NextGen Blog - World Jewish Congress

WJC NextGen Blog

Jewish Diplomatic Corps Academy Interfaith Session 2: Imam Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi

For the second session of the Jewish Diplomatic Corps Academy, the members met with Imam Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi, a prominent figure in the Shiʿa Muslim community of Scotland and the Chief Imam and Director General of the Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society.
Read More

Lauder Fellow Natacha Hubelé Launches Podcast for her Fellowship Project

Lauder Fellow Natacha Hubelé launched her podcast for her Fellowship project titled "Tree of Life." With half of her family hailing from Romania, Natacha is tracing back her family's "tree of life," preserving and honoring the traditions and customs that have been passed down through generations.
Read More

Lauder Fellow Claire Frankel Speaks Out About Campus Antisemitism in Canada

Lauder Fellow, Claire Frankel, has been speaking out and bringing awareness to antisemitism on university campuses in Canada.
Read More

EUJS and Ahlan Europe Organize First-Ever MENA Seminar in Thessaloniki

Ahlan Europe, a project founded during the Lauder Fellowship by NextGen members Emma Hallali, Hanna Nir, and Guy Dabby-Joory, organized their first-ever conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, together with the European Union of Jewish Students, a partner of WJC, from May 9th to 12th, 2024. This four-day seminar addressed the underrepresentation and unique challenges faced by European Jewish students of Middle Eastern and North African heritage.


Read More

JD Academy Member Guy Dabby-Joory Published Piece in The Times

Member of Jewish Diplomatic Corps Academy Guy-Dabby Joory pens an article on free speech and the potential ways to help Jewish students who are currently endlessly harassed and intimidated.
Read More

Rising Antisemitism on European Campuses. JDA Member Emma Hallali Speaks Out.

The JDA member and president of the European Union of Jewish Students, Emma Hallali was quoted in a Guardian article regarding the recent rise in antisemitism. 
Read More

Lauder Fellow Nora Monasheri was Student Speaker at the Binghamton School of Management Commencement

Lauder Fellow, Nora Monasheri, was the student speaker for her commencement ceremony at Binghamton University where she graduated with her masters.
Read More

WJC-affiliated Student Leader Guy Dabby-Joory Meets with Rishi Sunak to Discuss Campus Antisemitism

Member of the Jewish Diplomatic Corps Academy and former Lauder Fellow Guy Dabby-Joory met with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on behalf of the Union of Jewish Students to discuss the alarming increase in campus antisemitism.
Read More

Lauder Fellow Isaac Ohrenstein Discusses the Current Campus Climate at Harvard

Lauder Fellow, Isaac Ohrenstein, wrote an opinion piece for Israel Hayom about what campus is like for Jewish students at Harvard University.
Read More

NextGen Intern Elliot Sadoff Included in the Message from Jewish Students at Columbia University

Jewish Students at Columbia University released a letter addressing everything they've faced over the 2023-2024 academic year.
Read More