EJC organises event in Brussels to commemorate the victims of the 7th October Hamas massacre

The event featured a conference by renowned French-Algerian author Mohamed Sifaoui, known for his unwavering commitment to exposing extremism and his courageous stance against terrorism.

Statements

EJC statement on the one-year anniversary of the 7th October Hamas massacre

The European Jewish Congress reaffirms its full and unwavering support for the State of Israel and its people, including those still held captive in the Gaza Strip. We stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel as we mourn the victims of October 7th.

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EJC in the media

Espresso:”Fania Brantsovsky, the last survivor of the Jewish resistance in the Vilnius ghetto has passed away”

"Fania dedicated her life not only to ensuring we would never forget the Shoah of the Lithuanian Jews, but also the vibrant and rich Jewish life she directly experienced in one of the centres of Jewish culture before the war" said EJC Executive Vice-President Raya Kalenova to Expresso.

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European Parliament President: “This house will continue to do what we can to help bring all hostages home”

Recalling the horror of that day “that will live in infamy”, President Metsola said nothing could ever justify the indiscriminate mass murder, rape, kidnapping and torture that occurred one year ago.

Life in Israel

Israeli President Isaac Herzog unveils October 7 memorial in Jerusalem

The monument is the first of its kind in the city to commemorate both the victims of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre and Israel Defense Forces soldiers who fell in the ensuing war.

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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.