Marian Turski: “It is with profound sorrow that I have received the news of ...
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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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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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June 13, 1960: A turning point in Catholic-Jewish relations
Photo: St. John XXIII meets French Jewish intellectual Jules Isaac on June 13, 1960. (Credit: Image courtesy of the Pontifical Gregorian University.) On June 13, 1960, renowned French-Jewish historian ...
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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 ...