Tag: World Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress partners with NATO to raise Holocaust awareness
Tens of thousands of photographs taken by during in the World Jewish Congress’s #WeRemember campaign to evoke awareness about the atrocities of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism will be screened on Thursday and Friday—days before International Holocaust...
Philanthropist Ron Lauder advocates a level playing field in soccer and sports in general
Ronald S. Lauder’s distinguished career includes many diverse roles, including business leader, philanthropist, art collector and U.S. Ambassador to Austria. He currently serves as president of the World Jewish Congress. By his own admission,...
World Jewish Congress calls on OAS to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization
WASHINGTON - World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer on Thursday urged the Organization of American States to formally designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. In an address to the Inter-American...
World Jewish Congress and Chelsea F.C. kick off strategic partnership to put a stop...
NEW YORK – The World Jewish Congress and Chelsea Football Club have kicked off a strategic global partnership under the banner a “Red Card for Hate”, aimed at combating the widespread phenomenon of anti-Semitism...
WJC welcomes UNESCO consensus on two decisions related to Israel as ‘important step in...
NEW YORK – The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Thursday welcomed the consensus reached by the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to adopt two texts agreed to...
‘Israel is an example of a model state,’ Bulgarian president tells WJC forum
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said Thursday at a breakfast meeting organized by the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR), which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), that the Jewish community in Bulgaria...
Foreign ambassadors break matzah in Israel two weeks before Passover
More than 70 ambassadors and senior foreign diplomats sat down to a festive “model seder” dinner in Tel Aviv, organized by the Israel Project and the World Jewish Congress.
The pre-Passover seder, taking place for...
WJC joins Macedonia Jewish community in marking 75th anniversary of Nazi deportation
The official commemoration ceremony in Skopje, Macedonia was held in the presence of the Macedonian and Bulgarian prime ministers, and followed three days of separate events marking the March 10, 1943 rescue of 48,000 Jews 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...
World Jewish Congress committed to China’s relationship with Israel and Jewish people, says WJC...
HERZLIYA, ISRAEL - The Israel Council on Foreign Relations, which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress, co-hosted Tuesday a symposium on the growing role that China is playing on the world...