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World Jewish Congress

World Jewish Congress
FormationAugust 1936 (1936-08)
Type501(c)(3) organization
HeadquartersNew York City, United States
Region served
Worldwide
President
Ronald S. Lauder
Key people
David de Rothschild, Chairman of the Governing Board; Charlotte Knobloch, Vice President; Chella Safra, Treasurer
Main organ
Plenary Assembly
Websitewww.worldjewishcongress.org
World Jewish Congress in Geneva, Switzerland, 1953
Delegates at World Jewish Congress 25th Anniversary Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 1961
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder addressing the 14th Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress in Budapest, Hungary, 7 May 2013

The World Jewish Congress (WJC) is an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations, founded in Geneva, Switzerland in August 1936. According to its mission statement,[1] the World Jewish Congress's main purpose is to act as "the diplomatic arm of the Jewish people". Membership in the WJC is open to all representative Jewish groups or communities, irrespective of the social, political or economic ideology of the community's host country. The World Jewish Congress headquarters are in New York City, and the organization maintains international offices in Brussels, Belgium; Jerusalem; Paris, France; Moscow, Russia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Geneva, Switzerland. The WJC has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

  1. ^ "World Jewish Congress – About Us".

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