Events & Meetings

The meeting, which also included President of the Official Council of Swedish Jewish Communities Lena Posner and Swedish Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand, focused on issues affecting the Jewish community in Sweden and throughout Europe. It was also an opportunity to discuss how Sweden can continue to lead the fight against antisemitism.

The European Jewish Congress took part in the fourth meeting of the European Commission working group on the implementation of the EU strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, held in Bucharest, Romania.

The European Jewish Congress and B’nai B’rith International co-organized a conference to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

EJC Executive VP Raya Kalenova visited Lisbon, where she was warmly welcomed by the local Jewish community and its president, David Joffe Botelho.

EJC Director of European Affairs Ariella Woitchik addressed the European Conference on Antisemitism organised by the Austrian Federal Ministry for EU and Constitutional Affairs in Vienna on 17 and 18 April 2023.  

The Jewish community in the Republic of North Macedonia held commemoration ceremonies in the cities of Skopje, Bitola and Stip marking the 80th anniversary of the deportation of 7144 Macedonian Jews to the Treblinka death camp.