WJC President Lauder condemns Manchester attack: ‘World stands united in resolve to defeat terrorism’

WJC President Lauder condemns Manchester attack: ‘World stands united in resolve to defeat terrorism’World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder has condemned the terrorist attack by a suicide bomber at a concert in Manchester, England on Monday night as „despicable and horrendous.”

Lauder praises Trump for underscoring Jewish people’s historic ties to JerusalemWJC president calls remarks ‘testament to the unbreakable bond between Israel and the US’.

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How a Jewish girl from France spied on the Nazis for the Allies – Sacramento Bee23 May 2017 Now 97, Marthe Cohen recalls how she and her sister joined the resistance and initially saved hundreds of Jews living not far from the German border by bringing them to a remote farm in unoccupied France. READ MORE »

Books stolen from Polish Jewish communities during WWII donated to foundation – JTA23 May 2017 Representatives of the Central and Regional Library in Berlin and of the Judaicum Center in Berlin jointly donated the books to the foundation director, Monika Krawczyk. READ MORE »

The poem that ended Norway’s constitutional ban on Jews – Tablet23 May 2017 On this day in 1814 the Scandinavian country ratified the constitution that brought it into the enlightened age in all ways except one: the inclusion of Jews. It took the poet Henrik Wergeland to open his compatriots’ eyes to their mistake. READ MORE »

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