World Jewish Congress

World Jewish Congress, Congrès Juif Mondial
Founded: 1936
Sources: HB 1938

Officers

• Prof. Georg Bernhard Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938
• Robert Bollack Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938
• Dr. Nahum Goldmann President of the Administrative Committee (President) 1938 / Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938
• Marc Jarblum Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938
• I. Jefroykin Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938
• Léon Kubowitzky Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938
• Louis Lipsky President of the Grand Council (President) 1938 / Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938
• Julian W. Mack Honorary President (President) 1938
• Saly Mayer Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938
• I. Naiditch Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938
• Dr. M. Nurock Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938
• Reverend M. L. Perlzweig Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938
• Louis Sturz President of the Finance Committee (President) 1938
• Dr. Stephen S. Wise President of the Executive Committee (President)
• B. Zuckermann Member of the Executive Committee (Member of a Committee) 1938

Seats

• International Centre: Quai Wilson: Geneva : Switzerland
  Entrance: 52, rue des Paquis
• 83, avenue de la Grande-Armée: Paris: France
• 221, West 57th Street: New York: United States of America

Relationships with other Organisations

• this organisation (World Jewish Congress) merger of Committee of Jewish Delegations and Executive Committee for the World Jewish Congress

Object

HB 1938: The World Jewish Congress is a free union of Jewish communities and groups throughout the world. Its object is to deal jointly with all political, economic and social problems connected with Jewry as a whole, and particularly to defend the rights of Jews in all countries where they are threatened. The Congress will refrain from any interference in Jewish internal affairs in the different countries, and from exercising any influence in religious questions. It will endeavour to create a general representation of world Jewry.

Finances

HB 1938: 75,000 dollars to be raised by the organisations which constitute it.

General facts

HB 1938: The World Jewish Congress was founded in virtue of a decision by the first World Jewish Congress held at Geneva from August 8th-i5th, 1936. It was attended by 300 delegates representing Jewry in thirty-two different countries. The World Jewish Congress has superseded the Committee of Jewish Delegations and the Executive Committee for the World Jewish Congress.

Publications

HB 1938: The Congress Bulletin, New York. Other: Protocols of the First, Second and Third Preparatory Conferences of the World Jewish Congress. Protocol and Resolutions of the First World Jewish Congress. Nahum Goldmann, Le Congrbs JufMondial, ses tdches et ses buts. Le Congrbs JuifMondial et Vopinion Internationale. Le Comité des Delegations Juives, 17 âns d'activité. Jakob Lestschinsky, Der wirtschaftliche Zusammenbruch der Juden in Deutschland und Polen

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