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World Jewish Congress
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“About”: The World Jewish Congress is an international organization whose mission is to address the interests and needs of Jews and Jewish communities throughout the world.
Founded in Geneva in 1936 to unite the Jewish people and mobilize the world against the Nazi onslaught, the WJC is the representative body of Jewish communities and organizations in over 80 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe across six continents. It seeks to foster the unity and creative survival of the Jewish people while maintaining its spiritual, cultural and social heritage, etc.
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The World Jewish Congress consists primarily of national Jewish representative organizations or communal bodies. With headquarters in New York, the WJC and its affiliates has offices around the world, including in Brussels, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Geneva, Johannesburg, Moscow, Ottawa, Paris, Sydney and in Jerusalem, where the WJC’s research institute is located.
The principal bodies of the World Jewish Congress are:
The Plenary Assembly, which meets every four years and is the supreme body of the WJC;
The Governing Board which meets at least once a year;
The Executive Committee which conducts the affairs ofWJC, in accordance with the decisions of the Plenary Assembly and the Governing Board; and
The Steering Committee which runs the day-to-day activities of the WJC.
The Plenary Assembly, which meets every four years and is the supreme body of the WJC;
The Governing Board which meets at least once a year;
The Executive Committee which conducts the affairs ofWJC, in accordance with the decisions of the Plenary Assembly and the Governing Board; and
The Steering Committee which runs the day-to-day activities of the WJC.
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HQ Organizational Chart
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Leadership
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From their website: “The United States is home to the largest, or second-largest, Jewish population in the world, depending on sources cited and methods used. The American Jewish community boasts a wide range of Jewish cultural traditions encompassing the full spectrum of Jewish religious strands and traditions. About half of American Jews can be considered religious. There is a sprawling network of Jewish communities, organizations and institutions, and Jews often taken an active interest in public life and debate. Kosher food is widely available. U.S. Population: 308,000,000: Jewish Population: 5,300,000 – 6,400,000
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Executive Committee
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Ronald S. Lauder - WJC President
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Eduardo Elsztain - Chairman, WJC Governing Board
…has been a partner with Edgar Bronfman in building Hillel throughout Latin American universities and a founder of Hillel and campus activities at large.-Argentina
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Shai Hermesh - Chairman, WJC Israel
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Moshe Kantor - President, European Jewish Congress
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Amichai Magen - Member of the Executive
Senior Researcher and Head of Political Development at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT), The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya. He is also a Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.******
Evelyn Sommer - Chair, North American Jewish Congress
Born in Argentina in 1937; moved to NYC in 1967. Sommer is married to the architect Fred Sommer. They have two daughters and five grandchildren.******
Jack Terpins - President, Latin American Jewish Congress
B 1948 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Married with Mrs. Denise Goldfarb Terpins. Sons (3): Rodrigo, Ticiana and Michel. Grandsons (2): Max and Fred.-Brazil.
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Rabbi Yaakov Bleich - Vice-President
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1964. In 1989, Rabbi Bleich and his wife moved to Kiev, Ukraine. In 1990, Rabbi Bleich was appointed chief rabbi of Kiev and Ukraine, and has served in that post ever since. Bleich also serves as vice-president of the European Jewish Congress.******
Roger Cukierman - Vice-President
Former CEO of the Edmond de Rothschild Group, former president and honorary president of CRIF the umbrella body of French Jewish institutions, director of the Claims Conference, of the Fondation pour la Memoire de la Shoah, Vice president of the Alliance Israelite Universelle.
Former CEO of the Edmond de Rothschild Group, former president and honorary president of CRIF the umbrella body of French Jewish institutions, director of the Claims Conference, of the Fondation pour la Memoire de la Shoah, Vice president of the Alliance Israelite Universelle.******
Helena Glaser - Vice-President
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Robert M. Goot - Vice-President
-Australia.******
Flo Kaufmann - Vice-President
Born: UK Married: Aubrey Kaufmann.-U.K.
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Charlotte Knobloch - Vice-President
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Dr. Tomas Kraus - Vice-President
Born March 19, 1954 in Prague.-Czech
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Moshe Ronen - Vice-President
“Toronto-based lawyer, international business advisor and prominent community leader.”
“Toronto-based lawyer, international business advisor and prominent community leader.”******
Tamar Shchory - Vice-President
Born and raised in Jerusalem, ‘Israel’.******
Michael Schneider - Member of the Executive
Born in South Africa…served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) from December 1987 until May 2002, etc.******
Rabbi Marc Schneier - Vice-President
Born and raised in New York City, Rabbi Schneier is a graduate of Yeshiva University and currently divides his time between New York City and Westhampton Beach.
Born and raised in New York City, Rabbi Schneier is a graduate of Yeshiva University and currently divides his time between New York City and Westhampton Beach.******
Mark Shabad - Member of the Executive
Shabad was born in Moscow in 1960.-Russia.
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Eduard Shifrin - Vice-President
Born on 07 December 1960 in Dnepropetrovsk.-Russia.
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Lior Herman - Member of the Executive
…is a Fellow at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) in Brussels and is a visiting lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem since 2005, where he teaches European Political Economy and EU-Israel relations.
…is a Fellow at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) in Brussels and is a visiting lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem since 2005, where he teaches European Political Economy and EU-Israel relations.******
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Maram Stern - Deputy Secretary General, Honorary Vice-President
Stern heads a representative and research office located in Brussels (Belgium).******
Menachem Z. Rosensaft - General Counsel
New York lawyer and Jewish community activist.——
WJC Foundation
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Abraham Biderman, Board President
Herbert Juli, Executive Director
Secretary General
Michael Schneider ( New York )
Deputy Secretary General
Maram Stern ( Brussels )
General Counsel
Menachem Z. Rosensaft ( New York )
Director, Finance and Administration
Chaim Reiss ( New York )
Assistant
Sarah Khedouri
Controller
David Nagel
Executive Director WJC North America
Betty Ehrenberg ( New York )
Director
Operations
John Malkinson ( Brussels )
Director
Interfaith Affairs
Isabella Nespoli ( Brussels )
Director
Future Generations
Peleg Reshef ( Jerusalem )
Director
ICFR / WJC Institute
Laurence Weinbaum ( Jerusalem)
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Offices and Regions Organizational Chart
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WJC Executive Committee
Cobi Benatoff
Yaakov Bleich
Roger Cukierman
Eduardo Elsztain
Helena Glaser
Robert Goot
Lior Herman
Shai Hermesh
Moshe Kantor
Flo Kaufmann
Charlotte Knobloch
Thomas Kraus
Ronald S. Lauder
Alexander Machkevitch
Moshe Ronen
Marc Schneier
Tamar Shchory
Eduard Shifrin
Mervyn Smith
Evelyn Sommer
Jack Terpins
Sara Winkowski
World Jewish Congress Foundation
Abraham Biderman, Board President
Herbert Juli, Executive Director
Secretary General
Michael Schneider
Deputy Secretary General
Maram Stern
General Counsel
Menachem Z. Rosensaft
Regional Affiliates
Euro-Asian Jewish Congress
President Alexander Mashkevich
Secretary General Mikhail Chlenov
European Jewish Congress
President Moshe Kantor
Secretary General Serge Cwajgenbaum
Israel Branch
Chairman Shai Hermesh
Director General Oded Eran
Latin American Jewish Congress
President Jack Terpins
Executive Director Claudio Epelman
North American Jewish Congress
Chair Evelyn Sommer
Executive Director Betty Ehrenberg
