Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Rosensaft, Menachem Z., 1948-
2. Lauder, Ronald S.

Description

1. x, 341 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

1. "A history of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) from its founding in 1936 through 2016. Among the topics covered are the WJC's role during World War II; the WJC's contribution to the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg; post-WWII attitudes to and relationships with Jews living in Germany; the WJC's relationship and interaction with the State of Israel; the WJC's role and impact at the United Nations; the WJC's diplomatic efforts on behalf of North African Jewry during the 1950's and 1960's; materialization of the Holocaust at Auschwitz-Birkenau; the WJC's role in launching the Jewish-Vatican dialogue; advocacy on behalf of Soviet Jewry; the WJC's role in the campaign to repeal the UN's "Zionism is Racism" resolution; forcing Swiss banks to disgorge Holocaust-era assets belonging to Jews; the Kurt Walheim Affair; the WJC's interaction with communist countries; the WJC's role regarding terrorist attacks on Jewish institutions in Buenos Aires; the World Jewish Congress today; and WJC President Ronald S. Lauder's vision of the Jewish future"--

Subject

1. Judaism
2. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
3. World Jewish Congress
4. Catholic Church
5. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Reparations
6. Judaism > Relations > Catholic Church
7. History
8. Banks and banking, Swiss > Corrupt practices
9. World Jewish Congress History
10. Jews > Societies, etc
11. Interfaith relations
12. War reparations
13. World Jewish Congress Political activity
14. 1939-1945
15. Political participation

Genre/Form

1. History.

Call number

1. JFE 18-7682

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source (note)

1. WJC, World Jewish Congress;

Author

1. World Jewish Congress, author.

Title

1. The World Jewish Congress, 1936-2016 / edited by Menachem Z. Rosensaft ; foreword by Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder.

Publisher

1. New York : WJC, World Jewish Congress, [2017]

Copyright date

1. ©2017

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source

1. Gift; WJC, World Jewish Congress; 2018.

Chronological term

1. 1939-1945

Added author

1. Rosensaft, Menachem Z., 1948- editor.
2. Lauder, Ronald S., writer of foreword.

LCCN

1. 2016050516

ISBN

1. 9780996936118 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
2. 0996936114 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 18-7682