Posts Tagged: WJC
To Fight Holocaust Denial, Facebook Searches of Key Words in 12 Languages Will Prompt Authoritative Info
Facebook users searching for information about the Holocaust in 12 languages, including German, Arabic and Chinese, will now be directed to authoritative information on an...
US President Biden Confirms ‘Unwavering’ Support for Israel as Jewish State Transfers Power to New Government
US President Joe Biden congratulated Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and alternate PM Yair Lapid and confirmed the country’s “unwavering” commitment for the Jewish...
Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen to Head Relaunched International Council of Jewish Legislators in Face of Rising Antisemitism
US Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) will head a revived international council of Jewish legislators to push back against rising antisemitism globally alongside broader "attacks on...
Our Shared Human Fraternity Against Racism and Extremism
The United Nations General Assembly, in a unanimous vote, declared February 4 as the “International Day of Human Fraternity.” The date commemorates the signing of...
Analyst: Changes Make Polish Holocaust Law ‘Less of a Defeat’; Jewish Groups Hail Move
An Israeli commentator said on Wednesday the changes to the Polish “Holocaust Law” criminalizing discussion of Poland’s complicity in the murder of Jews during World...
Ambassador Nikki Haley at Anti-BDS Conference: Effort to Delegitimize Israel on Campus, at UN ‘One and the Same’
"The effort to delegitimize the state of Israel being waged on college campuses and the anti-Israel obsession at the UN are one and the same," US...
Commmmorating Nostra Aetate, Chief Rabbi and Cardinal Call for Unity Against Persecution, Brutality
Two prominent religious leaders, a Jew and a Catholic, marked the 50th commemoration of the formative Nostra Aetate proclamations, by calling on more faiths to form close working...
Head of UNESCO Vetoes Palestinian Posters, Citing Concerns Over Antisemitism
The head of UNESCO, the United Nations cultural agency, has a rejected a collection of Palestinian propaganda posters submitted to the organization's world heritage register...
Turkey’s Erdogan Abruptly Cancels Scheduled Meeting With Jewish Leader in New York
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday abruptly canceled a planned meeting with World Jewish Congress (WJC) leader Ronald Lauder in New York, according to...
World Jewish Congress Leader Warns of Far Right Parties, Islamic Extremists in Visit to Europe
Times of Israel - European voters risk giving their countries a bad name by electing far-right politicians, the leader of the World Jewish Congress warned...
Foreign Press Association Protests ‘Blatant, Incessant, Forceful and Unorthodox Methods’ Used by Hamas to Pressure Media in Gaza
Israel's Foreign Press Association on Monday said it "protests, in the strongest terms, the blatant, incessant, forceful and unorthodox methods employed by the Hamas authorities...
World Must Oppose Hamas-Backed Government
Pope Francis tried spiritually to revive the stalled Middle East peace process on Sunday by holding a prayer meeting at the Vatican with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority...
Mahmoud Abbas Gives the World a Moment of Clarity
Like many people around the world, I was dismayed when Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas embraced Hamas last week. This was one of those moments when people realize what's really happening, and there...
WJC Calls for Online List of Art Recovered From Nazis
AFP- The head of the World Jewish Congress Monday pressed the German government to publish an inventory of a recently discovered vast trove ...
