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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)...

MEETINGS EJC HOLDS ONLINE DIRECTORS’ MEETING The European Jewish Congress held its annual meeting of Directors of Jewish communities online. Over thirty directors, professionals and experts from Jewish communities came together to discuss recent...

Councillors hear message of zero tolerance to antisemitism at London seminar Around 200 councillors from around London heard a message of zero tolerance to antisemitism at a seminar this week organised by the Board...

The president of the Junta de Andalucia, Juanma Moreno, announces a two-term de-escalation for Christmas: MEASURES   *Two phases*   2️⃣ Friday December 18th to January 10th 2021    *First phase* ( From Saturday...

EJC welcomes establishment of full ties between Israel and Morocco   (Brussels – December 11, 2020) – The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has welcomed and lauded the reestablishment of full ties and warm relations between the State...

In 1942, Gershon Henoch and Frania Kessel, and their three-year-old daughter, Sara, were sent by the Nazis to the Piotrków Ghetto. Despite the harsh conditions in the ghetto, Gershon Henoch managed to make a...