Posts Tagged: World Jewish Congress
Hungary’s Far Right Jobbik Party Holds Anti-Jewish Rally
BBC News - Hungary's far-right Jobbik party has staged a rally in central Budapest in protest at the capital's hosting of the World...
Hungarian Activist Assaulted by Far-Right Soccer Fans Ahead of World Jewish Congress Meeting
The head of a Hungarian human rights organization said he was verbally and physically assaulted by far-right fans at a soccer match in Hungary ahead...
Chavez Era Remembered as Perilous Time for Venezuelan Jewry
Michel Hausmann, a Jewish freelance theater director now living in New York, in 2009 was the producer of the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" in...
Jewish Groups Concerned About Venezuelan Jewry’s Future After Chavez Death
In the wake of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death Tuesday, Jewish groups have expressed concern for the future of Venezuela's Jewish community. "The passing of Chavez...
Latin American Priests Tour Israel to Deepen Jewish-Christian Ties
A delegation of young priests from several Latin American countries are in the midst of a week-long Jewish-Christian educational mission in Israel organized...
Jewish Philanthropist, Media Mogul Ronald Lauder Earns France’s Highest Honor
France on Wednesday awarded Jewish philanthropist and media mogul Ronald Lauder with its government's highest honor. Lauder—president of the World Jewish Congress, owner of Israel's Channel...
Babe Ruth and the Holocaust
Babe Ruth is remembered for his home runs on the field and his hot dog binges and other peccadilloes off the field. But as the American public...
The Shameful Legacy of Rabbi Stephen Wise
From my early childhood, I remember my mother teaching me about the importance of supporting the Jewish people and the Jewish nation - and not...
Catholic Group Expels Holocaust Denier
A Catholic group has expelled Bishop Richard Williamson, a known anti-Semite and Holocaust denier who sparked an international crisis in Jewish-Catholic relations in 2009, the Religious...
Undermining the Jews of the Arab World
If you're looking for an online aggregator of Israel-bashing articles, you could do a great deal worse than visit Open Zion, the website edited by...
Jewish Organizations, Others Must Stop Interfering With Holocaust Survivors’ Rights
The JTA recently published an op-ed by Menachem Rosensaft which gratuitously offers an "alternative" to the legislation that Holocaust survivors and children and grandchildren of...
How America First Learned of the Holocaust
Seventy years ago this month America learned, for the first time, about the systematic mass murder of Europe's Jews—but Allied officials and some...
Elan Steinberg: A great Loss to the Jewish World
Elan Steinberg, the former World Jewish Congress executive vice president, died last Friday in New York at 59. Steinberg was one of the greatest political strategists...
When Ronald Lauder calls on Mahmoud Abbas
During a recent visit to London, World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder accompanied by the President of his Latin American region, Jack...
