Events & Meetings

Israeli President Shimon Peres thanked Russian Jews for their contribution to the creation and development of this country. In turn, Moshe Kantor, President of the Russian and European Jewish Congresses, called on Jews to remember that the creation of the State of Israel “was the compensation paid by humanity for tolerating the Holocaust.”

On May 13, the Israeli President launched the 1st annual Presidents' Conference “Facing Tomorrow” in Jerusalem...

The European Jewish Congress leadership, headed by EJC President Moshe Kantor, traveled to Macedonia on May 5th and 6th as part of the organization's recent efforts to strengthen smaller Jewish communities across the continent.

The heads of the European Jewish Congress and European Union will discuss the Iranian nuclear threat and anti-Semitism. Moshe Kantor, the EJC president, will meet Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, the rotating head of the European Union, Tuesday and Wednesday in the Slovenian capital of Ljublijana along with other members of the prime minister's cabinet.

On February 10, 2008, an extraordinary session of the General Assembly of...

A series of high-level meetings were held in Greece on February 4, 2008. The meetings took place within the framework of the National Remembrance Day for Greek Jewish Martyrs of the Holocaust. EJC President Moshe Kantor, Secretary General Serge Cwajgenbaum and President of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece Moise Constantinis met with Greek President H.E. Karolos Papoulias.