Programme
Special memorial service on the occasion of the 70thanniversary of die Kristallnacht
Great Synagogue of Europe, Brussels, November 9, 2008
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Av Horachamin
Chazan Israel Muller
Welcome Address
Philippe Markiewicz
President of the Communauté Israélite de Bruxelles
Solemn Moment
Rabbi Albert Guigui
Chief Rabbi of Brussels
Address
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
Park East Synagogue, New York
Address
Rabbi Marc Schneier
The New York Synagogue, New York
Tears of Fire – A Symphonic Lament
Chazan Benjamin Muller
Address
Rabbi Israel Meir Lau
Chairman of the Council, Yad Vashem
Address
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor
President of the European Jewish Congress, Co-Chairman of the European Council for Tolerance and Reconciliation
El Molei Rachamim & Kaddish
Chazan Benjamin Muller
SPECIAL EVENT PROMOTING TOLERANCE THROUGHOUT THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of die Kristallnacht and within the framework of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue and the International Day for Tolerance
European Parliament, Brussels, November 10, 2008
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Hans-Gert Pöttering
President of the European Parliament
Jean-Pierre Jouyet
Minister for European Affairs of the French Republic
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor
President of the European Jewish Congress, Co-Chairman of the European Council for Tolerance and Reconciliation
Samuel Pisar
Author, Holocaust Survivor
Musical Interlude
Rabbi Israel Meir Lau
Chairman of the Council, Yad Vashem,
Holocaust Survivor
Address of José Manuel Durão Barroso (read by Ms. Meglena Kuneva, Member of the European Commission)
President of the European Commission
Sen. Lluís Maria de Puig i Olive
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Chairman of the European Council for Tolerance and Reconciliation
Former President of Poland
DINNER ON PROMOTING TOLERANCE THROUGHOUT THE SPECIAL EVENT PROMOTING TOLERANCE THROUGHOUT THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of die Kristallnacht and the International Day for Tolerance
Le Plaza Theatre, Brussels, November, 10 2008
Programme
Introductory Remarks
Lluís Maria de Puig i Olive
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Musical Interlude
Polina Leschenko, piano, Alissa Margulis, violin,
Leonard Elschenbroich, cello
Joël Rubinfeld
President of the
Comité de Coordination des Organisantons Juives de Belgique
Yves Leterme
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Chairman of the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation
Former President of Poland
Günter Verheugen
Vice-President of the European Commission
Jacques Barrot
Vice-President of the European Commission
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor
President of the European Jewish Congress, Co-Chairman of the European Council for Tolerance and Reconciliation
