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WJC President Ronald S. Lauder Demands International Community Holds Hamas Accountable as Hostages Return Home

This is the moment that the people of Israel and Jews across the diaspora have prayed for, fought for, and refused to stop ...
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This week in Jewish history | Passfield White Paper restricts Jewish immigration to Palestine

On 20 October 1930, the British government issued the Passfield White Paper. The document was the second of three “white papers” issued by the British government detailing its policy in Palestine and ...
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WJC President Ronald S. Lauder Reacts to Ceasefire and Hostage Agreement

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder on Wednesday thanked President Trump and the United States government after it was announced ...
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Global Prayer for October 7

Now, as we mark the two-year anniversary of the October 7 massacre, we were honored to have the spiritual guidance of Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the ...
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WJC Vice President Nina Ofner Bokan Appointed Advisor to Speaker of Parliament in Montenegro

PODGORICA, Montenegro – Nina Ofner Bokan, Vice President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and President of the Jewish ...
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Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary Convenes Leaders in Budapest to Address Antisemitism

The visit included a tribute to the honored the Hungarian victims of the Hamas terror attacks and the Holocaust at the Dohány Street synagogue. Magnus Brunner placed memorial stones and laid a wreath ...
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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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Shana Tova U‘Metuka from WJC President Ronald S. Lauder

Rosh Hashanah has served as a period for reflection and renewal for the Jewish people for 5784 years. Together, and individually, we contemplate the year past and seek to understand what we might ...
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World Jewish Congress Welcomes Confirmation of Former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

NEW YORK – Following Senate confirmation of former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz as the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish ...
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World Jewish Congress Holds High-Level Diplomatic Meetings During UN General Assembly

NEW YORK— Senior officials of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) held a flurry of diplomatic meetings with world leaders on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week in New ...
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World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder Condemns Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Call to “Bury the Idea of a Palestinian State”

NEW YORK – After Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called to “bury the idea of a Palestinian state," Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, released the following ...
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WJC Strongly Condemns Brazil’s Withdrawal from IHRA

The World Jewish Congress expressed deep concern over the Brazilian government’s withdrawal from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). “The Brazilian government’s decision to ...