In a first, a Jewish organization opens an office at the Vatican
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder asked Pope Francis to continue to call on Hamas to release Israeli hostages
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Meets With Jewish Leaders — Snubs Critics
Avoiding a showdown with Jewish American leaders fuming over the his decision to backtrack on a settlement establishing a egalitarian prayer area in the Western Wall, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in New York Saturday only with a select group of non-critical Jewish leaders. The meeting, which took place Saturday evening at Netanyahu’s hotel,…
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News White House Is ‘Shutting Out’ Jewish Groups — Even As Crisis Mounts
President Donald Trump about to embark on his first Middle East trip. News that he may have shared valuable Israeli intelligence with Russian officials has raised questions about the future of Israeli-American information sharing. Pro-Israel advocates in the Jewish world feel they are needed and sense an opportunity to influence policy. But the White House…
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News Meet The Jews Who Vouch For Trump Aides Steve Bannon And Sebastian Gorka
(JTA) — Once it was the job of the shtadlan — a literal translation from Hebrew is “intercessor” — to make the case for the Jews to the czar, the sultan, the king. Now a couple of the president’s men are seeking shtadlans to make their case to the Jews. Stephen Bannon, President Donald Trump’s…
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Fast Forward Did Right Wingers Ruin Ron Lauder’s Dinner With Mahmoud Abbas?
Ron Lauder, cosmetics heir and president of the World Jewish Congress, prepped Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for his meeting with President Trump last week, a move that irked right-wingers and may have even led them to ruin the leaders’ dinner plans, according to a report in Israel’s Maariv newspaper. The report said that Lauder’s office…
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News On Holocaust Statement, Trump Ally Ron Lauder Stands Alone
As Jewish leaders rang the alarm this weekend over the White House’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day statement, only one Jewish group stood by Donald Trump’s side. Trump’s statement, released Friday, mourned the Holocaust, in which Nazis killed 6 million Jews, without mentioning Jews. Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress and a college classmate…
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Breaking News Sen. Chuck Schumer, World Jewish Congress Urge Veto of UN Anti-Settlement Resolution
(JTA) — The World Jewish Congress joined calls by lawmakers in Israel and the United States, including incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, urging the Obama administration to veto an anti-settlement resolution at the U.N. Security Council. The WJC statement Friday by its president, Ronald Lauder, followed vigorous lobbying for a veto in Jerusalem and…
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