Sukkot at the Rivlins
October 21, 2016 by Agencies
President Reuven and First Lady Nechama Rivlin has welcomed thousands to the annual Open Sukkah event at the President’s Residence. Read more
President Rivlin stresses the Jewish people’s connection to Jerusalem as he is joined by children to decorate the Sukkah
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has commented on the expected UNESCO vote questioning the historic connection of the Jewish people to the Western Wall. Read more
WJC warns UNESCO of adopting ‘another inflammatory, one-sided decision’ denying Jewish link to Jerusalem
October 14, 2016 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has called on the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to refrain from adopting “yet another inflammatory, one-sided decision” that harshly condemns Israel and denies or downplays Judaism’s and Christianity’s connections to the holy sites in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Read more
New MDA app helps save lives
Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medicine service and Red Cross national society, has released a mobile app that aims to significantly streamline the process of locating, reaching, and saving people’s lives. Read more
WJC says Santos deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
October 9, 2016 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has welcomed the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to give this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos. Read more
Shimon Peres: In his own words
Some of Shimon Peres’ best quotes…
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Israel and the world mourn ‘founding father’ Shimon Peres
October 2, 2016 by Agencies
The State of Israel, as well as dignitaries and Jewish groups around the world, came together on Sept. 30 for the funeral service of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, who passed away on Sept. 28 two weeks after suffering a massive stroke. He was 93 years old. Read more
WJC President calls Filipino leader’s Hitler praise ‘revolting’ and ‘unacceptable’
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder today condemned the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines praising Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and saying that he would be happy to slaughter drug addicts in his country just as Hitler slaughtered the Jews. Read more
75 years after Babi Yar, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder praises ‘miracle of Jewish revival in Ukraine’
October 1, 2016 by Agencies
On the 75th anniversary of the murder more than 33,000 Jews at Babi Yar, leaders of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) were in Ukraine to take part in events to remember the atrocity committed by Nazi Germany on 29/30 September 1941 near Kyiv. Read more
Danby gives testimony before the UN Human Rights Council
Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has spoken at the UN Human Rights Council slamming its silence over the Syrian massacres…a video report. Read more
A Rosh Hashanah message from President Rivlin
September 29, 2016 by Agencies
In the run up the Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, President Reuven Rivlin issued his video traditional greeting to Jewish communities around the world. Read more
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s video tribute to Shimon Peres
September 28, 2016 by Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks on the passing of former president Shimon Peres. Read more
Shimon Peres: History in making
September 28, 2016 by Agencies
Shimon Peres, one of the founders of the State of Israel, was instrumental in building and developing Israel’s defense and security industry, establishing the IDF, developing the nuclear reactor in Dimona and the nuclear research facility at Sorek, and heading the Israeli defense industry. Read more
The Pope meets the WJC
A delegation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) led by its president, Ronald S. Lauder, has been received by Pope Francis at the Vatican. Read more
The President’s Twitter chat
September 26, 2016 by Agencies
Watch how Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin handles his open first Twitter chat….. Read more
WJC President Lauder honors Elie Wiesel at high-profile UNESCO-sponsored tribute to heroes fighting violent extremism
September 25, 2016 by Agencies
WJC President Lauder honours Elie Wiesel at high-profile UNESCO-sponsored tribute to heroes fighting violent extremism. Read more
President Rivlin to host Q&A on Twitter #AskRivlin
September 23, 2016 by Agencies
For the first time, President Reuven Rivlin will hold a questions and answers session on Twitter via his Hebrew (@rubirivlin), and English (@PresidentRuvi)Twitter accounts, using both text and video. Read more
Ban Ki-moon sends a letter to Peres
September 21, 2016 by Agencies
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has sent a letter to Ninth President Shimon Peres wishing him a speedy recovery and a long life. Read more
Limmud FSU is key to bridging Australia’s Jewish and Russian-speaking Jewish Communities
Israeli Minister of Environmental Protection Zeev Elkin told Limmud FSU Australia that the organisation is playing a critical role in connecting the Russian-speaking Jewish community to the larger Australian Jewish community at the first-ever Limmud FSU Australia festival in Sydney this past weekend. Read more
Israel is not isolated Netanyahu tells WJC
September 14, 2016 by Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a delegation of World Jewish Congress (WJC) leaders that despite the perception that Israel is isolated, there had been a dramatic expansion of relations with countries recently, including in the Arab world, something that would have been inconceivable just five years ago. Read more
President Rivlin hosts delegation of senior WJC leadership
September 13, 2016 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has hosted a delegation of the senior leadership of the World Jewish Congress (WJC). Read more
‘Nowhere in the world was terror of 9/11 understood better than in Israel’…Lauder
September 12, 2016 by Agencies
The US embassy in Israel has commemorated in Jerusalem the 15th anniversary of 9/11 . Read more
Four Australian Jewish women to participate U.S. project
September 2, 2016 by Agencies
Four Jewish mothers from Australia will participate in the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) Leadership Conference in Maryland later this month. Read more
Intel launches 7th-generation Israeli technology
Intel Corp. introduced its 7th generation Core processors developed by the company’s Israeli branch in Haifa. Read more
800 nominations received for next year’s Maccabiah Game
August 26, 2016 by Agencies
Momentum is building towards Australia’s 2017 Maccabiah Games campaign, with over 800 nominations received by Maccabi Australia from athletes and officials hoping to be on the plane to Israel next year. Read more
Israeli defence minister: Israel won’t allow Hamas to arm itself
August 24, 2016 by Agencies
A day after the Israel Defence Forces bombed a number of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket attack on the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned that the Jewish state cannot allow the Hamas terror group to arm itself. Read more
New Zealand Jewish Council calls for success for Islam Awareness Week
August 22, 2016 by Agencies
President of NZJC Stephen Goodman has sent a message to the Federation of Islamic Association of New Zealand at the beginning of the Islam Awareness Week. Read more
An Ancient Jewish “Stone Age”? Excavations in a Cave in Galilee Reveal a 2,000 Year-Old Stone Vessel Production Centre
August 22, 2016 by Agencies
Archaeological excavations conducted in Galilee in early August, under the direction of Dr. Yonatan Adler of Ariel University, have unearthed a 2,000 year-old cave which functioned as a quarry and industrial workshop for the production of stone vessels. Read more
Israeli startups win Global Innovation Awards in China
August 15, 2016 by Agencies
Two Israeli startups have won first and second place at the Global Innovation Awards 2016 in Beijing. Read more
A well-known luxury hotel in Berlin has denied claims that it deliberately omitted Israel in its phone directory due to concerns of its Arab guests
August 12, 2016 by Agencies
French Jewish filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, who directed the Holocaust documentary “Shoah”, wrote an op-ed in the French newspaper ‘Le Figaro’ and the German daily ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung’ in which claimed that the Kempinski Hotel Bristol had intentionally left Israel off a list of international dialing codes. Read more
