The World Jewish Congress offered cautious praise Friday for the "surprising....welcome" Rosh Hashanah greetings offered to the Jewish people by Iran's new president and foreign minister on Twitter this week, but said the Iranian leaders' welcome words of tolerance on the occasion of the Jewish new year's holiday should be followed by "concrete actions."
“The Rosh Hashanah message to 'all Jews' -- which includes those living in Israel — was a surprising gesture and a welcome change in tone compared with President Rouhani’s predecessor," World Jewish Congress President Ron Lauder said in a press statement Friday. "The comments attributed to Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on the Holocaust are also a step forward."
