Ukrainian Jewish Encounter: The Honorable Ronald S. Lauder receives Sheptytsky Award in New York

Ronald Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress delivers a speech during an official ceremony at the Ghetto Heroes Monument in Warsaw, Poland on April 19, 2018 to mark 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.The Jewish fighters launched their attack on April 19, 1943 after the Nazi German forces began deporting the surviving residents of the special Jewish district they had set up after invading Poland.

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The Honorable Ronald S. Lauder, philanthropist, activist and president of the World Jewish Congress received the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Award for 2018 at a ceremony at New York’s Ukrainian Institute of America on September 27.

Amb. Lauder was recognized for his support of Ukraine’s Jewish community and his promotion of Ukrainian-Jewish cooperation. He is the fourth recipient of the award, which is conferred by the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.