Despite recent comments by a Palestinian mufti, Imam Muhammad Shamsi and WJC Vice-President Rabbi Marc Schneier are encouraging their congregation to see the man behind the faith. read more »
I cannot decide whether Save a Torah co-founder Rick Zitelman is a knave or a fool, but he has a great deal to answer for and should not be allowed to evade public excoriation following the scandal about fake Holocaust-era Torah scrolls, writes the general counsel of the World Jewish Congress. read more »
Hamas officials' recent tours of the capital cities of the Middle East have revealed the split between its outside leadership, headed by Khaled Mashal, and its leadership in Gaza under Ismail Haniyeh. This fracture is not about ideological differences but about a struggle for power. read more »
Following pressure by the World Jewish Congress, on 5 February 1997 three major Swiss banks - Union Bank of Switzerland, the Swiss Bank Corp., and Credit Suisse - agreed to allocate US$ 71 million to a fund of victims of the Holocaust. read more »
When looked at critically, but soberly and fairly, how does Israel fare on measures of democratic quality? read more »
Mahmoud Abbas is not in a hurry to make any decisions regarding the future actions of the Palestinians following the preliminary talks with Israel in Jordan, but the inventory of possible measures is not promising. read more »
The World Jewish Restitution Organization, of which the World Jewish Congress is a founding member, has conducted a briefing for members of the European Parliament in Brussels on the issue of Holocaust-era assets that have not been repaid. read more »
The Monthly Policy Talk of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations-EU Young Diplomats Forum (an initiative co-sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and supported by the Delegation of the EU to Israel, several European embassies, and the Israeli MFA) was hosted by the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa in its newly restored Beit Zeirim community center. read more »
The president of the World Jewish Congress expressed outrage at the conviction of Italian journalist and politician Peppino Caldarola who had written an article criticizing a cartoon that depicts fellow parliamentarian Fiamma Nirenstein, who is Jewish, with a hooked nose, the symbol of fascist Italy, and the Star of David. read more »
The presidents of the World Jewish Congress and Latin American Jewish Congress expressed hope for progress in Middle East peace at a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. read more »
In Jerusalem, the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus and the World Jewish Congress held the sixth edition of the annual ‘Night to Honor Our Christian Allies’. Awards were presented to US Bishop Daniel Williams and German Jürgen Bühler. read more »
The Arab Spring does not constitute a single phenomenon or a disparate series of unrelated events. Rather, what we are witnessing is the simultaneous unfolding of three grand, historic political processes: democratization; authoritarian adaptation/succession; and state failure read more »
The Jewish community of Bahrain has hailed recent talks between King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and leading World Jewish Congress Vice President Rabbi Marc Schneier. read more »
Russia expert Prof. Agnieszka Bryc addressed the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress, on the topic 'Where is Russia heading?' read more »
Last week’s meeting of Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Amman was perceived as a resumption of direct negotiations toward a final settlement of the conflict, but the real test will come after 26 January, when the Quartet’s call for direct peace talks expires. read more »
It is time the Israelis took their submarine force and reinvented it as a strategic deterrent against a potentially nuclear-armed Iran and its terrorist surrogates seeking to literally wipe the Jewish state off the map, writes the WJC president in the 'New York Post'. read more »
The decision to convene the Palestinian Legislative Council next month is a clear challenge to the legitimacy of Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah as the body is controlled by Hamas. read more »
World Jewish Congress (WJC) Vice President Rabbi Marc Schneier was received by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain for talks. The monarch said his country would host a Muslim-Jewish dialog event in 2012. read more »
The Dutch Senate froze its vote on banning ritual slaughter in the Netherlands, eliciting “relief” from Jews and Muslims and frustration among the right-wingers and animal rights activists promoting the ban. read more »
WJC President Ronald S. Lauder has eulogized former Czech President Vaclav Havel, who died on Sunday at the age 75, as "one of the most inspiring political leaders of our time" who helped to reinvigorate Jewish life in the Czech Republic. read more »
