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WJC's Adams gifts Iran's Pahlavi two Jerusalem stone mezuzot for future Israeli Tehran embassy

World Jewish Congress Israel President Sylvan Adams and Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi met in Paris to discuss a democratic future for Iran and the eventual restoration of diplomatic ties.

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (L) meets World Jewish Congress President Sylvan Adams in Paris, France, July 26, 2026.
UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Antonio Guterres smiles while speaking with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer inside 10 Downing Street in central London, Britain, January 16, 2026.

Dear Antonio Guterres: Fairness, Israel, and the legacy of your UN - opinion

Jerusalem Post owner Eli Azur (L) gives Agam Rainbow Torah to WJC President Ronald S. Lauder (R) at The Jerusalem Post Conference in New York City, June 1, 2026.

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder at 'Post' Conference: 'Israel is losing the information war'

Ronald Lauder (Illustrative).

Lauder: Israel must urgently repair ties with Diaspora Jews before it is too late - interview


50 Influential Jews: Ronald Lauder - No. 8

This is why the president of the World Jewish Congress is the global Jewish community’s most prominent statesman.

 World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder.

Windows shattered at headquarters of Holocaust memorial site foundation in Germany

Police told German news media that an unknown number of perpetrators tore an information board from the building’s outside wall and used it to smash the windows

 Windows at the Foundation for Memorial Sites in Lower Saxony, in the town of Celle, Germany, were found vandalized, Aug. 15, 2023.

National Unity Now - Opinion

'Today, Israel’s future hangs in the balance. The Jewish people’s one- and-only state is facing imminent existential danger', says Ronald S. Lauder president of the World Jewish Congress. 

 Ronald S. Lauder

WJC President welcomes signing of MOU for Israel’s entry into US Visa Waiver Program

“Israel’s entry into the US Visa Waiver Program will also be a big boost for business and investment, including for critical sectors like cyber-security, healthcare, and defense."

 Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress.

Latin American Jewish and Muslim umbrella groups gather for landmark meeting

“The stories we share confirm today that we are brothers, and that each community is supporting the other,” said Maram Alkharboosh, director of alliances for the Muslim World League.

A Jewish woman and a Muslim one hugging in the Ramallah Muqata'a

President Herzog warns of 'great existential threat' to Jewish people from within

Herzog said that "we are gradually losing points of contact with one another, losing our connection to the binding story that keeps us whole as one nation."

 President Isaac Herzog at the WJC's Jewish Leadership Bridge for the Future in Jerusalem

Dr. Andor Grosz: New president of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities

There are around 75-100,000 Jews in Hungary compared to their population of over 9.7 million.

A Hungarian national flag flutters outside the Hungarian parliament building at a pro-Orban rally during Hungary's National Day celebrations, which also commemorates the 1848 Hungarian Revolution against the Habsburg monarchy, in Budapest, Hungary, March 15, 2018.

UN commemorates Shimon Peres with new releases of former Israeli PM's speeches

14 of the former-Presidents speeches were published and a fellowship has been launched in his name.

 THEN-FOREIGN MINISTER Shimon Peres signs the Oslo Accords, witnessed by (from R) PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and US president Bill Clinton, at the White House, Sept. 13, 1993.

Jewish organizations critique Biden's antisemitism strategy

A number of organizations have said they are worried about the definition of antisemitism as portrayed in the 60-page national strategy plan.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks at the White House, in April 2023.

WJC president asks UN to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism

Ronald Lauder's plea comes one day after a coalition of major US and global Jewish organizations wrote to UN leaders on Wednesday.

 World Jewish Congress chairman Ronald S. Lauder speaks at the Congress honoring Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz with the Theodor Herzl Award at a gala dinner at New York’s Waldorf Astoria on November 9, 2015.