EJC delegation addresses the 8th Meeting of the Working Group on the Implementation of the EU Strategy on Combating Antisemitism in Brussels

European Jewish Congress Executive Vice-President Raya Kalenova and Director of European Affairs Ariella Woitchik raised awareness of the urgent need to safeguard Jewish communities amid the normalisation of anti-Jewish hatred, with anti-Zionism being the main driver.

Statements

EJC expresses deep concern and condemnation over online map targeting Jewish and Israeli-linked entities in Catalonia

The EJC stands with the Jewish community of Barcelona and supports the complaints already filed. We urge GoGoCarto, the Government of Catalonia, and the City Council of Barcelona to act with urgency to remove content that enables discrimination and incitement, and to ensure accountability under applicable law.

Events & Meetings

EJC delegation addresses the 8th Meeting of the Working Group on the Implementation of the EU Strategy on Combating Antisemitism in Brussels

European Jewish Congress Executive Vice-President Raya Kalenova and Director of European Affairs Ariella Woitchik raised awareness of the urgent need to safeguard Jewish communities amid the normalisation of anti-Jewish hatred, with anti-Zionism being the main driver.

News from Communities

EJC in the media

Jerusalem Post: “El Pais under fire for saying Maduro trial judge impartial “despite being Jewish”

"Jewish identity is not a conflict of interest," said the European Jewish Congress. "Such language reinforces bias and has real consequences for how Jews are perceived in public life."

News & Views

European Council prolongs restrictive measures for another year against Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Those designated are subject to an asset freeze and EU citizens and companies are prohibited from making funds available to them. Individuals are additionally subject to a travel ban, which prevents them from entering or transiting through EU member states.

Life in Israel

Israel inaugurates its embassy in Estonia

"A historic milestone", affirmed the Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna.

Galleries

Shoah Commemoration

More than 70 years after the Shoah, the systematic murder of six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators, representing a third of the world’s Jewish population and a half of Europe’s, it is incumbent upon us as Jews and as Europeans to maintain the memory of this most unique of genocides and to draw the lessons from it for our own days.

We must seek different methods to convey the same message of where hatred and intolerance and antisemitism lead. The most important of these is through education and the EJC works with governments and local authorities to ensure the insertion and maintenance of Holocaust education in curricula and non-curricula activities.

About us

The EJC was created to give a unified voice to Jewish communities around Europe, representing their common interests and concerns, but at the same time allowing smaller Jewish communities a wider platform to express their specific needs.

It federates democratically elected national Jewish community organisations in over 40 European countries uniting 2.5 million Jews across the continent.