EVENTS

Diplomacy Summit

In May 2022, the frst three cohorts of the Lauder Fellowship went on the inaugural Diplomacy Summit. 39 Fellows from 20 countries joined the advocacy trip to Brussels and Paris to hear from high-level offcials and topic experts. During the four-day summit, the Fellows met with representatives from the European Commission, European Parliament, NATO, UNESCO, OECD, local Jewish communities, and other NGOs.

Opening Seminar

At the beginning of each cohort, the new Lauder Fellows come together for a 3-day comprehensive training seminar at the WJC’s Headquarters in New York. They learn about WJC’s core focus areas at the seminar, network, share ideas, and have exclusive meetings.

In August 2021, due to COVID-19 restrictions, two parallel seminars were held—one in New York and one in Brussels. In August 2022, the new cohort all came together in New York for their Opening Seminar. Highlighted sessions include Special Briefngs from the Israel Defense Forces, Holocaust

& Antisemitism Analysis by Dr. Rob Williams (Deputy Director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum), Student Activist Training by Adela Cojab, special visits to the UN Outreach Programme and a session with its director Tracey Peterson, and meeting with World Jewish Congress topic experts.

Fellows At Other Conferences

WJC Executive Committee Meeting, Prague, 05.2022

World Higher Education Conference, UNESCO, 05.2022

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, 04.2021 and ‘22

UN Transforming Education Summit, 09.2022

Third Moscow International Conference, “Protecting the Future” by Russian Jewish Congress, 11.2021

NextGenInc., a frst-of-its-kind project of the World Jewish Congress and World Union of Jewish Students, is a start-up style incubator, designed to give young Jewish leaders with innovative ideas access to resources and mentorship to transform their idea into a sustainable reality.