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The Jewish imperative of the coronavirus crisis | Op-ed by World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder in The Jerusalem Post
As governments around the world set about easing restrictions and life begins to gradually, it is evident that the coronavirus has changed every one of us, creating a new reality, writes World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder in the Jerusalem Post.
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WATCH | WJC marks Yom Hashoah with online commemorative ceremony
The ceremony, held in lieu of a physical commemoration in light of COVID-19, included opening remarks by WJC President Ronald S. Lauder; reflections by WJC Commissioner for Holocaust Memory Dr. Charlotte Knobloch and WJC Executive Committee Member Amb. Colette Avital, both Holocaust survivors; and an intervention by The Rt. Hon Lord Eric Pickles, UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues.
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Yom Hashoah 2020 | Remembering 75 years since the Holocaust
Click here for more coverage on Yom Hashoah from the WJC, including survivor testimonials. As we remember the atrocities of the Holocaust, together we also remember the incredible individual stories of resistance, resilience and survival. In learning from the past, we ensure that humanity will never experience such horrors again.
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Jewish communities respond to COVID-19
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Jewish Congress is fully committed to supporting our Jewish communities across the globe as they confront unprecedented challenges caused by this global crisis. We are doing everything in our power to ensure that all Jews everywhere, individually and as communities, are secure, defended and protected as we all go through the vulnerabilities of what we hope and pray will be a short-lived new reality.
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The defiant Zionist spirit of the Belsen DP camp
When the remnant of European Jewry emerged from the death camps, forests and hiding places throughout Europe in the winter and spring of 1945, they looked for their families and, overwhelmingly, discovered that their fathers and mothers, their husbands, wives and children, their brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins had all been murdered by the Germans and their accomplices. Yet they did not give in to despair.
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Yom Hashoah 2020: Remembering makes you free | Tomas Mojo, Member of WJC Jewish Diplomatic Corps
“That is why education has an essential role. Pedagogy of memory lets us know, comprehend, remember and act in a consequent way. Those who don’t know what happened can’t avoid things and that is why the Shoah has the essential role we mentioned. It teaches us from the “absolute evil”, from the deepest human misery. The magnificent Primo Levi said that “…It happened, so it could happen again: this is the essence of what we have to say. It can occur again, in any place”.
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From Berlin, Israeli embassy’s online Holocaust commemoration disrupted by Nazi sympathizers
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas condemned the incident on Twitter, describing the fiasco as “an indescribable shame” and “a bottomless lack of respect toward survivors and toward the memory of the deceased.”
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WJC condemns attack on northernmost synagogue in Russia: We must be as vigilant as ever in protecting Jewish communities
“It is beyond saddening that as billions of people across the world find common ground in contending with the shared fears, uncertainties, and concerns that accompany the COVID-19 crisis, antisemitic hoodlums are still wasting their energy on spewing hatred and assaulting Jewish centers and houses of worships in the name of pure divisiveness,” said WJC President Ronald S. Lauder.
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WJC ENDORSED | Joint statement by UN Task Force on unity during COVID-19
The Task Force noted that it hoped the statement would serve as a “useful tool in mobilizing communities of faith and other stakeholders in our common global efforts in the fight against COVID-19.”
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Rise in antisemitic hatred during COVID-19 must be countered with tougher measures, says UN expert Shaheed
"I am extremely concerned to see that certain religious leaders and politicians continue to exploit the challenging times during this pandemic to spread hatred against Jews and other minorities," said UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Ahmed Shaheed. "We must collectively reject antisemitism and other forms of intolerance and discrimination now."
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WebTalks | Holocaust Remembrance in the Age of COVID-19
Professor Menachem Z. Rosensaft, WJC’s Associate Executive Vice President and General Counsel, reflects on his own personal story, born in the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons Camp, and explains how COVID-19 has impacted this year’s observance of Yom Hashoah.
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WebTalks | Combating antisemitism through Holocaust education
Karel Fracapane, Senior Project Officer in UNESCO’s Division for Inclusion, Peace and Sustainable Development, tells us about the organization’s efforts to bring Holocaust education to the mainstream.
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WebTalks | Correcting the record on Holocaust denial and distortion
Dr. Robert Williams, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Chair of the Committee on Antisemitism at the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance discusses the implications of Holocaust denial and distortion.
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