Israel Singer
Israel Singer is an American rabbi and political scientist who was Secretary General of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) from 1986 to 2001.
Life
Singer grew up in Brooklyn, the son of Austrian refugees. He graduated from Yeshiva Torah Vodaath high school in 1960.
Singer teaches political science at Touro University, New York, Lander College for Men, and previously taught at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
Singer served as Secretary-General of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) from 1986 until 2001. In October 2001, he was elected chairman of the Governing Board WJC. In 2002, he was elected president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, the "Claims Conference". In June 2002, he was elected chairman of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC). On January 11, 2005, Singer resigned as Secretary General of the WJC at its Plenary Meeting in Brussels. A replacement was elected, and Singer was elected to the Chair of the WJC Policy Committee.
During Singer's term at WJC, he was active in exposing and publicizing the Nazi past of United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.
Singer also acted as vice-chairman of the Yad Vashem Council.
WJC Policy Council
In early 2006, the WJC reached a settlement with the New York State Attorney General's office regarding its finances. Singer described the filings as baseless "nuisance suit[s]" and reiterated his innocence.
Books
- Levin, Itamar; translated by Natasha Dornberg; forewords by Edgar Bronfman, Israel Singer, and Avraham Burg (1999). The last deposit: Swiss banks and Holocaust victims' accounts. Westport, Conn.: Praeger. ISBN 978-0275965204.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Gregg J. Rickman (1999). Swiss Banks and Jewish Souls. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1560004264.
Notes
- ↑ Torah Vodaath High School (1960). "The Scroll" (PDF).
- ↑ University, Touro. "Israel Singer, PhD, JD, MA". www.touro.edu. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ↑ Second Generation Voices: Reflections by Children of Holocaust Survivors and Perpetrators. Religion, theology, and the Holocaust. Alan L. Berger, Naomi Berger (eds.) (1st ed.). Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press. 2001. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-8156-2884-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ "Singer 'shocked' by Bronfman attack". The Jerusalem Post. 2007-03-23. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- 1 2 Rosenblatt, Gary (2006-02-03). "Spitzer Demands WJC Reforms". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- ↑ "World Jewish Congress Adopts Governance Reforms". New York State Attorney General. 31 January 2006.
- ↑ "Preliminary Statement" (PDF). New York State Attorney General. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-07.
- ↑ Rosenbaum, Eli (1993). Betrayal: The Untold Story of the Kurt Waldheim Investigation and Cover-Up. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312082192.
- ↑ "Chairman of the Board of Trustees, World Jewish Congress - Dr. Israel Singer". YadVashem.org. The World Holocaust Remembrance Center. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
- 1 2 Harris, Ben (2007-08-22). "WJC and Bronfman sue Singer". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
External links
- Yad Vashem Interview[link removed]
- "Restitution: The Second Round: An Interview with Israel Singer". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. November 2, 2003. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- "World Jewish Congress & Iran". isracast.com. February 10, 2006. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- Amiram Barkat (March 22, 2007). "Israel Singer fired from WJC for Allegedly Embezzling Funds". Haaretz. Archived from the original on October 6, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- Stephanie Strom (March 16, 2007). "World Jewish Congress Dismisses Leader". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- "Q&A with WJC Chairman Israel Singer". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
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