Ron Lauder
Netanyahu Meets With Jewish Leaders — Snubs Critics
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in New York Saturday only with a select group of Jewish leaders.
White House Is ‘Shutting Out’ Jewish Groups — Even As Crisis Mounts
President Donald Trump about to embark on his first Middle East trip. News that he may have shared valuable Israeli intelligence with Russian officials has raised questions about the future of Israeli-American information sharing. Pro-Israel advocates in the Jewish world feel they are needed and sense an opportunity to influence policy. But the White House has shut them out, they say.
Meet The Jews Who Vouch For Trump Aides Steve Bannon And Sebastian Gorka
The controversial advisers have frequently relied on Jewish colleagues to defend themselves from uncomfortable charges.
Did Right Wingers Ruin Ron Lauder’s Dinner With Mahmoud Abbas?
Cosmetics heir Ron Lauder prepped Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to meet with President Trump, but someone may have canceled the two mens’ lunch delivery out of spite.
On Holocaust Statement, Trump Ally Ron Lauder Stands Alone
As Jewish leaders rang the alarm this weekend over the White House chief of staff’s insistence that he intentionally left Jews out of the administration’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day statement, only one Jewish group stood by Donald Trump’s side.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, World Jewish Congress Urge Veto of UN Anti-Settlement Resolution
(JTA) — The World Jewish Congress joined calls by lawmakers in Israel and the United States, including incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, urging the Obama administration to veto an anti-settlement resolution at the U.N. Security Council.
Ron Lauder Backs David Friedman for Israel Ambassador
David Friedman, Donald Trump’s choice for ambassador to Israel, has been making the rounds with leaders of Jewish organizations in recent days, and has succeeded in winning over at least one of them.
Austrian Jewish Leader Mends Fences With Lauder
The leader of Austria’s Jewish community said on Friday he had put aside differences with World Jewish Congress head Ron Lauder over Lauder’s alleged interference in the community’s leadership election.
Jews Say Action 'Too Late' on Holocaust-Denier
A rebel Catholic traditionalist group has expelled British-born Bishop Richard Williamson who deeply embarrassed the Vatican by denying the Holocaust shortly before he was readmitted to the Church three years ago.
A Merger Between the House of Lauder and the House of Bronfman
It was just a few weeks ago that The New York Observer was describing the battle for the World Jewish Congress presidency as a silver-spoon slugfest between Ron Lauder and Matthew Bronfman.