The World Jewish Congress (WJC) is an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations. It attempts to build consensus between different Jewish groups of varying political and religious orientations; it works to act as a diplomatic envoy for the worldwide Jewish community. It is a Zionist organization, strongly supporting the State of Israel. The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... A bilingual poster promoting a film about European Jewish colonization of Palestine, 1930s: Toward a New Life (in Romanian) The Promised Land (in Hungarian) Zionism is a political movement among Jews (although supported by some non-Jews and not supported by some Jews) which maintains that the Jewish people constitute...

The WJC includes Jewish organizations from across North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Israel and the Pacific.

One of its major new programs is concerned with the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands. In the course of history, Jewish populations have been expelled or ostracised by various local authorities and have sought asylum from Anti-Semitism numerous times. ...

The WJC is involved in inter-faith dialogue with Christian and Muslim groups. [1] (http://www.wjc.org.il/publications/dialogues.html). Religious pluralism is the belief that one can overcome religious differences between different religions, and denominational conflicts within the same religion. ...

Its headquarters are in New York City, USA; its research institute is located in Jerusalem, Israel. It maintains international offices in Paris, France, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Geneva, Switzerland. City nickname: The Big Apple Location in the state of New York Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg Area  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... Jerusalem (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushalayim; Arabic: القدس al-Quds; see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ...

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• The World Jewish Congress (http://www.wjc.org.il/)
• The plight of Jews from Arab lands (http://www.wjc.org.il/wojac/index.html)
• Jewish Communities of the World (http://www.wjc.org.il/communities/jewish_communities_of_the_world/index.html)