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Ronald Lauder

Thousands gather at Hostages Square to celebrate the return of the hostages, October 13, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 13, 2025, 2:50 pm
‘Now is the time for peace’: Jewish organizations worldwide applaud hostage release
Community leaders pray for healing and thank Trump for helping to secure Gaza deal
By Zev Stub
President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder (L) speaks during a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army, in Oswiecim, Poland on January 27, 2025. (WOJTEK RADWANSKI / AFP) Marwan Barghouti raises his handcuffed hands in the air on the opening day of his trial in Tel Aviv on August 14, 2002. (AP/Brennan Linsley)
October 12, 2025, 11:01 am
US Jewish community leader lobbied for prominent Palestinian prisoner Barghouti’s release
Ronald Lauder offered to travel to Sharm el-Sheikh to make case during final negotiations, but idea was nixed by Netanyahu’s office amid overwhelming opposition from cabinet ministers; Barghouti serving five life terms
By Jacob Magid
Under Leonard Lauder's leadership, Estée Lauder Companies would grow into a global empire with a portfolio that includes Clinique, La Mer, The Ordinary, MAC Cosmetics and Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. (Estee Lauder Companies)
June 17, 2025, 6:01 am
Leonard Lauder, who expanded family’s business into cosmetics empire, dies at 92
As CEO of the Estée Lauder Companies, he generated a fortune that supported his philanthropy in the arts and his brother Ronald’s support for Jewish causes
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) attends a meeting of the World Jewish Congress, seated alongside WJC President Ron Lauder (center) in Jerusalem, May 20, 2025. (Tal Schneider/Times of Israel)
May 20, 2025, 8:00 pm
WJC president says Smotrich remarks on Gaza harm Israel, asks why PM doesn’t stop him
Lauder addresses criticism to FM Sa’ar, who says he ‘took note’ of it, during World Jewish Congress conference in Jerusalem
By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff
Auschwitz survivor Michael Bornstein and his daughter Debbie Holinstat speak at a reception in Poland's Krakow marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, January 26, 2025. (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
January 27, 2025, 3:04 am
In Krakow, ahead of Holocaust day, Jewish leaders honor the last generation of survivors
Only 17 survivors attend event; rising antisemitism post-Oct. 7 is also a central theme at reception marking 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
By Zev Stub
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder gives Pope Francis a 'Kishreinu' (Hebrew for 'Our Bond') document marking influence of the Catholic Church's Nostra Aetate declaration on Catholic-Jewish relations, October 19, 2023. (Shahar Azran/WJC via JTA)
October 24, 2023, 4:26 pm
In a first, a Jewish organization opens an office at the Vatican
World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder visits Pope Francis while inaugurating the organization’s ‘representative office to the Holy See’ late last week
By Gabe Friedman
Israeli rescue teams evacuate a wounded person near the southern city of Sderot on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian terror group Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack on Israel. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
October 8, 2023, 1:10 am
American Jewish groups offer broad support to Israel after assault from Gaza
After the early-morning infiltration attack, organizations from across the political spectrum release statements supporting the Jewish state and condemning Hamas
By Gavriel Fiske
Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon speaks at a protest against the expected incoming government in Tel Aviv on December 17, 2022 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 14, 2023, 5:51 pm
In New York Times ad, prominent Netanyahu critics spurn unity government prospect
The text co-signed by ex-military chief Dan Halutz and former Mossad head Tamir Pardo is a response to a plan promoted in same newspaper by Ronald Lauder
By Canaan Lidor
Ronald S. Lauder in his home in 2022. (Shahar Azran/Neue Galerie New York)
February 11, 2023, 7:34 am
Ronald Lauder reaches deal with Jewish heirs for Klimt painting lost under Nazis
Jewish philanthropist will retain renowned Austrian artist’s piece after reaching agreement with family who said it went missing amid Nazi persecution in pre-war Europe
By Luke Tress
Ronald S. Lauder in his home in 2022. (Shahar Azran/Neue Galerie New York)
December 24, 2022, 6:54 am
A few of his favorite things: Ronald Lauder’s lifelong art collection now on display
500 pieces that make the Jewish philanthropist say ‘Oh my God’ can be seen at a Neue Galerie NY exhibition that replicates how they’re displayed in his own home
By Cathryn J. Prince
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Natan Sharansky in Kyiv, October 25, 2022 (courtesy Ukraine Presidential Office)
October 26, 2022, 2:51 am
Zelensky to Sharansky: Israel is one of few countries that can help defend our skies
Ukraine’s president meets members of Babyn Yar memorial board in Kyiv, pledges government support for expansion of museum
By Lazar Berman
'Honey Cake & Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Survivors' (Courtesy); Tova Friedman's kasha varnishkes (Ellen Silverman).
October 19, 2022, 3:18 am
Recipes in this Holocaust survivors’ cookbook nourished souls during and after WWII
All of the 110-plus dishes in the newly-released ‘Honey Cake & Latkes’ were provided by Auschwitz survivors who say discussing the recipes helped them live through their starvation
By Rich Tenorio
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