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Iranian Nuclear Threat, Union for the Mediterranean Initiative and Growing Anti-Semitism were discussed at the European Jewish Congress Meeting with Current Chair of EU Presidency
A delegation from the European Jewish Congress (EJC) held high-level discussions with current Chairs of the European Union Presidency in Ljubljana to encourage European...
EJC Secretary General Serge Cwajgenbaum Receives Officer Degree of the French Legion of Honour Order
On March 21, 2008, French Minister of Immigration Brice Hortefeux signed a decree to promote Serge Cwajgenbaum, Secretary General of the European Jewish Congress,...
European Jewish Congress Condemns Terror Attack in Jerusalem
Following the cold-blooded shooting rampage perpetrated by a Palestinian terrorist on March 6, 2008 in a rabbinical seminary located in the heart of Jerusalem,...
President of the European Jewish Congress Says Anti-Semitism at Threatening Level
President of the European Jewish Congress (EJC) Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor reported on the state of anti-Semitism in Europe to the Global Forum on Anti-Semitism,...
EJC President Meets With Secretary General of the Council of Europe
European Jewish Congress President Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor and EJC Secretary General Serge Cwajgenbaum met with Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe...
EJF Executive Council Reports on Major 2007 Projects and 2008 Agenda
The fourth meeting of the European Jewish Fund (EJF) Executive Council was held on February 11, 2008 in Paris. Presided over by Viatcheslav Moshe...
European Jewish Congress GA Extraordinary Session Held in Paris. New Constitution adopted and Congress
On February 10, 2008, an extraordinary session of the General Assembly of the European Jewish Congress (EJC) took place in Paris with delegates from...
EJC President Moshe Kantor meets with Greek Leadership
Moshe Kantor attends a series of high-level meetings with the President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Greece to address issues of concern to...
EJC President Meets with Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister, Mayor of Jerusalem and Likud Chairman
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, President of the European and Russian Jewish Congresses, met with several leading Israeli politicians during his recent trip to Israel.
In Jerusalem...
President of the European Jewish Congress Takes Part in the WJC Board of Governors Session and Meets Top Israeli Politicians
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress (EJC) and the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC) took part in the World Jewish Congress’ (WJC)...
EJC President Speaks to the European Parliament in Brussels and Meets with European Commission President Barroso and high EU officials
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor who heads the European Jewish Congress (EJC) and the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC) spoke about the importance of the Remembrance Day...
European Jewish Congress President Concerned about Escalation of Nazism in Europe
A memorial evening to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day took place in Moscow on January 27. The event was organised by the Holocaust Centre...
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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...
“I am here”: Holocaust survivors mark Auschwitz liberation
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...
