NEW YORK - Responding to the announcement that the United States would withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Jewish Congress released ...

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder today expressed grave concern about the joint statement issued by 28 ...

The World Jewish Congress on Monday co-signed a letter with over 400 Jewish Organizations sent to the National Education Association (NEA) raising concern over the NEA Representative Assembly's ...

NEW YORK – In response to reports that Columbia University is nearing a deal with the federal government to restore nearly $400 million in frozen funding, J. Philip Rosen, Chair of the World Jewish ...

In a letter to UN Human Rights Council President Ambassador Jürg Lauber, WJC Executive Vice President Maram Stern criticized the “Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory” for ...

NEW YORK – Upon learning of the passing of Pope Francis, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said: “It is with great sadness that I join people around the world in mourning the passing of ...

Iran's top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is reportedly in serious condition at a hospital in Tehran, according to media reports. Khamenei is suffering from prostate cancer that has reportedly spread ...

On 15 December 1941, SS officers began to murder Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, all in sight of Kharkov’s non-Jewish residents. The horrific murders took ...

Dr. Leon Saltiel, WJC’s Representative in Geneva and Director of Diplomacy, added: “ODIHR and the World Jewish Congress have a long-standing partnership rooted in a shared commitment to human rights ...

In a closely watched decision on Monday, the Foreign Ministers of the 27 European Union (EU) member states agreed to initiate consultations with Israel under Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association ...

NEW YORK – Following a U.S. operation targeting Iran’s underground nuclear facilities, Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), issued the following statement: “A ...