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Lauder: Israel must urgently repair ties with Diaspora Jews before it is too late - interview

Reflecting upon the WJC’s historic mission and contemporary challenges, Lauder warned that Israel could no longer take Diaspora Jews for granted.

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World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder speaks to Jewish leaders in Geneva in May 2026.

Stop trying to educate antisemites, invest in Jewish children, WJC president tells leaders

From right: Israeli Society for Quality chairman Sharon Anker, Israel Aerospace Industries chairman Boaz Levy, and Israel Export Institute chairman and Lauder Employment Centers in Israel chairman Avi Balashnikov.

Lauder Employment Centers, Avi Balashnikov honored at Israeli quality conference

Kevin Warsh, Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, reacts during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2017.

Ronald Lauder’s son-in-law Kevin Warsh emerges as the next Fed chair


Viktor Orban reportedly sends letter defending Hungarian magazine accused of antisemitism

Orban also accused World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder of having a "left-wing and liberal bias" in Hungarian public affairs.

HUNGARY’S PRIME Minister Viktor Orban arrives for a Visegrad Group meeting in Brussels.

Ronald Lauder says Germany dragging its heels on returning Nazi-looted art

"Germany has a historic responsibility to do the right thing," said World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder

World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder at the 7th Annual JPost Conference in NY

Lauder joins zero discrimination movement led by Panama’s First Lady

The Zero Discrimination movement seeks to raise awareness about the harmful effects of discrimination and promote the rights everyone has to a full, dignified and productive life.

Ronald Lauder surrounded by the First Couple of Panama - President Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez and First Lady Lorena Castillo García de Varela.

Peres Center honors Ronald Lauder

“Ambassador Lauder is one of the few Jewish leaders who speaks out, who states their mind, who cares, who has actions everywhere, and I’m deeply honored to present him with this award today.”

Chemi Peres presents Ronald Lauder with the Peace and Innovation Award.

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No Holds Barred: Ronald Lauder treats Israelis like misbehaving children

Lauder has joined the J Street crowd that believes it knows what is best for Israel and will “save it from itself.” Does he realize how paternalistic he sounds?

Netanyahu and Lauder

Candidly Speaking: Lauder loses the plot

Lauder currently supports 62 projects in 16 European countries, contributing to a resurrection of Jewish life throughout the region. But above all, he is a passionate lover of Israel.

Ronald S. Lauder at the 2017 JPost Annual Conference

Letters to the Editor: August 20, 2018

"I suffered from vile antisemitism – both verbal and physical – as a pupil in England in the 1970s. The dialogue gets passed down through the generations."

Letters

Response to a loving brother

Does Lauder believe that the administration of the late Yitzhak Rabin, which amended Basic Law: Human Dignity and Freedom without adding the magic word also tarnished Israel’s equality?

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There have always been differences of opinion among the Jewish people about what will guarantee the future of the nation – assimilation amongst the nations, or rather separation from them.

World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder at the 7th Annual JPost Conference in NY