A message from WJC President Ronald S. Lauder: Why Israel needs your support
At this year's Jerusalem Post Conference, WJC President Lauder discussed the importance of standing by Israel: "Socialism won't save you from antisemitism, but Israel will."
Parents of abducted IDF soldier Hadar Goldin urge UN Secretary General to escalate efforts for son’s release World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder and former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler accompanied Leah and Simcha Goldin at their meeting with the secretary general. Read More...
Op-ed by the parents of Hadar Goldin | Our son was abducted by Hamas. We want his remains returned "What’s needed now is concrete action by the United Nations and the United States to put these ideas into practice: Make Hamas’s cynical holding of Israeli remains — of our son and his fellow soldier, Oron Shaul, and the two civilian hostages, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed — a burden instead of an asset," write Simcha and Leah Goldin. Read More...
WJC President Lauder condemns US Rep. Tlaib's suggestion to boycott TV host Bill Maher for denouncing BDS "We Jews know what boycotts can lead to. We find it concerning that a member of the U.S. Congress would lobby for BDS and so easily suggest that Maher’s show should be boycotted simply because he expressed an opinion with which she disagrees." Read More...
Israeli teen killed, brother and father wounded, in West Bank terror attack On Friday morning, 17-year-old Rina Shnerb was with her family at a spring in the Ein Bubin neighborhood when a homemade bomb exploded. This is just the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks in the last two weeks. Read More...
Germany's Jewish council warns against AfD's 'right-wing extremism' The president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany has sharply criticized the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, saying that it "incites fears and promotes a climate of exclusion of minorities." Read More...
Italian Jews launch crowdfunding campaign to save centuries-old books Many of the books have survived Nazi raids and natural catastrophes. Some 2,000 of them are to be donated to those who pledge at least €200 to the campaign. Read More...
Jewish heritage in Alexandria gains renewed attention in Egypt While regional shifts have whittled the number of Jews living in the city down to just a handful, their remaining grandiose structures stand as daily representations of the city’s storied past, one of which has been described as among the most magnificent in the world, according to Egyptian newspaper, Akhbar El-Yom. Read More...
Fake Twitter accounts are impersonating Jews and promoting anti-Semitism Fake Twitter accounts impersonating Jews and promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have proliferated following a post on the online messaging forum 4chan. Read More...
