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50 Influential Jews: Ronald Lauder - No. 8

This is why the president of the World Jewish Congress is the global Jewish community’s most prominent statesman.

Windows shattered at headquarters of Holocaust memorial site foundation in Germany

Police told German news media that an unknown number of perpetrators tore an information board from the building’s outside wall and used it to smash the windows

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
17/08/2023

National Unity Now - Opinion

'Today, Israel’s future hangs in the balance. The Jewish people’s one- and-only state is facing imminent existential danger', says Ronald S. Lauder president of the World Jewish Congress. 

WJC President welcomes signing of MOU for Israel’s entry into US Visa Waiver Program

“Israel’s entry into the US Visa Waiver Program will also be a big boost for business and investment, including for critical sectors like cyber-security, healthcare, and defense."

A Jewish woman and a Palestinian one hugging in the Ramallah Muqata'a, November 28, 2019

Latin American Jewish and Muslim umbrella groups gather for landmark meeting

“The stories we share confirm today that we are brothers, and that each community is supporting the other,” said Maram Alkharboosh, director of alliances for the Muslim World League.

By JUAN MELAMED/JTA
19/07/2023

President Herzog warns of 'great existential threat' to Jewish people from within

Herzog said that "we are gradually losing points of contact with one another, losing our connection to the binding story that keeps us whole as one nation."

08/06/2023

Dr. Andor Grosz: New president of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities

There are around 75-100,000 Jews in Hungary compared to their population of over 9.7 million.

By EMILY GOLDEN
06/06/2023

UN commemorates Shimon Peres with new releases of his speeches

14 of the former-Presidents speeches were published and a fellowship has been launched in his name.

Jewish organizations critique Biden's antisemitism strategy

A number of organizations have said they are worried about the definition of antisemitism as portrayed in the 60-page national strategy plan.

29/05/2023

WJC president asks UN to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism

Ronald Lauder's plea comes one day after a coalition of major US and global Jewish organizations wrote to UN leaders on Wednesday.

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