WJC President Ronald S. Lauder addresses Kyiv Jewish Forum

Speaking about the current state and future of antisemitism at the Kyiv Jewish Forum, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder said, "antisemitism has been with us for 3,000 years, and I believe it will probably be with us for another 3,000 years, but what we've seen more and more is that when governments work together with the Jewish communities and organizations like the World Jewish Congress, we can do a great deal to alleviate."

Additional conference speakers included:

• Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine and a member of the WJC Executive
• Aaron Frenkel, Chairman of EuroAsian Jewish Congress and a WJC Vice President
• Benny Gantz, Alternate Prime Minister of Israel and Minister of Defense 
• Yuri Kanner, President of WJC-Russian Federation and also the Russian Jewish Congress as well as a WJC Vice President
• Boris Lozhkin, President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine and a WJC Vice President
• Mikhail Mirilashvili, President of EuroAsian Jewish Congress
• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sachs, former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth
• Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine

To learn more about the Forum click here.