Michal Cotler-Wunsh
Educators and thought leaders gather in Cyprus for Yael Foundation conference on combating antisemitism.
“Rabbi Sacks was a moral lighthouse, and his light is needed more than ever in these dark times,” the former Prisoner of Zion said.
“No form of hate can be fought by the subject of the hate alone,” Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Israel’s envoy for combating antisemitism, tells JNS.
Israel’s special envoy praised the inclusion of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism in the document.
The Pennsylvania senator met with survivors of the attack and families of those still held hostage.
“The whole world stands together in outrage,” said Elan Carr, CEO of the Israeli-American Council, as he spoke in Times Square, in the heart of New York City.
Cotler-Wunsh said she accepted Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s offer “with a tremendous sense of responsibility.”
Amid a lecture tour at U.S. law schools, the former Knesset member discusses attempts to censor her and her message for the next generation of attorneys.
“There is a responsibility to include all voices and to reach out to those who may not be there currently, whether it’s an age or generational lack of involvement,” said the head of the Nefesh B’Nefesh Institute for Aliyah Policy and Strategy.
Designed to identify and promote policy changes related to the absorption and integration of new immigrants, it will rely on two decades of data and feedback from the nearly 70,000 people the organization has helped bring to Israel over the years.
Representatives from Twitter, Facebook, Google and TikTok joined a Knesset hearing addressing online hate. Gov’t releases first national response to the growing problem.
“We all agree on so much more than what divides us. If we vote on policies as opposed to ideologies, we will find we can unite around these principles,” said David Fine, founder of the Anglo-Vision.