NEW YORK – In response to Romanian President Nicușor Daniel Dan’s decision to the delay the enactment of critical legislation targeting antisemitism, Holocaust denial and far-right extremism, World ...

NEW YORK -- Reacting to the recent joint declaration by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey condemning the October 7th terrorist attacks and calling on Hamas to release all hostages, disarm ...

In a letter addressed to Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán, Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, expressed his sincere gratitude to the Hungarian government, following its ...

The World Jewish Congress expressed deep concern over the Brazilian government’s withdrawal from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). “The Brazilian government’s decision to ...

NEW YORK - Responding to the announcement that the United States would withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Jewish Congress released ...

New York – A coalition of leading American Jewish organizations, including ADL (Anti-Defamation League), American Jewish Committee (AJC), American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), B’nai B’rith ...

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder today expressed grave concern about the joint statement issued by 28 countries on the Israel-Hamas war, warning the statement could be exploited to ...

In response to the incident involving the removal of a group of young French Jews from a Vueling flight at Valencia Airport last Wednesday, the World Jewish Congress issued the following statement: ...

NEW YORK -- After French President Emmanuel Macron announced his intention to recognize a Palestinian state in September, Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, released the ...

In 1936, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise co-founded the World Jewish Congress (WJC), together with Nahum Goldmann and others. The World Jewish Congress, American Section, is the affiliate of the WJC in the ...

Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk, born in June 1894, created a masterpiece Passover Haggadah. Created in the context of the rise of fascism in Europe during the 1930s, Szyk dedicated his work to ...

For thousands of years, a clear signal of antisemitism was treating Jews differently than other citizens. Similarly, today we must be aware of when criticism of Israel is being applied selectively and ...