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Dermer, WJC's Adams call for Israel to combat antisemitism with capabilities used to fight Iran

“The enemies of the Jews have to understand if you go after us, there’s going to be a price,” Dermer said. “We’re going to lose battles. But in fighting those battles, we will restore deterrence.”

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Former minister of strategic affairs Ron Dermer and World Jewish Congress Israel President Sylvan Adams speak at “Unite. Lead. Fight. - A Conversation with Ambassador Ron Dermer & Sylvan Adams,” in Los Angeles, California, on September 9, 2026.
Ronald Lauder (Illustrative).

Israel Needs Units 8300, 8400, and 8500

Israel built extraordinary institutions to defend itself in war. Now it must build institutions capable of securing the peace and shaping its future.

|ByRONALD S. LAUDER
Jeremy Saltan (L) joind former prime minister Naftali Bennett's B'Yachad party, August 27, 2026.

Bennett adds longtime adviser, IDF reservist Jeremy Saltan to B’Yachad Knesset slate

Saltan is also the third immigrant from the United States on the slate, alongside MK Michal Slawny Cababia and Mati Gill.

|BySHIR PERETS
An antisemitism hashtag, illustrating online antisemitic hate speech.

Vast majority of antisemitic online content flagged by Jewish users stays online, EU Jews say

The overall removal rate hovered near 19% for content that was formally flagged, compared to roughly 18% for content left unflagged.

|ByALEX CARSON

WJC President condemns Israeli national-religious Rabbi’s comments

The Rabbi commented last Friday in 'Olam Katan', an Israeli conservative and religious weekly newsletter, that the deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria is “divine justice".

FEBRUARY 12, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ron Lauder at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, September 12, 2022

Solving the crisis in Hebrew studies

A new partnership with Open University at the Lauder Employment Center in Israel’s south will help those waiting for places in ulpan.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder

World Jewish Congress mourns former pope Benedict XVI

Former pope Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday after having fallen ill last week.

DECEMBER 31, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder speaks in a video address to the Jerusalem Post 10th Annual Conference, October 12, 2021

Lauder: '30 years ago people told me Jewish life in the FSU was dead, they were wrong'

DECEMBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ronald Lauder

Grapevine December 11, 2022: Beyond blarney

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

DECEMBER 11, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
OUTGOING TOURISM MINISTER Yoel Razvozov with Kazakhstan Ambassador Satybaldy Burshakov.

WJC president calls emergency meeting on antisemitism in colleges

Former president Reuven Rivlin received the WJC's Theodor Herzl Award for his leadership.

NOVEMBER 10, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ronald Lauder speaks at the WJC gala dinner.

WJC to honor Reuven Rivlin, Ken Burns at annual gala

Former President Reuven Rivlin will be honored with the Theodor Herzl Award and filmmaker Ken Burns will be awarded the WJC Teddy Kollek Award for the Advancement of Jewish Culture.

NOVEMBER 9, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin gets into his car at the President's residence in Jerusalem July 7, 2021.

Jewish organizations denounce UN's COI report: 'Distorted and biased'

OCTOBER 22, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council during the speech of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2020.

Lauder Center presents strategy in dealing with influx of refugees, olim

"Olim to the Negev" program to help refugees and olim arriving in Israel settle down, build roots in the Negev.

OCTOBER 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ron Lauder at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, September 12, 2022

Global Jewish leader Ronald Lauder talks future of Israel, Middle East

No. 7 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022BySTEVE LINDE
Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress.