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Rep. Elise Stefanik on Monday night accepted the World Jewish Congress’ greatest honor, pledging to continue battling antisemitism and protecting what she called “the extremely Western worths that have actually formed America” simply days after revealing her quote for New york city guv.
Speaking before 400 visitors at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, Stefanik got the Theodor Herzl Award from Ronald Lauder, the business owner and previous U.S. ambassador to Austria under President Ronald Reagan. Developed in 2012, the award is thought about the World Jewish Congress’ greatest honor and acknowledges people who embody Herzl’s vision for a safe and secure and self-reliant Jewish individuals.
” I wish to thank my buddy Ambassador Ronald Lauder for his unfaltering management and his amazing dedication to the reason for Jewish unity and security,” Stefanik stated. “Under his management, the World Jewish Congress has actually continued Theodor Herzl’s vision– not just of a Jewish homeland, however of a Jewish individuals strong, self-reliant, and appreciated amongst the countries.”
” It is deeply humbling to get the Theodor Herzl Award from the World Jewish Congress– a company that, for generations, has actually stood as the diplomatic voice and ethical conscience of the Jewish individuals around the world,” she continued. “You have actually safeguarded Jewish neighborhoods in every corner of the world, battled antisemitism in every type, and reinforced the solid bonds in between Israel and the international neighborhood of totally free countries.”
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Rep. Elise Stefanik accepted the World Jewish Congress’ Theodor Herzl Award from Ronald Lauder at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan on Nov. 10, 2025. ( Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Stefanik explained her battle versus antisemitism in Congress and on college schools, remembering her viral 2023 hearing with the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania.
” Does requiring the genocide of Jews break your university’s standard procedure?” she remembered asking what she stated was an ethical concern, not a political one. “I anticipated them to state ‘yes.’ However one after another after another stated, ‘it depends upon the context.’ And the world heard. Let me be clear. It does NOT depend upon the context.”
She stated that exchange “triggered an international numeration and provided responsibility in college that we are still simply starting.”
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Rep. Elise Stefanik provided remarks after getting the World Jewish Congress’ greatest honor on Nov. 10, 2025, vowing to continue battling antisemitism and protecting Western worths. ( Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg by means of Getty Images )
Turning to New York City, Stefanik stated the state “is not simply a city and state in crisis– it is the center of the fight for the extremely Western worths that have actually formed America.”
” Eighty years after Kristallnacht, we should not remain quiet. I will continue to call out Antisemitism. Bigotry. Jew-hatred. Anti-Americanism,” she stated. “This ethical battle is especially crucial in New york city– the precious home to more Jews than anywhere beyond Israel– where antisemitic events struck an all-time high in 2015, the greatest count in the country.”
” My buddies, Theodor Herzl’s story is not ancient history,” she stated. “That is the spirit I see in this space tonight– the spirit that constructed Israel, the spirit that has constantly animated the Jewish individuals, and the spirit that will conserve New york city.”
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Miriam Adelson appeared to toss her assistance behind Rep. Elise Stefanik, who is running for New york city guv, on Nov. 9, 2025, throughout the Zionist Company of America’s Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award Supper in New York City. ( Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP by means of Getty Images and Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The award comes a day after billionaire benefactor Miriam Adelson voiced assistance for Rep. Elise Stefanik’s New york city gubernatorial quote throughout the Zionist Company of America’s Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award Supper.
Stefanik, chairwoman of your home Republican Politician Management, was bestowed the Zionist Company of America’s Mortimer Zuckerman Maccabee Warrior Award for her efforts to fight antisemitism.
Presenting her at the gala, Adelson admired Stefanik for facing university leaders over antisemitism and invoked her late partner Sheldon Adelson’s persistence on ethical conviction.
Adelson explained Stefanik as “an excellent leader,” crediting her for protecting “the Jewish individuals, Israel and the Free World.”
Stefanik introduced her long-anticipated Republican project for New york city guv on Friday, going into the 2026 race as she challenges Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Fox News Digital has actually connected to Hochul’s workplace for a remark.
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Stefanik, who when slammed President Donald Trump throughout his very first governmental run, has actually given that turned into one of his staunchest protectors in Congress.
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser added to this report.
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