WJC News Update: WJC hosts diplomatic training for young professionals in Brussels

WJC News Update: WJC hosts diplomatic training for young professionals in Brussels

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 29 January 2014

WJC hosts diplomatic training for young professionals in Brussels

30 young Jewish professionals from 18 different countries attended a two-day training to learn about the art of building and nurturing relationships with diplomats.

Menachem Z. Rosensaft: Learning how my father escaped execution at Auschwitz – Jewish Week

29 Jan 2014 My father, Josef Rosensaft, decidedly did not want to be in Auschwitz. True, no one did, but my father actually did something about it.  READ MORE »

Shimon Peres, Hillary Clinton honor late WJC President Edgar Bronfman – Haaretz

29 Jan 2014 A memorial was held at New York City’s Lincoln Center for Edgar Bronfman, World Jewish Congress president from 1979 to 2007. READ MORE »

Obama promises security for ‘Israel – a Jewish state’ – Times of Israel

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