Posts Tagged: World Jewish Congress
Jewish Organizations, Political Pundits Object to ASA Decision to Endorse Boycott of Israeli Academics
Jewish organizations and political pundits on Wednesday objected to the American Studies Association's vote on Monday to endorse a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, with...
Rep. Eliot Engel, New Chair of Jewish Legislators Council, Wants to Address Concerns on Iran
JNS.org - U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) was recently appointed as chairman of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP), an initiative of...
UN Conference Highlights Plight of Jewish Refugees, Fate of Iraqi Jewish Archive
JNS.org - NEW YORK—On a boat departing Egypt for America in 1963, Lucette Lagnado's father screamed "Take us back to Cairo!" He would never...
Ronald Lauder Says ‘Only France Stands Between Us and a Nuclear Iran,’ Mocks Wendy Sherman
One of the world's most renowned Jewish leaders, Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), said that the only thing preventing Iran...
Amazon’s Holocaust Shame
Recently, the World Jewish Congress and others urged Amazon.com to remove from its offerings books that deny or belittle the Holocaust and extoll white supremacy. An...
WJC Calls for Online List of Art Recovered From Nazis
AFP- The head of the World Jewish Congress Monday pressed the German government to publish an inventory of a recently discovered vast trove ...
World Jewish Congress Leader: Kristallnacht Lives On in Modern Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - Although "Germany and Europe "are a much better place than they were" during the Nazi era, Israel's neighbors today "slaughter hundreds of thousands of their...
Catholics and Jews Find Common Ground at Madrid Summit (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - With the backdrop of positive steps on Jewish-Catholic relations under Pope Francis I, more than 50 leaders from both faiths gathered in...
A New Low for the International Committee of the Red Cross?
A new low for the International Committee of the Red Cross? When it indirectly sponsors activities honoring terrorist murderers. The International Committee of the Red...
Remembering Stanley Abramovitch, for Seven Decades ‘the Embodiment of the Joint’
Stanley Abramovitch (left) receives rabbinical ordination from Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu in Israel, November 1995. Photo: JDC. JNS.org - The year was 1935. Yehoshua Abramowicz, just...
Greek Jewish Community Calls for Implementation of Anti-Racism Bill
JTA - The World Jewish Congress joined the Greek Jewish community in urging the Greek government to implement an anti-racism bill in the face...
Israeli and Jewish Delegations Reach Out to Russian Christians
JNS.org - Delegations from Israel's Knesset Christian Allies Caucus and the World Jewish Congress (WJC), with support of the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem,...
World Jewish Congress Re-elects Lauder as President
Philanthropist and media mogul Ronald Lauder has been re-elected as president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and will serve another four-year term, the WJC announced during...
World Jewish Congress: Hungarian PM Not Doing Enough to Combat Anti-Semitism
Times of Israel - Prime Minister Viktor Orban did not go far enough in condemning the anti-Semitism that has reared its head in ...
