Board of Deputies President condemns Yom Kippur vote of no confidence against Labour MP Louise Ellman Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl has condemned a vote of no confidence tabled against Labour...

STATEMENTS EJC EXPRESSES CONDEMNATION AND CONCERN AFTER SHOOTING WHICH KILLED TWO OUTSIDE HALLE SYNAGOGUE EJC has expressed great concern and condemnation after two were killed in a shooting near a synagogue while the Jewish...

NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES BELGIUM YOHAN BENIZRI RE-ELECTED AS HEAD OF CCOJB Yohan Benizri has been re-elected as Secretary General of the Coordinating Committee of Belgian Jewish Organisations (CCOJB). Wednesday, October 2, 2019  Read more...

My dear friend, Shana Tova! I wish you and your family a happy, healthy, and fulfilling new year. As we transition from one Jewish year to the next and from Summer to Fall, I’m...

BELGIUM BRUSSELS MARKS 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION FROM NAZI OCCUPATION Around a hundred people took part in the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Brussels from Nazi occupation. Monday, September 2,...

NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES FRANCE FRENCH FREEMASONS WITHDRAW TEXT ATTACKING CRIF France’s principal masonic organisation has withdrawn a text which accused the CRIF, the country’s Jewish umbrella organisation and EJC affiliate, of causing antisemitism. Tuesday,...

NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES GERMANY “SWASTIKA” RIDE SHUT DOWN BY GERMAN AMUSEMENT PARK A new ride at the “Tatzmania” amusement park in the Black Forest town of Löffingen in south-west Germany was shut down for...

GERMANY GERMANY’S JEWISH COUNCIL WARNS AGAINST AFD’S “RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM” Dr. Josef Schuster, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany – the country’s EJC affiliate – has accused the far-right populist Alternative...

Board of Deputies President: Our community must prepare for a ‘no deal’ Brexit Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl has written about the Jewish community’s preparations in the event of a no-deal...

STATEMENT LATEST CST REPORT CONFIRMS WORRYING TREND OF SPIRALLING ANTISEMITISM EJC is deeply concerned by the latest CST Antisemitic incidents report, which saw the highest ever number of incidents ever recorded in the first...