On December 19th, 2007 in Frankfurt, Germany, EJC president Moshe Kantor addressed the Executive Board of the Central Council of Jews in Germany at the invitation of Charlotte Knobloch, Council president and EJC vice president. Mr. Kantor spoke about various issues including the planned commemorative ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the Kristalnacht planned to take place in November 2008. Moshe Kantor was accompanied by EJC secretary general Serge Cwajgenbaum, WJC deputy secretary general Maram Stern and EJC vice president Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt
Following the Council meeting President Kantor convened a meeting of the EJC Executive. The new EJC constitution was a major topic discussed by the participants who unanimously voted in favour and decided to submit this text for approval at the forthcoming EJC Extraordinary Assembly to take place in Paris, on February 10th 2008.
In attendance were : Chair of the EJC Board of Governors Flo Kaufmann, EJC vice presidents Rabbi Yaakov Bleich, Alfred Donath, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, Charlotte Knobloch, EJC executive member Piotr Kadlcik, Jonathan Arfi representing EJC vice president Richard Prasquier, Advisors to the President Uzi Arad, Maram Stern, Arie Zuckerman, EJC Secretary general Serge Cwajgenbaum and Myriam Glikerman from the EJC Paris office. By conference call Claudia de Benedetti, Alex Rutman.
