We commend the Trump Administration for its clear and forceful opposition to the French proposal, and urge President Macron to reconsider this decision ahead of the September session of the UN General ...

When Israel has a partner for peace, only direct bilateral negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will yield a lasting two-state outcome. Rather than stand firmly against the evils of Hamas, ...

NEW YORK - Responding to the announcement that the United States would withdraw from the United Nations Educational, ...

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder today expressed grave concern about the joint statement issued by 28 ...

In a closely watched decision on Monday, the Foreign Ministers of the 27 European Union (EU) member states agreed to initiate consultations with Israel under Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association ...

On this day, French-Jewish historian Jules Isaac held a private audience with Pope John XXIII and laid forward the Jewish case for bringing Jews and Catholics together. The WJC was instrumental in ...

Leading up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the World Jewish Congress collaborated with numerous organizations and UN Missions in Geneva to raise awareness of the escalating antisemitism ...

In a letter to UN Human Rights Council President Ambassador Jürg Lauber, WJC Executive Vice President Maram Stern criticized the “Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory” for ...

NEW YORK – In response to reports that Columbia University is nearing a deal with the federal government to restore nearly $400 million in frozen funding, J. Philip Rosen, Chair of the World Jewish ...

NEW YORK – Upon learning of the passing of Pope Francis, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said: “It is with great sadness that I join people around the world in mourning the passing of ...

The only previous visit of a high-ranking pastor of the Church was Pope Paul VI on 4 January 1964. However, there were a number of differences between the two , including the generally positive tone ...

On 15 December 1941, SS officers began to murder Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, all in sight of Kharkov’s non-Jewish residents. The horrific murders took ...