EJC Director of European Affairs addresses participants of the ECI Young Leaders Academy at the European Parliament

Director of European Affairs Ariella Woitchik presented the work of the European Jewish Congress as the official umbrella representative of Jewish communities throughout Europe and provided an overview of the ongoing challenges facing European Jews amid the concerning rise of antisemitism across the world.

Statements

EJC Executive Vice-President Raya Kalenova named Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress

In her new role, Ms Kalenova will represent the voice of Jewish communities in Europe on the WJC Executive Committee.

Events & Meetings

EJC Director of European Affairs addresses participants of the ECI Young Leaders Academy at the European Parliament

Director of European Affairs Ariella Woitchik presented the work of the European Jewish Congress as the official umbrella representative of Jewish communities throughout Europe and provided an overview of the ongoing challenges facing European Jews amid the concerning rise of antisemitism across the world.

News from Communities

EJC in the media

Times of Israel: “North Macedonian synagogue hit by arson in country’s 1st antisemitic attack since Holocaust”

“This incident reflects the continued vulnerability of Jewish sites in Europe, where places of worship and community life remain at risk,” the European Jewish Congress added. “Such acts seek to intimidate and disrupt Jewish presence.”

News & Views

European Parliament recalls the necessity for the Palestinian Authority to remove all antisemitic educational materials

The EU Parliament explicitly recalls the necessity for the Palestinian Authority to remove all educational content that fails to meet UNESCO standards, particularly materials containing antisemitism, incitement to violence, glorification of jihad and martyrdom, or rejection of peaceful conflict resolution.

Life in Israel

IDF finds last October 7 hostage Ran Gvili’s remains in northern Gaza

His return marks the end of the saga of returning all live and deceased hostages taken by Hamas on October 7.

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.