World Jewish Congress

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• World Jewish Congress —   [wəːld dʒuːɪʃ kɔȖgres, englisch], Abkürzung WJC, Jüdischer Weltkongress, internationales jüdisches Gremium mit Sitz in New York. Als Dachorganisation jüdischer Organisationen, Vereinigungen und Gemeinden in 70 Ländern (1998) nimmt der WJC im… …   Universal-Lexikon

• World Jewish Congress — The World Jewish Congress (WJC), is an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations. Its headquarters are in New York City, USA; its research institute is located in Jerusalem. It maintains international offices in Paris,… …   Wikipedia

• World Jewish Congress — Ronald S. Lauder und Eduardo Elsztain Der Jüdische Weltkongress (engl. World Jewish Congress, WJC) ist eine internationale Vereinigung von jüdischen Gemeinschaften und Organisationen. Der politische Anspruch des WJC ist die Vertretung aller Juden …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• World Jewish Congress — (WJC)    The organization was founded in 1932 for the purpose of defending Jews against Nazism and antiSemitism. Together with its affiliate, the American Jewish Congress, the organization in 1933 labored to mobilize public opinion in support of… …   Historical dictionary of the Holocaust

• WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (WJC) — WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (WJC), a voluntary association of representative Jewish bodies, communities, and organizations throughout the world, organized to assure the survival, and to foster the unity of the Jewish people (arts. 1 and 2 of its… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• World Jewish Congress lawsuit against Swiss banks — The World Jewish Congress lawsuit against Swiss banks was launched to retrieve deposits made by victims of Nazi persecution during and prior to World War II.NegotiationsStarting in 1995 the World Jewish Congress (WJC), a group with strong… …   Wikipedia

• World Jewish Congress — assembly of Jewish leaders from around the world …   English contemporary dictionary

• WORLD JEWISH ASSOCIATIONS — This article is confined to organizations that encompass Jews and Jewish activities cutting across the borders of various countries. Associations of this nature have existed for more than a century. Among the histories of dispersed communities of …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• American Jewish Congress — The American Jewish Congress describes itself as an association of Jewish Americans organized to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad through public policy advocacy, using diplomacy, legislation, and the courts [… …   Wikipedia

• Canadian Jewish Congress — The Canadian Jewish Congress is an umbrella group of Jewish organizations in Canada and constitutes one of the main lobby groups for the Jewish community in the country, although it often competes with the more conservative B nai Brith Canada in… …   Wikipedia

• European Jewish Congress — The European Jewish Congress, (abbrev. EJC), was founded in 1986. It is based in Paris, with offices in Brussels, Strasbourg, Berlin and Budapest. It is the sole representative body of democratically elected European Jewish communities throughout …   Wikipedia