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Old September 12th, 2017 #1
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Default Jewish unity is key in the fight against anti-Semitism says Ronald Lauder

Jewish unity is key in the fight against anti-Semitism says Ronald Lauder

Jewish unity is key in the fight against anti-Semitism, said World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder as he chaired a meeting of the WJC’s Executive Committee in London. The primary goal of his organization in the coming years must be to increase Jewish unity, as part of the overall efforts to ensure the security and identity of Jewish communities in the face of rising anti-Semitism, Lauder said.

LONDON -Jewish unity is key in the fight against anti-Semitism, said World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder as he chaired a meeting of the WJC’s Executive Committee in London.

The primary goal of his organization in the coming years must be to increase Jewish unity, as part of the overall efforts to ensure the security and identity of Jewish communities in the face of rising anti-Semitism, Lauder said.

“Anti-Semitism is growing across the globe and is targeting all Jews, whether Orthodox or Reform, Left or Right,” he noted.

“The most important goal facing the WJC today in our daily and global struggle against anti-Semitism is mending the divisive rifts and building Jewish unity – between all organizations, and regardless of religious denominations or political affiliations,” he added.

The Executive Committee gathered for its annual meeting, hosted by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, to set the WJC’s agenda for the coming year, including policy resolutions on behalf of the 100 Jewish communities worldwide represented by the organization.

During the meeting, Britain’s House of Commons Speaker John Bercow told the Executive Committee members that threats against the Jewish community in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the World at large must not be met with complacency.

“There are still people denying the Holocaust or alternatively glorying in it and holding up Adolf Hitler as being a great figure in our history,” Bercow said. “So we should not be paranoid but equally we should not be complacent. There is a threat to Jewish people and to Jewish security in this country and indeed in Europe and around the world.”

“The importance of Jewish history, of Jewish culture, Jewish identity and indeed of Jewish security both physical and political can scarcely be overstated,’’ he said.

“The work you do is of an importance that cannot be exaggerated. I want you to know you have friends in Parliament here, and you certainly have a friend in this Speaker,” Bercow said, adding praise for the WJC’s work in “fighting for the rights of Jews and Jewish communities across the world”.

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