WJC News Update

2013. december 23 17:54

WJC News Update

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 23 December 2013

World Jewish Congress mourns passing of its long-time President Edgar M. Bronfman z’’l

Ronald S. Lauder: “One of the great Jewish leaders of the past decades left us”.

The Academic Boycott of Israel Is a Travesty – The New Republic

23 Dec 2013 Compared with Aleppo, Ramallah is San Diego. But one has to start somewhere. READ MORE »

Harvard rebutes ASA boycott

23 Dec 2013 Harvard’s statement on ASA resoluition  READ MORE »

Thousands of Swedes rally against racism – Reuters

23 Dec 2013 Thousands of Swedes took to the streets of Stockholm on Sunday in a protest against racism following a neo-Nazi attack on a similar but much smaller rally last weekend, police said. READ MORE »

J.J. Goldberg on Edgar M. Bronfman – The Jewish Daily Forward

23 Dec 2013 He was best known for his leadership of the World Jewish Congress, where he worked for decades.  READ MORE »

Edgar M. Bronfman Dies at 84 – The New York Times

23 Dec 2013 Edgar M. Bronfman, the billionaire businessman and philanthropist who as chairman of the Seagram Company expanded his family’s liquor-based empire and who as president of the World Jewish Congress championed the rights of Jews everywhere, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. READ MORE »