FJC’s 5th annual Mitzvah Tank expedition concluded its voyage across Russia last week. This year, the unusual summer road-trip brought three “Mitzvah tanks” or mobile synagogues-on-wheels to over 35 remote cities and towns on the country’s vast plane.
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder criticized United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's speech to the United Naions General Assembly which slammed Israel and made no mention of Palestinian terrorism.
France is still pushing for convening an international peace conference with Israeli and Palestinians leaders despite Jerusalem’s opposition to such a format.
The Likud party, headed by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, became a member of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR).
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has praised Israel’s “unbelievable job” of identifying potential terrorists through profiling, in the wake of terrorist attacks in Minnesota, New York and New Jersey.
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) will be holding talks with top government officials from more than 30 different countries gathered in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).