World Jewish Congress condemns Barcelona attack

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has condemned the attack in Barcelona which claimed the lives of a reported 13 people on Thursday, after a van drove into pedestrians in the crowded Las Ramblas district. Read more

Kiwi video on Israel goes viral

The Auckland-based star of a video entitled “I am a Zionist”, which has been viewed by more than seven hundred thousand people on social media, has admitted she is surprised by the reach. Read more

Swiss government denounces antisemitism after outrage over hotel sign

The government of Switzerland denounced antisemitism in a message to Israel following outrage over sign at a Swiss hotel stating that Jewish guests must shower before entering its pool. Read more

Comforting words for Jewish students at the University of Virginia

Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky has spoken out following the weekend’s neo-Nazi events in Charlottesville, Virginia. Read more

WJC condemns Neo-Nazi demonstrations

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has harshly condemned the violent Neo-Nazi demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia which left dozens wounded and one dead. Read more

The LGBT community is integral part of Israeli society

Israel’s President Reuven and First Lady Nechama Rivlin have visited the LGBT Center in Tel Aviv, marking eight years since the attack at the ‘Youth Bar’, in which the Nir Katz and Liz Troubishi were murdered. Read more

Ambassador’s twin sons accompanied him as he presents his credentials

President Reuven Rivlin has received the credentials of Australian Ambassador to Israel Chris Cannan. Read more

WIZO Life President passes away

The World Jewish Congress mourns the passing of Raya Jaglom, Honorary Life President of World WIZO (Women’s International Zionist Organization), and a long-serving member of the WJC’s Executive Committee. Read more

Israel’s VENµS Satellite to be launched into space next week

VENµS – Israel’s first environmental research satellite – will be launched into space on August 2 on the “Vega” launcher from French Guiana. Read more

President Rivlin pays a condolence visit to the Salomon family

President Reuven Rivlin this afternoon (Wednesday), paid a condolence visit in Elad, at the home of Elad Salomon, who was murdered together with his father Yossi, and sister Chaya in a terror attack on Friday night in Halamish. Read more

EU court keeps Hamas on terror list

The World Jewish Congress has welcomed the European Court of Justice’s decision to uphold the European Union’s listing of Hamas as a terrorist organisation  and called on the EU do to everything in its power to prevent European entities from engaging in business or showing any other form of support with it.  Read more

Mother of Halamish terrorist arrested on incitement charges

Israeli soldiers arrested the mother of Palestinian terrorist Omar al-Abed Tuesday on charges of “aggravated incitement,” following her son’s fatal stabbing of an Israeli father and two of his adult children last Friday night in the Samaria community of Halamish. Read more

President Rivlin meets with passengers of the Exodus

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has met with 12 passengers who travelled on the Exodus, marking seven decades since the ship’s iconic voyage to the Land of Israel. Read more

Israeli leaders react to the Salomon murders

At  Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem, at the state memorial ceremony for Ze’ev Jabotinsky Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Rivlin spoke of the murders of three members of the Salomon family on Friday. Read more

2,700-yr-old water system discovered close to Wonder Woman’s home town

An impressively large 2,700-year-old water system has been exposed at Israel Antiquities Authority excavations near Rosh Ha-Ayin with the help of students majoring in the Education Ministry’s Land of Israel and Archaeology studies. Read more

Three murdered at Shabbat dinner

The World Jewish Congress harshly condemned the terrorist attack on Friday night in the settlement of Halamish, in which a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated a home during Shabbat dinner and brutally murdered three Israelis. Read more

Victorian minister in water talks

Jaala Pulford, Victoria’s Minister for Agriculture and Regional Development, has visited the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot. Read more

Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have visited the Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial in Budapest dedicated to Jews who were shot during the Holocaust and thrown into the river. Read more

Muslims riots continue in Jerusalem

Clashes erupted between Muslim rioters and Israeli police officers in Jerusalem’s Old City yesterday for the fourth consecutive day. Read more

Macron denounces anti-Zionism as a new form of antisemitism

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has applauded and thanked French President Emmanuel Macron for denouncing anti-Zionism as a ‘renewed form of antisemitism’, and for his pledge to ‘never surrender to the messages of hate’.   Read more

Netanyahu visits Budapest

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visitingBudapest, Hungary, where he will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and ministers in his government. Read more

Two Israeli policemen murdered by terrorist

Two police officers were murdered and a third is in hospital in serious condition following a terror attack by three Arabs from Um Al Fahum in the area of the Temple Mount. Read more

Holocaust survivors of Iasi death trains, pogrom and ghettos eligible for compensation pensions

Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) has announced that Jewish survivors of the Holocaust era “death trains,” pogrom and subsequent open ghettos in Iasi, Romania will be eligible to receive compensation pensions.  Read more

Delegates meet the president

President Reuven and First Lady Nechama Rivlin have hosted a special reception at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in honor of the athletes and supporters of the 20th Maccabiah Games. Read more

Egypt allocates $2.2 million to restore historic Alexandria synagogue

The Egyptian government has reportedly approved a budget of US$2.2 million for the restoration of the centuries-old Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria. Read more

Israel has experienced its best ever six months for tourists

For the first six months of 2017,  a record 1.74 million tourists visited Israel. Read more

A dream comes true for Rina

Magen David Adom’s “Make a Wish Ambulance” has taken a teacher battling with terminal cancer to her students’ graduation party. Read more

WJC condemns UNESCO decision to deem Old City of Hebron site in danger

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Friday condemned the decision of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee to deem the Old City of Hebron, including the Tomb of the Patriarchs within its parameters, as a ‘site in danger’ through emergency procedure. Read more

Changing the world

Three young Australians are among the 150 participants in the 2017 ROI Summit in Jerusalem. Read more

20th Maccabiah opening ceremony

Team Australia had the honour of leading 80 countries in the parade of nations into Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium into the Opening Ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah Games. Read more

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