‘Israel belongs to the entire Jewish world’: Sylvan Adams to help steer WJC The Canadian-Israeli philanthropist was recently appointed president of the Israeli chapter of the World Jewish Congress. Amelie Botbol March 9, 2025
Sylvan Adams named president of World Jewish Congress Israel chapter Since making aliyah in 2016, Adams has been a highly visible advocate for the country on the global stage. JNS Staff March 2, 2025
Lauder meets Abbas, King Abdullah in Jordan The meetings in Amman follow a visit to Cairo where Ronald S. Lauder of the World Jewish Congress met with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi. JNS Staff Feb. 19, 2025
Dozens of government, global group officials talk Jew-hatred in Krakow “We recognize the role that we can play in fulfilling the promise of ‘never again,’” stated Nell McCarthy, a vice president at Facebook’s parent company. Jan. 30, 2025
New evidence of Credit Suisse accounts linked to Nazis, Senate panel says “Must leave no stone unturned when searching for the truth about who enabled the financing of the Nazi killing machine,” Maram Stern, of World Jewish Congress, told JNS. Jonathan D. Salant Jan. 7, 2025
WJC announces new tech institute and report on AI-fueled Holocaust denial “We’ll provide strategic guidance, research insights and a moral voice rooted in Jewish perspectives,” Yfat Barak-Cheney, the project’s inaugural director, told JNS. David Swindle June 20, 2024
WJC publishes research revealing the roots of Wikipedia’s anti-Israel bias Types of bias include delegitimizing terminology, lack of context, omission of significant details, one-sided sources, emphasizing negative examples and linking to pages like “genocide.” David Swindle March 20, 2024
Judge gives Florida man who threatened Israeli genocide six-month sentence Alpesh Kumar Patel, 21, left his full name on hate-filled voicemail messages to the World Jewish Congress and a synagogue near Tampa, Fla. March 18, 2024
Maltese Jewish cemetery to be expanded The Jewish community in the island nation numbers about 100 and is currently seeing a “recent resurgence,” per World Jewish Congress. Georgia L. Gilholy Jan. 24, 2024
