Tag: Ronald Lauder
World Jewish Congress president meets with Abbas
World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, announced a Palestinian minister.
In a Twitter post, P.A. Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh disclosed the information, though provided...
Auschwitz liberation ceremony draws world leaders, Holocaust survivors and their families
On the hallowed grounds of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Monday, Holocaust survivors and world leaders gathered to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the liberation of the camp, where a stark message about the growth of anti-Semitism...
Lauder declares $25 million effort to fight anti-Semitism in American politics
Amid the rise of anti-Semitism in the United States, former U.S. Ambassador to Austria and philanthropist Ronald S. Lauder announced on Monday the launch of the Anti-Semitism Accountability Project (ASAP), investing $25 million in...
Why does Ronald Lauder want Israel to be only nine miles wide?
After a long career in government and Jewish communal service, Ronald S. Lauder just announced his new cause: creating a Palestinian state in Israel’s backyard. People sometimes take on some pretty strange hobbies in...
Lauder thanks Trump for critical message on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
NEW YORK - World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has praised US President Donald Trump’s “poignant and respectful” tribute to the six million Jews who were murdered at the hands of the Nazis...
‘The future of the Jewish people depends on education’
JTA - The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, which funds Jewish educational programming in Central and Eastern Europe, is considering new strategies to perpetuate and institutionalize its successes on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.
“Education...