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Lauder Fellow Hanna Veiler honored as Woman of Europe 2024

Hanna Veiler has been honored with the “Frau Europas 2024” Woman of Europe award by the European Movement Germany (EBD) for her outstanding social commitment towards a stronger and more diverse Europe.
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The Canadian Union of Jewish Students Meets with MP Anthony Housefather

The Canadian Union of Jewish Students (CUJS), a project in NextGenInc., met with Member of Parliament Anthony Housefather, who represents Mount Royal.
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Lauder Fellow David Britva Beraha Interviewed by Brazilian Israelite Confederation About Jewish Leadership

Lauder Fellow David Britva Beraha was recently interviewed by CONIB (the Brazilian Israelite Confederation), about the advantages and challenges of working as a leader of a Jewish organization.
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Make Their Memory Shine Commemorates and Cleans Up Memorial Stones in Bochum, Germany

Make Their Memory Shine, a project in NextGenInc., recently cleaned up and held ceremonies at various "stumbling stones" in Bochum, Germany that honor and commemorate victims of the Holocaust.
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NextGen at StandWithUs's Focus on Israel International Conference

Last weekend, WJC NextGen attended the StandWithUs Focus on Israel conference in Los Angeles, California.
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Lauder Fellow Noah Rubin and JD Corps Member Hannah Schlacter Speak at Bipartisan Roundtable on Antisemitism at American Universities

Lauder Fellow Noah Rubin and JD Corps member Hannah Schlacter spoke at the House Education and Workforce Committee's Bipartisan Roundtable on Antisemitism, following their personal encounters with antisemitism at the University of Pennsylvania and University of California, Berkeley.
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Havurah Announces Tzimtzum, an Upcoming Gallery Show

Havurah, a project in NextGenInc., has announced that in March they will be opening a new gallery show, Tzimtzum.
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WJC and BBYO Expand Partnership to Help Jewish High Schoolers Get a Seat at the Table

The BBYO teen movement and the World Jewish Congress have launched an expanded partnership to prepare Jewish high schoolers from across the globe for university life and give them “a seat at the table” in the wider world, the organizations announced earlier this month.
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Lauder Fellow Dani Sobkin Reacts to Anti-Israel Protest on UC Berkeley Campus

After an Israeli speaker was invited to UC Berkeley, hundreds of anti-Israel student protestors gathered outside to try to prevent the event from occurring.
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The First-Ever In-Person Jewish Youth Assembly

More than 60 students from 40 countries gathered from February 11-19 for the first-ever in-person, and third annual Jewish Youth Assembly (JYA) in Orlando, Florida on the sidelines of BBYO International Convention (BBYOIC). During the week-long program, participants heard from Jewish leaders from around the world and discussed with each other the most pressing issues facing world Jewry.
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