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| image = | image_border = | size = | alt = | caption = | map = | msize = | malt = | mcaption = | abbreviation = | motto = | formation = 1936 | extinction = | type = 501(c)(3) organization | status = | purpose = | headquarters = 501 Madison Avenue New York City, United States | location = | coords = | region_served = Worldwide | membership = | language = | leader_title = President | leader_name = Ronald S. Lauder | key_people = | main_organ = Plenary Assembly | parent_organization = | affiliations = | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | budget = | website = | remarks = }} The World Jewish Congress (WJC) was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in August 1936 as an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations. According to its mission statement, the World Jewish Congress' main purpose is to act as "the diplomatic arm of the Jewish people." 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. The World Jewish Congress headquarters are in New York City, US, and the organization maintains international offices in Brussels, Belgium; Jerusalem, Israel; Paris, France; Moscow, Russia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Geneva, Switzerland. The WJC has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. == Organization and related bodies == The WJC is made up of five regional branches: WJC North America, the Latin American Jewish Congress, the European Jewish Congress, the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, and the WJC Israel. Besides that, Jewish umbrella organizations in 100 countries are directly affiliated to the World Jewish Congress.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= World Jewish Congress - About Us )〕 Its highest decision-making body is the Plenary Assembly, which meets every four years and elects the lay leadership (Executive Committee) of the WJC. In between plenary assemblies, meetings of the WJC Governing Board are normally held once a year. Affiliated Jewish organizations send delegates to these two WJC bodies; their number depends on the size of the Jewish communities they represent. The last meeting of the Plenary Assembly, attended by over 600 delegates and observers from over 70 countries, was held in Budapest in May 2013.〔(Hungarian prime minister to address World Jewish Congress in Budapest - Haaretz, 3 May 2013 )〕 The WJC also maintains a Research Institute based in Jerusalem, Israel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Institute of the World Jewish Congress )〕 It is involved in research and analysis of a variety of issues of importance to contemporary Jewry, and its findings are published in the form of policy dispatches. Operating under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress in Israel, the Israel Council on Foreign Relations has since its inception in 1989 hosted heads of state, prime ministers, foreign ministers and other distinguished visitors to Israel and has issued several publications on Israeli foreign policy and international affairs, including its tri-annual foreign policy journal, the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Israel Council on Foreign Relations About Page )〕 The WJC's current policy priorities include combating anti-Semitism, especially the rise of neo-Nazi parties in Europe,〔(World Jewish Congress demands action against neo-Nazis - Budapest Times, 10 May 2013 )〕 providing political support for Israel, opposing the "Iranian threat", and dealing with the legacy of the Holocaust, notably with respect to property restitution, reparation and compensation for Holocaust survivors, as well as with Holocaust remembrance. One of the WJC's major programs is concerned with the plight of Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries. The WJC is also involved in inter-faith dialogue with Christian and Muslim groups. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Jewish Congress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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