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The World Jewish Congress (WJC) congratulates Pope Leo XIV on his election as the next leader of the Catholic Church, ...
The World Jewish Congress mourns the passing of Margot Friedländer – a woman of unshakable moral courage, a survivor of ...
It’s a moment of relief, but it’s also a stark reminder that 58 hostages remain in the hands of a brutal terror group. We ...
WJC President Ronald S. Lauder called the joint declaration “a remarkable and courageous act of conscience from the heart of ...
What remains of this day? A day that was less a liberation in the literal sense, but more a moment of absolute emptiness in ...
Founded in 1988, the ICJP established a global network of relationships among Jewish elected officials to enable greater ...
Forty years ago, I became politically active. I didn't join any party, nor did I run for parliament—which, as a German Jew, wouldn't have been realistic at the time anyway. But I began to make the ...
As part of his Lauder Fellowship project and with the support of WJC NextGen, Ron Stern organized a joint cross-border program in Prague over the Pesach weekend with the Slovak Union of Jewish Youth ...
It is rare in life to encounter someone whose humility matches the scale of their authority. For me, that person has always been Jorge Mario Bergoglio—known to the world as Pope Francis. I first met ...