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Holocaust stories and images generated by artificial intelligence are sparking debate among educators and historians. (Illustration by Grace Yagel for JTA)
May 12, 2026, 5:33 am
Experts debate whether AI-generated Holocaust content aids memory or distorts it
A World Jewish Congress clip of Anne Frank highlights potential and peril of new tools as firsthand testimony dies out — and opportunists capitalize on endless supply of ‘slop’
By Toby Axelrod
Israel's Ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, listens during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, Lebanon's Ambassador to the US, Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and Leiter, at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
May 10, 2026, 4:35 pm
Israeli envoy takes rare swipe at US Jewish groups for cosponsoring Spanish exhibit
Yechiel Leiter says partnering with embassy for show on Jewish life in Moorish Spain ‘risks lending legitimacy to government working to vilify Israel’; World Jewish Congress responds: Disengagement not the answer
By Jacob Magid
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
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
Leader of The Democrats party Yair Golan heads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 19, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
May 20, 2025, 2:15 pm
Outrage as opposition party leader Golan says Israel ‘killing babies as a hobby’ in Gaza
Ex-general says Israel becoming ‘pariah state’; PM accuses him of ‘antisemitic blood libel’; IDF chief condemns comment casting doubt on soldiers’ morality; Lapid: ‘Gift to our enemies’
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
This handout picture released by the Vatican press office shows Pope Francis during a meeting with David Oren, ambassador of Israel to the Holy See, on October 27, 2016 at the Vatican. (AFP)
April 21, 2025, 6:22 pm
Jewish groups mourn Pope Francis, ‘friend of the Jewish people,’ but some are critical
Some voices take issue with the late leader of the Catholic Church over his statements condemning Israeli actions in its war in Gaza
By Zev Stub
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
Isaac R. Ohrenstein on one of several international internship experiences, on Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. (Courtesy)
December 27, 2024, 4:22 pm
A Harvard student interviewed dozens of Jewish change-makers. Here’s his takeaway
For ‘Voices of Impact,’ podcast host Isaac Ohrenstein speaks with the Jewish world’s most impactful personalities. With mic turned on him for a change, he shares his experiences
By Cathryn J. Prince
Protesters rally against antisemitism at Place de la Comedie in Montpellier, southern France, on August 27, 2024. (Pascal GUYOT / AFP)
October 15, 2024, 11:29 pm
EU issues declaration against antisemitism, calls for more action to combat it
Member states commit to promoting consequences for antisemitic hate speech, fostering Jewish culture, ensuring Jewish Europeans’ safety; Jewish groups hail move
By ToI Staff
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
Illustrative: A hand-drawn swastika is seen on the front of Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, DC, January 28, 2022. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
September 8, 2023, 5:47 pm
1 in 3 US Jewish college students has seen or experienced antisemitism, survey says
Among general public respondents to poll, only 11% had heard of BDS, but twice as many had heard of IHRA, the organization behind controversial antisemitism definition
By Andrew Lapin
Members of the Latin American Jewish Congress and the Muslim World League meet at a hotel in Buenos Aires, July 2023. (Courtesy of the World Jewish Congress via JTA)
July 19, 2023, 8:53 am
‘We are brothers’: Latin American Jewish, Muslim groups gather for landmark meeting
Major umbrella groups from both faiths sit down for 2 days and publish ‘decalogue’ of agreements to cooperate on interfaith activities, culture, sports and fighting hate speech
By Juan Melamed
United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Michael J. Murphy kneels next to the coffins containing remains of 30 newly identified victims of the Srebrenica Genocide in Potocari, Bosnia, July 10, 2023. (AP/Armin Durgut)
July 10, 2023, 6:13 pm
Jews, Muslims mark Srebrenica anniversary, Europe’s only post-World War II genocide
World Jewish Congress hosts day-long conference in city where more than 8,000 Bosniaks, mainly Muslims, were killed in July 1995
By Eldar Emric
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