European Jewish Congress
The European Jewish Congress ( EJC ) was founded in 1986 by the European branch of the World Jewish Congress. It is headquartered in Paris and is an umbrella organization of several national Jewish organizations in Europe.
History
At its meeting in February 2008, the Central Council of Jews in Germany, the example of Austria, France and Portugal decided to follow and to suspend membership of the EJC until further notice. The background is the dissatisfaction with the current EJC President Kantor WM, the extended including his tenure " sleight " retrospectively by two to four years and have not taken a position against the Iranian president visits the Russian.
Organization
President of the European Jewish Congress is cantor since 2007 Vyacheslav Moshe. Secretary Serge Cwajgenbaum. Vice President of the EJC are Charlotte Knobloch, Yaakov Bleich, Henry Grunwald, Ariel Muzicant and Roger Cukierman. Head of the Berlin Office, Stephan J. Kramer.