Israel urges Ban Ki-moon to place plight of post-1948 Jewish refugees on UN...
New campaign to highlight Jewish suffering, in part as counter to Palestinian refugee demands, gains momentum at UN HQ meet
View ArticleIsraeli strike on Iran without US would be a ‘disaster,’ World Jewish...
Ron Lauder warns that a unilateral operation would isolate Jerusalem
View ArticleLocal philanthropy takes root among Eastern European Jews
To build a culture of giving, local charities must battle attitudes left over from the Soviet era
View ArticleMoshe Kantor reelected European Jewish Congress president
New term will focus on rising anti-Semitism and security threats
View ArticleForeign Ministry reportedly rejects Liberman’s proposed media smear campaign...
Spokesperson cannot confirm reports that WJC will fund ads instead; Israeli diplomats call foreign minister’s proposal ‘divorced from reality,’ say it won’t help European public opinion of Israel
View ArticleBribery claims roil Euro-Jewish relations with US billionaire
Ronald Lauder denies allegations that he attempted to buy votes for favored candidates during communal elections
View ArticleThe making of a miracle: the chief rabbi and the imams
A journey to the promised land of Muslim-Jewish reconciliation
View ArticleHungarian Jews speak up for Roma
Community leadership condemns op-ed by politician likening another minority to ‘animals’
View ArticleLatin American Jewish Congress meets in Venezuela
Gathering of religious leaders intended to highlight precarious position of community in host country
View ArticleDespite Burgas, EU noncommittal on Hezbollah
Political and economic concerns — and fears of retaliation — likely to stop Union from classifying group as terrorist organization
View ArticleLatin American priests ‘create new friendships’ in Israel
Delegation organizers hope to forge bonds of understanding between future Catholic leaders and the Jewish state
View ArticleZionist leader Jacques Torczyner dies
Holocaust refugee from Belgium occupied key positions, including presidency of Zionist Organization of America
View ArticleThessaloniki Jews to mark anniversary of deportations
Greek prime minister expected to participate in Holocaust commemorations
View ArticleThe Haggadah according to the Bronfmans
Edgar Bronfman Sr. and his wife, artist Jan Aronson, present their own version of the Passover text
View ArticleGreek Jews get sudden boost in neo-Nazi fight
Often silent during the rise of an anti-Semitic political party, the prime minister and other leaders are now signaling support
View ArticleHungarian far-rightists to stage ‘anti-Zionist’ revenge rally
Budapest demonstration, set to coincide with World Jewish Congress’s annual meet, is seen as payback for ban on anti-Semitic biker event dubbed ‘Give Gas’
View ArticleThousands march in Hungary to remember Shoah victims
World Jewish Congress: Much bigger turnout than in previous years; ‘Give Gas’ anti-Semitic counter-event nixed
View ArticleA Sephardi challenge to the last bastion of Ashkenazi power in France
Next month’s leadership elections to the CRIF community umbrella group could complete a dramatic transition for French Jewry
View ArticleHungarian Jewish leader beaten at soccer match
Head of local Raoul Wallenberg Association says he was assaulted after asking fans to stop chanting anti-Semitic jeers
View ArticleHungary: 3 men convicted of anti-Semitism
Men shouted ‘Sieg Heil’ and made Nazi salute at people attending World Jewish Congress last week
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