World Jewish Congress

World Jewish Congress is rated 3 out of 5 in the category political organization. Read and write reviews about World Jewish Congress. The World Jewish Congress (WJC) is an international organization federating Jewish communities in 92 countries. Its mission is to address the interests and needs of Jews and Jewish communities throughout the world. The WJC was founded in Geneva in 1936 to unite the Jewish people and mobilize the world against the Nazi onslaught. The core principle of the organization is that all Jews are responsible for one another. Membership in the WJC is open to all representative Jewish groups or communities, irrespective of the social, political or economic ideology of the community's host country. WJC officers are elected democratically by the Plenary Assembly. With headquarters in New York, the WJC has affiliate offices around the world including Brussels, Buenos Aires, Geneva, Jerusalem, Moscow and Paris. The WJC is a founding member of many other Jewish organizations, including the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the World Jewish Restitution Organization. The WJC has also been at the forefront of dialogue with other world religions. As a global leader, the World Jewish Congress received special credentials and recognition at the United Nations making it unique among world-wide organizations as it enjoys representation at the UN and within many of its institutions, commissions and sub-bodies.