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Lauder re-elected World Jewish Congress head

Agence France-PresseMay 7, 2013 07:30

World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder has been re-elected unopposed for a second four-year term at a meeting being held in Budapest in solidarity with Hungary's embattled Jewish community. "I am excited to serve as (president) for another four years," Lauder told the more than 500 delegates from 70 Jewish communities around the world after the vote late Monday, calling the position the "top assignment" for Jewish people.

World Jewish Congress head praises Pope Francis

Thomson ReutersMarch 13, 2013 17:15

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder congratulated Cardinal Jorge María Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, on his election as Pope Francis I on Wednesday. "Pope Francis I is no stranger to us. In recent years he attended many inter-faith events co-organized by the WJC and our regional affiliate, the Latin American Jewish Congress," he wrote, adding he had met him in Buenos Aires in 2008.

France honours World Jewish Congress chief Ron Lauder

Agence France-PresseFebruary 6, 2013 18:01

French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday presented France's highest honour, the Legion of Honour, to World Jewish Congress chief Ronald Lauder, praising him as "a man of peace, culture and commitment". "Since 2007, you have been the president of the World Jewish Congress, which brings together representatives of Jewish communities from 100 countries, you criss-cross the world and you carry a message of tolerance and peace," Hollande said in a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, where he bestowed the medal on the American.