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New York - On Monday, December 10, the World Jewish Congress American Section welcomed WJC President Ronald S. Lauder and Secretary General Michael Schneider. After Schneider described the series of high-impact international interventions by the WJC President during the past several weeks, President Lauder stressed the importance of adding voices to the WJC’s mission, within the United States and globally. Schneider also described how the WJC’s Young Professionals Diplomatic Corps has been molded into an effective advocacy force, most notably in securing Interpol’s recent decision against the suspects in the 1994 AMIA bombing.
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May 2007 |
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| New York – The WJC American Section highlights outreach to Latinos and Europeans with an address by the incoming President of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) and a post-election briefing from the French Consul General. |
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photo David Karp |
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March 2007 |
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| Mexico City – The North American Jewish Congress and the Mexican Jewish community convene a regional conference with leaders from the Canadian Jewish Congress, WJC American Section, and Latin American Jewish Congress. Sessions included meetings with Mexican political leaders, U.S. State Department officials, and church leaders from Mexico and Canada. Substantive contributions were made by young community leaders from across the Western Hemisphere. |
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photo Comité Central de la Communidad
Judía de Mexico |
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| Washington – Representing the WJC American Section and the Latin American Jewish Congress, attorneys and members of the WJC Young Professionals Diplomatic Corps participate in the proceedings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. |
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Washington – WJC American Section co-organizes U.S. Capitol reception to honor the first U.S. Envoy on Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism.
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| January 2007 |
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| Washington – WJC American Section leaders meet with Representative Keith Ellison, the first Muslim Member of the U.S. Congress, who delivers an unambiguous condemnation of the Iranian regime’s Holocaust denial campaign. |
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photo: Rodney Choice |
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| Costa Rica –WJC American Section and Latin American Jewish Congress participate in Annual Convention of the Union of Jewish Congregations of Latin America and the Caribbean. |
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| New York – The WJC American Section convenes a meeting with Jewish community leaders and African American champions against anti-Semitism, who call on American Jews to join the fight against Islamophobia. |
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photo: David Karp |
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| New York – At Manhattan’s central mosque, WJC and the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding bring together leading African American, Muslim and Jewish voices in a call for dialogue and cooperation against extremism. |
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| December 2006 |
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| Geneva – The WJC assembled a delegation to the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Session on Darfur, composed of Jewish student leaders from Israel, Europe and the United States, as well as African refugees from Rwanda and Darfur and a major American Jewish leader. The Darfur refugee addressed the session on behalf of the WJC’s delegation. |
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| November 2006 |
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| Montevideo – During UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s visit to the region, the WJC organized a 45-minute meeting with leaders of Latin American Jewry, sending a public message of support to politicians across the region – including Venezuela – that the Jewish community is of importance to the global public |
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| Berlin – The WJC brings a delegation of Young Professionals from Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom to share their views at an OSCE experts’ meeting on anti-Semitism. |
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| September 2006 |
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| New York – During the annual opening of the UN General Assembly, the WJC and its Young Professional Diplomatic Corps focused efforts on lobbying European heads of state and foreign ministers to support continuation of the OSCE anti-Semitism mandate through clear language in the December 2006 OSCE Ministerial Declaration. |
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New York – WJC American Section organizes briefing for American Jewish organizations with senior delegation of visiting Israeli officials. |
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photo: David Karp |
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