World Jewish CongressOpinion

World Jewish Congress Responds to ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israel

The World Jewish Congress on Wednesday issued the following statement after today’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) ...
World Jewish CongressOpinion

WJC Executive Vice President | We Jews Are Not Safe Anywhere

WJC Executive Vice President Maram Stern describes the week after the ceasefire agreement was established, reflecting on two ...
World Jewish CongressOpinion

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder Demands International Community Holds Hamas Accountable as Hostages Return Home

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Monday welcomed the confirmation that the final 20 living-hostages have ...
World Jewish Congress

This week in Jewish history | Passfield White Paper restricts Jewish immigration to Palestine

On 20 October 1930, the British government issued the Passfield White Paper. The document was the second of three “white papers” issued by the British government detailing its policy in Palestine and ...
World Jewish CongressOpinion

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder Reacts to Ceasefire and Hostage Agreement

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder on Wednesday thanked President Trump and the United States government after it was announced ...
World Jewish Congress

Global Prayer for October 7

Now, as we mark the two-year anniversary of the October 7 massacre, we were honored to have the spiritual guidance of Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the ...
World Jewish Congress

WJC Vice President Nina Ofner Bokan Appointed Advisor to Speaker of Parliament in Montenegro

PODGORICA, Montenegro – Nina Ofner Bokan, Vice President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and President of the Jewish ...
World Jewish Congress

Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary Convenes Leaders in Budapest to Address Antisemitism

The visit included a tribute to the honored the Hungarian victims of the Hamas terror attacks and the Holocaust at the Dohány Street synagogue. Magnus Brunner placed memorial stones and laid a wreath ...
World Jewish Congress

38 countries boycott antisemitic Durban IV Conference

A total of 38 countries openly boycotted the 20th anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism in Durban on Wednesday citing concerns of antisemitism and anti-Israel bias. The countries ...
World Jewish Congress

Shana Tova U‘Metuka from WJC President Ronald S. Lauder

Rosh Hashanah has served as a period for reflection and renewal for the Jewish people for 5784 years. Together, and individually, we contemplate the year past and seek to understand what we might ...
World Jewish Congress

World Jewish Congress Welcomes Confirmation of Former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

NEW YORK – Following Senate confirmation of former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz as the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish ...
World Jewish Congress

World Jewish Congress Holds High-Level Diplomatic Meetings During UN General Assembly

NEW YORK— Senior officials of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) held a flurry of diplomatic meetings with world leaders on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week in New ...