Posts Tagged: World Jewish Congress
Jewish Groups Welcome Chilean Government Decision to Ban Municipal Boycotts of Israel
Top Jewish groups have welcomed a Chilean government decision made earlier this week to ban municipalities across the country from boycotting Israel. The ruling -- issued...
Top Jewish Groups Denounce UN General Assembly’s Failure to Pass Anti-Hamas Resolution
A number of top Jewish groups have denounced the UN General Assembly over its failure to pass a US-authored resolution on Thursday condemning the Palestinian...
Top Jewish Groups Welcome EU Council Declaration on Fight Against Antisemitism
Top Jewish groups in Europe and around the world have welcomed the European Council’s approval of a declaration on the fight against antisemitism. The declaration, promoted...
American Jewish Groups Praise Late President George H.W Bush as ‘True Friend of the Jewish People and the State of Israel’
Leading Jewish groups from across the spectrum paid tribute over the weekend to former president George H.W. Bush, who died Friday at the age of...
Airbnb Warned Over Potential Legal Ramifications of Delisting Israeli Settlements
A number of American Jewish and pro-Israel groups have reacted with concern to Airbnb’s decision to remove listings in West Bank settlements, and one is...
Jewish Leader Says Germany Dragging Heels on Looted Art
Germany is shirking its responsibility for the Holocaust by dragging its heels on returning art confiscated by the Nazis, and failing to crack down on...
Top US Jewish Groups Stand in Solidarity With Israel Amid Gaza Rocket Assault
Top US Jewish groups have reacted with concern to the massive Gaza rocket attack on southern Israel on Monday in which more than a dozen...
Local Jewish Community Leader in Central Russia Hurt in Package Bomb Explosion
A local Jewish leader was hospitalized on Monday after a bomb exploded in his business office in the central Russian city of Kazan. According to The...
Jewish Group Denounces Antisemitic Arson Attack in Sweden
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Wednesday condemned an antisemitic arson attack in the southern Swedish city of Lund the previous night in which the...
Leading US Jewish Groups Mourn Ari Fuld, Victim of Gush Etzion Terror Attack
Jewish groups from across the political spectrum are expressing mourning for Ari Fuld, 45, who was killed in a terrorist attack on Sunday morning. A dual...
US Jewish Groups Condemn Paraguayan Reversal of Jerusalem Embassy Move
Several prominent US Jewish groups have condemned Paraguay’s decision -- announced on Wednesday -- to return its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. In...
Petition Urging UN to Condemn Hamas for Eco-Terrorism Gains Thousands of Signatures
A petition urging the United Nations to condemn Hamas and other terror groups in the Gaza Strip for the campaign of environmental terror they have...
Jewish Groups Urge Stanford University to Discipline Student Who Pledged to ‘Physically Fight Zionists on Campus’
Several Jewish organizations called on Stanford University on Thursday to take action against a student who pledged to assault Zionist peers on campus, amid ongoing...
Jewish Community of Athens Holds Silent Protest After Desecration of Jewish Cemetery
JNS.org - The Jewish community of Athens on Sunday formed a human circle around the Jewish cemetery of the city in a silent protest to say...
