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European Jewish Congress encourages Europe to step up efforts to promote tolerance. New initiatives presented to European leaders in Brussels

BRUSSELS, 11 NOVEMBER 2008 – Two days of events were held in Brussels to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht and to launch a...

Days of Tolerance in Europe, November 9-16, 2008

November 9-16, 2008 European Days of Tolerance is a set of events and special meetings initiated by leading European political and public organisations to help...

PROGRAMME: Days of Tolerance in Europe, November 9-16, 2008

Programme Special memorial service on the occasion of the 70thanniversary of die Kristallnacht Great Synagogue of Europe, Brussels, November 9, 2008 Programme Av Horachamin Chazan Israel Muller Welcome Address...

Moshe Kantor:

BRUSSELS, 9 NOVEMBER 2008 – More than 500 political and Jewish leaders from across Europe have attended a «Kristallnacht » Memorial Service at the...

EJC and RJC President Moshe Kantor Visits Denmark On 175th Anniversary of Copenhagen

In his address at the 175th anniversary of the Great Synagogue in Copenhagen, the President of the European Jewish Congress declared that smaller Jewish...

Cemetery desecration: Romanian Jews denounce the authority

BUCHAREST. Several dozens of members of the Jewish community in Romania denounced on Wednesday the authorities' indifference” after over 130 graves and over 100...

European Jewish Congress Meets with Turkish Prime Minister, President and Foreign Minister

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) delegation, headed by President Moshe Kantor, along with the head of the Turkish Jewish community, met with Prime Minister...

Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor Participates in Memorial Events

On October 21, Minsk hosted a mourning march and meeting dedicated to the 65 th anniversary of the destruction of the Minsk Ghetto ....

New European Council on Tolerance: We Demand Action from the Citizens of Europe

(October 7, 2008) The European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation (ECTR) held its inaugural meeting in Paris on Tuesday, 7 October 2008 under the...

EJC President Moshe Kantor visits Brussels to meet Belgian Jewish Community

On October 6, 2008, President of the European Jewish Congress Viatcheslav Kantor met in Brussels with leaders of local Jewish organizations. The meeting brought...

EJC President Moshe Kantor attends WJC Governing Board Meeting

On September 24, Ashkelon (Israel) hosted a meeting of the Governing Board of the World Jewish Congress (WJC). The meeting brought together more than...

RJC Welcomes Visa-Waiver Programme Between Russia and Israel

The Russian Jewish Congress (RJC) believes that this move will promote dialogue between the nations and represents an important milestone in Russian-Israeli relations. The...

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Speech by the President of the World Holocaust Forum Foundation Moshe Kantor at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum. Jerusalem

Your majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Distinguished guests, And dear Holocaust survivors,   I would like to begin by expressing my deepest gratitude to President Rivlin, who two years...

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Their faces lined by age and haunting memories, about 100 Holocaust survivors joined political leaders Thursday in Jerusalem to recall the liberation of the...

World leaders convene in Jerusalem to remember Holocaust and counter anti-semitism

Leaders from almost 50 countries gathered here Thursday to mark 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz and, drawing on the memory of its...

Kantor: Holocaust forum gives the jewish people around the world hope

World Holocaust Forum President Dr. Moshe Kantor: With current levels of emigration there could be no Jewish communities in Europe by 2050. President of the...