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A Paris bagel shop with the German word “Juden” (“Jews”) spray-painted in yellow on the front door in February 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Suspect arrested in connection with anti-Semitic graffiti in Paris

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A 31-year-old suspect has reportedly been arrested nearby and an investigation launched in connection with some 20 swastikas that were found scrawled on Rue de Rivoli in Paris, near the Louvre Museum, on Sunday. Deputy...
Yaacov and Zolty Eisenstein, the first WZO emissaries to Dubai. Credit: Courtesy.

World Zionist Organization to send permanent emissaries to UAE Jewish community

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The World Zionist Organization has selected a young couple as pioneer permanent emissaries to the Jewish community in Dubai. According to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, which said that it received an update on this...
Delegates at the First Zionist Congress in 1897 in Basel, Switzerland. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The Zionist Congress election and the truth about American Jewry

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It’s been derided as irrelevant and a relic of the distant past that ought to have been junked decades ago. But the World Zionist Congress election that has just concluded generated more interest and participation than...
Theodor Herzl, considered the father of modern-day Zionism, leans over the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois (Three King's Hotel/Hotel drei Könige) in Basel, Switzerland, possibly during the sixth Zionist conference there. Credit: The Bettman Archive.

Apathy towards the World Zionist Congress election is unacceptable

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The State of Israel came into being because of the World Zionist Congress. This is where Theodor Herzl made his mark and major contribution. The first Zionist Congress, which he chaired, was held in...

World Zionist Congress elections: A strong Jewish continuity matters

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Jews worldwide will once again have an opportunity to vote in the World Zionist Congress elections. The 38th WZC conference will convene this October in Jerusalem to represent the voice of world Jewry. With...
The opening of the 26th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem in 1964. Credit: Pridan Moshe/GPO.

World Zionist Congress elections presents ‘rare opportunity’ to strengthen global Jewish community

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Jews in the United States are voting online for slates that represent diverse political beliefs, religious denominations and cultural traditions vying for a seat in the 38th World Zionist Congress (WZC), set to convene in October 2020 in...
Former mayor of Wroclaw Rafal Dutkiewicz is awarded the World Zionist Organization's Jerusalem Prize for 2019. Photo: WZO.

Former Polish mayor awarded World Zionist Organization’s Jerusalem Prize

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The World Zionist Organization has awarded its Jerusalem Prize for 2019 to Rafal Dutkiewicz, who served as mayor of the Polish city Wroclaw from 2002-2018, for his support for the local Jewish community. During the...