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Last Yom Kippur, two Jewish men were killed while defending their community at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester, England, from a terror attack. Their names were Melvin Cravitz (66) and Adrian Daulby (53). We will remember them. And continue our

The Shabbat which falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is known as Shabbat Shuvah, meaning “return.” It shares a common root with the word teshuvah, or repentance. Shabbat Shalom to Jewish communities around the world.

Norway's Jewish community has criticized a proposed law being put forward by @NorwayMFA that would criminalize trade with Israeli settlements - with up to 3 years in prison. Community leaders are preparing to challenge the proposed law in courts. “Many fear that their family,

A senior WJC delegation met today with 🇸🇮 Slovenian Prime Minister @JJansaSDS and members of his government, marking a significant new chapter in relations between Slovenia, Israel, and the global Jewish community. The visit comes immediately on the heels of the historic opening

Absolutely shocking antisemitic incident in Italy: A 60-year-old rabbi, from the Jewish community of Milan, was beaten by three young men while waiting at a bus stop. The men surrounded the rabbi, cursed him, kicked him, and punched him. They took the rabbi's hate, stepped on it,

The Russian Jewish Congress, WJC’s affiliate organization, celebrated its 30th anniversary this week by hosting a charity event in Moscow, to support the RJC’s educational programs. They presented the Global Influence Award to Faina Sanevich, president of the “Hasdei Neshama”

“My revenge on the Nazis is that they lost, and we have the State of Israel.” Yehuda Widawski, a Polish-born Holocaust and Auschwitz survivor, who was the oldest living Holocaust survivor in Israel, passed away during Rosh Hashanah, at the age of 107. His life was one of

This is a roundup of just a few of the antisemitic incidents which made it to the news in the last few days. There is northing normal about this. ▪️In Berlin, Germany, a woman wearing a Star of David necklace was attacked by two men while walking down the street. They made

Shabbat Shalom and Shana Tova!

Ten years after his passing, the World Jewish Congress, together with @axelspringer_EN, honored the extraordinary life and enduring legacy of Lord George Weidenfeld. Born in Vienna in 1919, Weidenfeld fled Austria for Britain following the Nazi annexation in 1938. From those

Shana Tova from the World Jewish Congress! We convey these wishes with a sense of hope and optimism for the year ahead, while remaining deeply cognizant of the challenges and tragic losses that befell some of our Jewish communities around the world. This year we experienced

Israel's next government will inherit a country that must do far more than recover from war. It will have to restore confidence in Israel's future - among Israelis themselves, but also among governments, investors, businesses, and Jewish communities around the world. Writing in

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Alexander Sharovsky, who was the head of the European Jewish community of Baku, at the age of 78, after an illness. Sharovsky was, by profession, an actor and a theater director, beloved for his dedication to the arts. He was a major

It was an honor to host, once again, a Rosh Hashanah ceremony at Geneva’s beautiful Beth Yaacov Synagogue for members of the diplomatic community. With more than 80 diplomats in attendance, it was an opportunity to share the history, heritage, and traditions of Geneva’s Jewish

Just days before Rosh Hashanah, several Western countries led by the UK announced sanctions against Israeli settlements – leaving their Jewish communities vulnerable. The countries that have joined the UK-led sanctions of September 2026 are Canada, France, Denmark, Finland,

Germany’s Jews are appalled by the success of the far-right AfD (Alternative for Germany) party this weekend in the elections in Saxony-Anhalt. Josef Schuster, the President of @ZentralratJuden and a WJC Vice President, noted that the party wants "a departure from the consensus

Mazal tov to Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman (@tovatoks), who celebrates her 88th birthday today! Tova is a child survivor of Auschwitz. In recent decades, she has become an indefatigable advocate for education and memory. WJC was proud to have her support for the #WeRemember

There is northing normal about this. This is a roundup of just a few of the antisemitic incidents which made it to the news in the last few days: ▪️In Melbourne, Australia, a Jewish family with young children was at the airport when a woman approached them and then hurled abuse

The World Jewish Congress turns 90 this year. It was created on the eve of the Holocaust in 1936, just three years after the Nazi rise to power, out of the need to organize in the face of the dangerous antisemitism sweeping across Europe. Not only did no international Jewish

There is a longtime Jewish custom of sending greeting cards for Rosh Hashanah. The cards evolved over time. Sometimes they would depict religious scenes. Sometimes, an image of a person's town or city. With the advance of photography, it could be a portrait of the sender