The job is not yet done: On the reform of the handling of Nazi-looted art | WJC President Ronald S. Lauder

Germany can and should place itself at the forefront of efforts to ensure that cross-border solutions are also sought and found on a European level in order to accelerate the identification and return of looted art, writes WJC President Lauder in Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
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British Jews launch 'Jewish Manifesto' ahead of General Elections

Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl writes about the Manifesto “The Jewish Manifesto election presents candidates with a clearly thought out and agreed set of policy requests. We call on all candidates to sign up and show support to their local Jewish community. We would also encourage all members of the Jewish community to engage proactively in the election."
Read Marie van der Zyl's op-ed on the Manifesto in the Jewish Chronicle...

CIJA deeply disappointed with change to Canadian vote at United Nations

CIJA National Co-Chair Joel Reitman commented: “While Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland offered assurances that no other changes in vote were being contemplated, we are very disappointed that the Government of Canada did not stand firm in opposition to the annual Israel-bashing ritual at the UN General Assembly."
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Antisemitism is everyone's problem | LAJC Executive Director Claudio Epelman

LAJC Executive Director and WJC Commissioner for Interfaith Relations Claudio Epelman writes in Clarin, in Spanish: When we understand that attacks against individual faiths is not just an attack against those targeted, coexistence will overcome intolerance.
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German Leader Merkel to make first visit to Auschwitz

Last month, the World Jewish Congress gave Merkel its Theodor Herzl Award for her efforts to foster Jewish life in Germany and her support for the state of Israel.
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WJC stands with Ukrainian Jewish community in deploring antisemitic cartoon targeting Jewish leader

In a statement released this week, the Confederation said: “We are not indifferent to the fate of each Jew, and we stand for the protection of the Jewish rights in Ukraine. We are against any manifestation of xenophobia towards citizens of any nationality"
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Lithuania to issue first-ever euro coin featuring Hebrew inscription

Coin will be issued in honor of the 'Year of the Vilna Gaon and the History of the Jews of Lithuania'; critics claim Menorah symbol on coin's obverse used by far right, neo-Nazi groups in Baltic state.
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10,000 Yiddish books now fully searchable online

After years of work by a small team of linguists, computer programmers, and volunteer editors, visitors to the Yiddish Book Center’s website can now search millions of pages of digitized Yiddish books with the aid of a newly launched computer program, the Forward reports.
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Antisemitism at a glance: Finland

The Israeli embassy in Finland has been vandalized at least 15 times over the last two years. And in November 2019, on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, antisemitic messages appeared in front of the synagogue in Helsinki. Finland is seeing an uptick of antisemitic incidents.
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The Jewish history of Cuba

This month the Cuban capital Havana is celebrating 500 years of its foundation. The local Jewish community may be small, but Havana still boasts three synagogues, including both Sephardic and Ashkenazi, and a Hebrew school. This is the story of Cuba's Jews.
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35 years since Operation Moses
It was 35 years ago: With Ethiopia affected by war and famine, Israel undertook a secret operation to rescue Ethiopian Jews. It was known as Operation Moses. In seven weeks, 8,000 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted from Sudan and brought to safety in their new home: Israel.