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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


The treasure of the Negev

WJC president Ronald S. Lauder marks the fifth anniversary of the Lauder Center for the Advancement of Employment in the Negev

President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder

Ronald S. Lauder: These are the major issues facing the Jewish people

Antisemitism has never really vanished, said Lauder, 75 years after the end of World War II, and “no one can be indifferent to antisemitism today.”

President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder

Shimon Peres: Legacy and leadership that led to the Abraham Accords

Peres was a man of peace who never lost hope that Israel would one day live in harmony with its Arab neighbors.


World Jewish Congress welcomes normalization between Israel and UAE

“The WJC enthusiastically welcomes the normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, a tremendous step forward for these states, the region, and the peace process."

President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder

Lauder in Arab News: A new page in Muslim-Jewish relations - analysis

“The old broadside attacks against Israelis by almost all Arab countries have quietly dissipated and the evidence is as clear as the nightly television entertainment shows that people are watching.”

RONALD LAUDER, president of the World Jewish Congress.

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder sends Independence Day wishes to Rivlin

Lauder wrote, “Both the State of Israel and our Jewish communities are demonstrating exceptional fortitude and cohesion in the face of the pandemic. Our difficult hour is also our finest."

RONALD LAUDER, president of the World Jewish Congress.

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder sends well wishes to President Rivlin

“Never before has the challenge of Jewish solidarity been greater. More than ever, it is clear just how dependent we are on one another."

RONALD LAUDER, president of the World Jewish Congress.

ASAP, ACPAI launch portal to report coronavirus-related discrimination

“The Jewish and Asian-American communities have been unfairly targeted for the spread of this deadly virus,” said Ronald S. Lauder.

Antisemitic sticker found stuck to the window of a Hamburg subway car.

Lauder at Auschwitz: Apathy and indifference helped Nazi atrocities

“The world did not care. That’s when [Hitler] knew that he could build this factory of death,” Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress said.

Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress speaking at a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland

Tamar Gil Menachem Speaks at Maariv Conference about building the Negev

Employment is the first consideration of young adults when choosing where to live, said Tamar Gil Menachem, Deputy CEO of the Lauder Center for Employment in the Negev.

Tamar Gil Menachem, Deputy CEO of the Lauder Center for Employment in the Negev on behalf of Jewish National Fund-USA, speaks at the Maariv 2019 Leadership Conference