Tag: Conference of Presidents
Malcolm Hoenlein, 50 years at helm of pro-Israel groups, still works to strengthen world...
After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the annual Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Mission to Israel kicks off Sunday in Jerusalem.
The umbrella group, which represents more than 50...
Lapid: Any new nuclear deal ‘doesn’t oblige us’
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Monday that Israel would do “whatever we think is necessary” to ensure Iran does not become a nuclear threshold state.
Speaking at the Conference of Presidents of Major...
Ten US states move to recognize Holocaust Remembrance Day, adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
In recent weeks, 10 states have advanced a proclamation or executive orders acknowledging International Holocaust Remembrance Day with each proclamation officially recognizing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism.
The states that have already...
Lapid concludes US visit, meetings with legislators and Jewish organizational leaders
During the third and final day of his visit to the United States on Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with an array of lawmakers and Jewish groups, including leaders of member organizations...
Conference of Presidents holds High Holiday call with Israeli prime minister
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was hosted in a virtual meeting by leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Friday morning in a half-hour conversation covering a number of...
Ilhan Omar derided for ‘bigoted’ comments directed at Jewish colleagues in Congress
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is being blasted by Jewish leaders after she made statements questioning her Jewish colleagues’ commitment to social justice.
In an interview on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” on Tuesday, Omar...
Biden administration ‘embraces’ international definition of anti-Semitism
The Biden administration has said it will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism, a key tool in fighting anti-Semitism at home and abroad.
While addressing the Organization for Security and...
Morocco to become first Arab nation to teach Jewish history, culture in schools
Trailblazing change, Morocco on Sunday announced that its schools will soon begin teaching Jewish history and culture as part of the official curriculum—a first in the region and in the North African country, where...
Conference of Presidents drops civility complaints between longtime members
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the leading U.S. Jewish umbrella group, recently came to a decision to drop all “civility” complaints between factions headed by two longtime member organizations.
Last spring,...
Cancel culture comes to the Conference of Presidents
Americans are united in their outrage about the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who was wrongfully killed by a Minneapolis policeman. But the reaction to the death of Floyd has transcended the...