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Fri, 22 Feb 2019

World Jewish Congress condemns vandalism in Amsterdam with apparent ties to soccer rivalry, calls for punitive measures

“Education is key to eliminating xenophobia and hatred, and it would behoove the club to embark on initiatives of that kind to weed this kind of conduct out of the stands and send a strong message to their own supporters and players of the importance of building bridges, not divides,” Singer said.

Thu, 21 Feb 2019

A brave group of Polish diplomats tried to save my father from the Holocaust | By WJC General Counsel Menachem Rosensaft

Kumoch is indeed an admirable and worthy successor to Ambassador Lados and the other members of the Bernese Group who did not know my father but nonetheless tried to throw him a lifeline in what was truly humankind’s darkest hour.

Thu, 21 Feb 2019

Evoking ghosts in post-Holocaust photography: Beyond the Shadows, The Holocaust and the Danish Exception, by Judy Glickman Lauder

How will present and future generations of Jews and non-Jews around the globe, born decades after the end of World War II, come to terms with the Holocaust, the systematic annihilation of 6,000,000 European Jews at the hands of the Third Reich and its multi-national accomplices?

Wed, 20 Feb 2019

WJC welcomes French president’s pledge to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism

“The World Jewish Congress is ready to assist the French government, as well as our community, in working to properly contend with and put a stop to the hatred of Jews in France,” Lauder said.

Wed, 20 Feb 2019

Time to designate the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization | By WJC Jewish Diplomat Eve Stieglitz

Israel may have spared countless lives, billions of dollars, and a global show-down that would have drawn in every important player in the region and beyond.

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