	July 17, 2020

WJC commemorates 25 years since Srebrenica Genocide, supports efforts to mark 11 July as Remembrance Day

The WJC and its President, Ronald S. Lauder, are committed to commemorating the 1995 genocide of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica at the hands of Bosnian Serb paramilitary forces. Over the course of July, the WJC launched a widespread initiative to expose and condemn attempts to deny this genocide, calling for its victims to be accorded the respect and remembrance they deserve.

Suspects in murder of French Holocaust survivor to stand trial for antisemitic motives

CRIF President and WJC Vice President Francis Kalifat welcomed the decision regarding charges in the 2018 murder of Mireille Knoll, and urged the judiciary to apply the same justice in the murder of Sarah Halimi, who was hurled to her death from her window in 2017.

Denial of the Srebrenica Genocide must be exposed and condemned

“Like Holocaust denial, denial of the Srebrenica genocide cannot be allowed to be portrayed as a legitimate intellectual position.... As a moral imperative, the international community must once and for all denounce Srebrenica genocide denial, in Pope Benedict’s words, as ‘intolerable and altogether unacceptable’,” writes WJC Associate Executive Vice President Menachem Z. Rosensaft in Just Security.

Lithuania picks the wrong man to honor

“Lithuania’s parliament has decided to honor Juozas Lukša, a partisan who, during WWII, was part of a group that actively murdered Jews. One would hope that Lithuania would instead choose to honor those who defended their neighbors,” writes Laurence Weinbaum, Executive Director of WJC Israel and Director of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations in the Jewish Chronicle.

‘Hezbollah is stronger now’: LAJC holds series of virtual conferences to commemorate 1994 AMIA bombing

The LAJC conferences will continue through mid-July, as the community prepares to mark the 26th anniversary of the bombing on 18 July, amid coronavirus restrictions."Each year, the Latin American Jewish Congress makes the claim for justice for the victims of AMIA....This year will not be the exception,” said LAJC Executive Director Claudio Epelman.

Jewish Museum of Venice to be renovated, following floods and COVID challenges

The roughly $10 million renovation project will be funded primarily by the Jewish community and philanthropists, including WJC President Ronald S. Lauder.

Australian Jewish community shaken by recent string of antisemitic incidents in schools

In New South Wales, a 15-year-old Jewish student transferred schools after a fellow student drew a picture of the infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele and talked about “dissecting Jews.” Vic Alhadeff, CEO of New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD), described the pattern of antisemitc incidents at schools as a “matter of profound concern.”

Recognizing Srebrenica Genocide: The moral imperative of ‘Never Again’

“It is crucial that the Republika Srpska and the Republic of Serbia recognize the Srebrenica Genocide for what it was and pave the way for reconciliation, for the sake of any future coexistence between the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and as part of their own moral imperative in the commitment to ensuring that Never Again remains truly so,” writes WJC JDCorps member Vladimir Andrle in Bosnia and Hezegovina’s BN1.

Let the memory of the Srebrenica Genocide serve as a call to action against hatred

“As Jews, we look back upon a more than 4,000-year-old history that has been plagued by discrimination, persecution and extermination against our people, culminating with deliberate extermination of six million Jews during the Holocaust... we know what it means when human beings are systematically being murdered because of their religion or ethnicity – like in Srebrenica,” writes WJC JDCorps member Gila Baumoehl in the Jüdische Allgemeine.

Remembering and honoring the victims of the Srebrenica genocide

“Now, 25 years after the Srebrenica Genocide, we must ensure that it is not forgotten. It is critical that the Jewish people pay tribute to every innocent victim no matter who they were, and unite in the fight against all forms of racism, xenophobia, and discrimination,” writes WJC JDCorps member Asher Levine in the Jerusalem Post.

A painful historical reminder: The Srebrenica Genocide

“Although an ethnic conflict in Europe may be difficult to wrap one’s head around, we are regularly being called on to speak up for those who may be murdered because of the color of their skin, the way they pray to their God, or who they decide to love. Why not broaden our horizons and seek to understand and empathize with not only those with painful presents, but with painful pasts?” writes WJC JDCorps member Adam Hummel in Arutz Sheva.

18 July 1994 | Bombing at AMIA building in Buenos Aires kills 85 people and wounds hundreds more

The attack on the AMIA Jewish center was the deadliest terrorist attack in Latin American history and against any Jewish community outside of Israel. Twenty-six years after the horrific bombing, none of the perpetrators has yet been brought to trial.

16-17 July 1942 | Thousands of Jews detained in Vél d’Hiv Roundup

The arrests, which were coordinated and facilitated by the collaborationist Vichy regime, came about two years after France surrendered to Nazi German forces in June 1940. Overall, it is approximated that 77,000 Jews living in France perished in concentration camps during the Holocaust, with the overwhelming majority passing away at Auschwitz.

The Srebrenica Genocide: A survivor's family story

Adisada Dudić Hoque, a survivor of the Srebrenica Genocide, recounts the harrowing experiences she and her family faced on 11 July 1995, when Bosnian Serb forces entered Srebrenica, a UN safe haven area where Bosnian Muslims had taken refuge, and executed approximately 8,000 men and boys over the course of a few days.

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The Yiddish Poetry of Malka Lee

Malka Lee was one of the most beloved female Yiddish poets in America. Her writings focused on a range of topics, including her memories of shtetl life, the secular immigrant experience, and the pain of watching the tragedy of the Holocaust unfold while living in safety in the United States.

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In Photos | Christianity in Jerusalem

Israeli photographer Ofir Barak's latest photobook, 'Stones and Bones,' examines the experience of living in modern-day Jerusalem as a Christian. “I live in a city that transcends above time. It is a place where kings, prophets, pilgrims, all have stood here through the ages, living by their holy gods and uncompromised faith,” writes Barak.

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