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World Jewish Congress Israel’s president slams UN Secretary-General

"The United Nations has lost any shred of legitimacy on the global stage. It has become nothing more than...

Gunman shot dead after crashing truck into US synagogue

An armed man has rammed his vehicle into a synagogue in Michigan in what federal investigators said was a...

Lauder calls for Australia’s government to stand together with Jewish community

Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, has called on the Australian government to respond boldly to...

Anat Vidor named a vice president of the World Jewish Congress

In a landmark appointment that cements Australia’s imprint on global Jewish leadership, World WIZO President Anat Vidor, formerly of...

Robert Goot to establish an antisemitism task force

The World Jewish Congress has asked Sydney-based Robert Goot to establish a WJC task force on responses to antisemitism. The...

World Jewish Congress welcomes Meta Oversight Board decision on Holocaust denial content

Meta’s Oversight Board is to address Holocaust denial content more seriously on its platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Yfat Barak-Cheney, director...

Israel faces International Court of Justice

Israel is preparing to defend itself at the top United Nations court against accusations of genocide in Gaza, as...

A video message from the president of The World Jewish Congress

As communities around the globe grapple with the health, economic and social impacts of the novel coronavirus, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder issued a video message, assuring the more than 100 WJC-affiliated Jewish communities that the World Jewish Congress is here to support them.

WJC applauds Vatican’s opening of World War II archives

As the Vatican prepares to unseal millions of pages representing the WWII archives of Pope Pius XII tomorrow, the World Jewish Congress celebrates a step forward in the transparency of that era’s history.

Germany bans Hezbollah

The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has welcomed the decision of the Federal Government of Germany to ban the Iranian-sponsored Hezbollah terrorist militia.

WJC President Lauder condemns ‘despicable and deliberate’ antisemitic vandalism of Elie Wiesel house

“This callous act was an attack against the very principles of morality and humanity for which Wiesel stood,” Lauder says.

World Jewish Congress urges UNHRC commission of inquiry on Gaza to remain independent and impartial

The World Jewish Congress is calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council’s commission of inquiry on Gaza, whose three members were appointed this week, to ensure that it “maintains the highest levels of balance and objectivity” when investigating the events of the recent protests on the Israel-Gaza border

Europe is not antisemitic, but there is antisemitism in Europe

40% of German youth don't know what Auschwitz is; 20% of Hungarians share strong antisemitic feelings

WJC praises Netanyahu’s call for resumption of peace negotiations

The World Jewish Congress (WJC) today hailed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neyanyahu’s call at the United Nations for the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table and lauded Netanyahu’s remarks that Israel and Arab states are cooperating against radical Islam.

WJC’s reaction to Iran deal

World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder has reacted to the preliminary agreement reached by the negotiators of the P5+1 group in Lausanne.

Anti-Semitism around the world

Anti-Defamation Chairman Dr Dvir Abramovich has expressed ADC's concern about rising levels of antisemitism around the world, a view backed up by the World Jewish congress.