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Sylvan Adams urges global business leaders to invest in Iran after regime change

The appeal follows his $100 million pledge to rebuild Soroka Medical Center after an Iranian missile strike, linking political change with economic recovery.

 Sylvan Adams, President of the World Jewish Congress Israel Region
Sylvan Adams receives Iranian missile fragment from Soroka CEO Prof Shlomi Codish.

Sylvan Adams visits Beersheba amid major philanthropic push for the Negev

Kevin Warsh, Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, reacts during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2017.

Ronald Lauder’s son-in-law Kevin Warsh emerges as the next Fed chair

 World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder in his office.

World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder involved in Trump’s push for Greenland - report


Syrian President al-Sharaa met with the president of the World Jewish Congress

Ahmed al-Sharaa met with Ronald Lauder in New York during Sharaa's visit to the United Nations.

Syrian President Al-Sharaa met with the president of the World Jewish Congress.

25 ViZionaries: Adela Cojab Moadeb - No. 11

Syrian-Lebanese Jew born in Mexico, she highlights the diversity of the Jewish community.

Adela Cojab

No. 44: Ronald Lauder and Mark Wilf: Standing at the forefront of the fight against antisemitism

Ronald Lauder and Mark Wilf represent Jewish leadership that combines vision, philanthropy, and commitment to Israel and world Jewry.

(L-R): Ronald Lauder, Mark Wilf

Center for Jewish Impact Chairman at JP Diplomatic Conference:

“Civil society opens doors. Traditional diplomacy closes the deals”

Robert Singer, Chairman of the Center for Jewish Impact (CJI), and former CEO of the World Jewish Congress (WJC).

'Torn apart, held in darkness, denied food, medicine, and dignity': Hostage families speak at UNHRC

Hostage families shared harrowing testimony at the UN, urging swift action to save their loved ones from Hamas captivity.

During today’s September session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, two video statements were screened on behalf of families of hostages held in Gaza. on September 17th, 2025.

Grapevine, September 12, 2025: The ever-revolving door

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

BARBARA SOFER (middle-left) and Barbara Goldstein flanked by Hadassah event chair Anne Rothenberg (left) and Hadassah Israel National President Rivkah Cooper.

Grapevine, July 18, 2025: Courting controversy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee arrives to a court hearing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Tel Aviv District Court, July 16, 2025.

A New Milestone for the History Books

President Trump takes a momentous step for the free world

 "President Trump, you have made history."

From Alexander the Great to Donald Trump

Leaders who showed their respect to the Jewish people in troubled times

 President Donald Trump - today's Alexander the Great

WJC Israel head Sylvan Adams urges US President Trump to join war on Iran

“This is your Churchillian moment. Help rid the world of this scourge.”

 Sylvan Adams, President of the World Jewish Congress Israel Region