The World Jewish Congress–North America applauds the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for reversing its decision ...

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder condemned Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir for their intention to “bury the idea of a Palestinian state,” calling the statement “wholly unbecoming ...

From 10–17 August 2025, the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) hosted its annual Summer U in Bulgaria, bringing together young Jewish leaders from across Europe for a week of learning, ...

In 1936, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise co-founded the World Jewish Congress (WJC), together with Nahum Goldmann and others. The World Jewish Congress, American Section, is the affiliate of the WJC in the ...

India marks 75 years of independence this month. The country is home to three historic Jewish communities, among them the Baghdadi Jews, merchants who came from Iraq. Today very few still live in ...

The eleventh and final example in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism addresses one of the oldest antisemitic canards, whereby Jewish citizens are ...

Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to the Nazis is a form of Holocaust inversion and Holocaust distortion: Comparing Israeli policy towards Palestinians with Nazi policy regarding Jews ...

The sixth example in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism addresses one of the oldest antisemitic canards, whereby Jewish citizens are accused “of being ...

For thousands of years, a clear signal of antisemitism was treating Jews differently than other citizens. Similarly, today we must be aware of when criticism of Israel is being applied selectively and ...

“For decades, you have been at the forefront of fighting for the rights of Jewish communities around the world, to eradicate antisemitism and to make sure that the memory of the Holocaust is kept ...

This op-ed was written by WJC Jewish Diplomatic Corps member Andrea Mifano, was orginally published on the Brazilian Jewish news website Kadima in Portuguese on 3 December 2020. Until the 1960s, ...