Policy Council

Policy Council Meeting in Brussels, May 2008

	Cobi Benatoff  Policy Council Chairman
	Ronald S. Lauder  WJC President

The first meeting of the newly reconstituted Policy Council of the World Jewish Congress, under the chairmanship of Cobi Benatoff, was held in Brussels, on Monday, 5 May 2008. The attendees at the meeting included a combination of the elected WJC lay leadership and professional staff. A strategic review of the priorities for the WJC going forward was discussed.

It was agreed that in the medium term with World Jewish Congress would focus its efforts on the following seven issues:

	The Iranian Threat
	De-Legitimization of Israel
	Terrorism
	Anti-Semitism
	Restitution and Holocaust Legacy
	Jews in Arab Lands
	Inter-Religious Dialogue

Attendees

	Cobi Benatoff		Shai Hermesh
	Matthew Bronfman		Herb Juli
	Michael Chlenov		Moshe Kantor
	Serge Cwajgenbaum		Ronald S. Lauder
	Matityahu Droblas		John Malkinson
	Eduardo Elsztain		Isabella Nespoli
	Claudio Epelman		Michael Schneider
	Oded Eran		Maram Stern
	Shai Franklin		Jack Terpins

 

 

The previous WJC Policy Council last met in Berlin in June 2006