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WJC honors German Chancellor Angela Merkel with 2019 WJC Theodor Herzl Award Chancellor Merkel: “Jewish life in Germany must be supported – and protected” WJC President Ronald S. Lauder: “Antisemitism isn’t a Jewish problem...

NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES BELGIUM BELGIAN JEWS SLAM DECISION BY GOVERNMENT BODY TO EXONERATE CARNIVAL OF ANTISEMITISM The Coordinating Committee of Belgian Jewish Organisations (CCOJB) has slammed a report by the Unia government anti-discrimination watchdog...

NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES UNITED KINGDOM BRITISH JEWISH LABOUR MP QUITS PARTY OVER ANTISEMITISM British Jewish MP Dame Louise Ellman has quit the Labour Party, saying in a letter that she is “deeply troubled” by...

Good morning from sunny Spain As we start our New Year we extend our best wishes to you all for a Happy and Healthy year ahead. Our next meeting will be on October 25th....

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FROM COMMUNITIES FRANCE FRENCH FREEMASONS WITHDRAW TEXT ATTACKING CRIF France’s principal masonic organisation has withdrawn a text which accused the CRIF, the country’s Jewish umbrella organisation and EJC affiliate, of causing antisemitism.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