The Disturbing Truth About the United Nations: Hillel Neuer of UN Watch

In this compelling episode of Behind the Bima, Rabbi Efrem Goldberg sits down with Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, for an unfiltered look behind the scenes of the United Nations—and the global fight against antisemitism, disinformation, and moral inversion.

Hillel lives and works on the front lines of international diplomacy, confronting some of the world’s most powerful regimes inside the UN system itself. From exposing systemic bias against Israel to challenging human rights abusers who cloak themselves in moral authority, he shares what it really means to “delegitimize the delegitimizers.”

The conversation explores:

• Why success at the UN often means exposure, not victory
• How dictatorships weaponize the UN’s moral legitimacy
• The strategy behind exposing antisemitism on a global stage
• What changed dramatically after October 7
• Why lies travel faster than truth in international institutions
• How UN Watch achieved a historic first: U.S. sanctions against a UN official
• What keeps him going in a system that feels stacked against truth
• The personal journey that led him from Montreal to Geneva, and why he stayed

This is a rare behind-the-scenes conversation with one of the Jewish world’s most effective, articulate defenders, offering clarity, context, and moral courage at a moment when all three are desperately needed.