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GERMANY GERMAN PRESIDENT WANTS MORE JEWISH GERMANS TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for more Jewish Germans to be active in political life. Tuesday, January 19, 2021  Read more...

STATEMENT EJC WELCOMES PRACTICAL HANDBOOK ON THE IHRA DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor welcomed the publication of a handbook for the practical use of the working definition of antisemitism of the...

EJC welcomes practical handbook on the IHRA definition of antisemitism   (Friday, January 8, 2021) – The European Jewish Congress (EJC) President Dr. Moshe Kantor welcomed the publication of a handbook for the practical use of the...

The Andalusian president warns that “very difficult” months are coming with the months of January and February. The following rules could be more restrictive depending on the decisions after the Meeting of the Council...

NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES FRANCE GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON RECEIVES LETTER FILLED WITH ANTISEMITIC AND HOMOPHOBIC THREATS Gabriel Attal, the spokesperson for the French government received a letter filled with antisemitic and homophobic threats. Monday, January 11,...

Board of Deputies Chief Executive Gillian Merron to be made a life peer Downing Street has announced that Gillian Merron, Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and Member of Parliament...

NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES FRANCE MISS FRANCE RUNNER-UP ATTACKED ONLINE FOR SAYING HER FATHER IS ISRAELI A flood of antisemitic insults, threats, and violent comments were spread on social media targeting Miss Provence, April Benayoum, first...

29/12/2020 Dear friends Greetings, European Rabbinical Conference in collaboration with the Division for Spiritual Services in the Diaspora, A seminar is held in memory of the late Rabbi Prof. Jonathan Zacks on the subject:...

STATEMENT EJC PRESIDENT KANTOR CALLS EU COURT OF JUSTICE RULING “A HEAVY BLOW TO JEWISH LIFE IN EUROPE” European Jewish Congress President Dr. Moshe Kantor has slammed the ruling by the Court of Justice...

The Court of Justice of the European Union upheld the Belgian kosher slaughter ban On 17 December 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld a decree of the Flemish Region (Belgium)...