Singer leaves World Jewish Congress
WJC: Israel Singer is no longer associated with us; we thank him for his all of his work
"Israel Singer is no longer associated with the World Jewish Congress or any of its affiliates. For his work on behalf of Soviet Jewry, the freeing of Mendelovich, Edelstein and Sharanksy, exposing the Nazi past of Kurt Waldheim, securing nearly $20 billion in Holocaust restitution, and for being a leader for the Jewish dialogue with the Christian and Muslim religions, the Jewish world owes Israel Singer a tremendous debt of gratitude," the statement, released by the WJC's Pinchas Shapiro, added.
The WJC was unable to give the reason for Singer's departure.
Previously, Singer had served as chairman of the WJC's International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations. Before that, he had served as president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (known as the 'Claims Conference').
According to the WJC's website, "within the framework of his WJC activity, during the last few years Mr. Singer has travelled in excess of a million miles and has visited almost every Jewish community on all continents. His was the first official visit by a representative of an international Jewish organization to the then Soviet Union, where he negotiated in Moscow with top authorities and was instrumental in the release of well-known Prisoners of Zion."
