Le CRIF en action

Between 16 and 17 July 1942 in Paris and the suburbs, 13,152 Jews (including 4115 children) were arrested.

Roger Cukierman and the CRIF delegation in Washington were invited to a lunch on Tuesday, March 3 by Gérard Araud, French Ambassador in Washington.
 

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Roger Cukierman and the CRIF’s delegation in Washington were received in the Congress by the Congressional French Causus in the presence of Gérard Araud, Ambassador of France in Washington. 

The Jewish community of France was honored by the President of AIPAC Robert Cohen in Washington. 

On Sunday, November 16, 2014 nearly 1,200 people attended the 5th National Convention of CRIF. Prominent speakers debated all day on various topics. The plenary session in the morning was a very strong moment with the presentation of the results of the survey on anti-Semitism in France conducted by Fondapol by Dominique Reynié, the director of the think tank Fondapol, after which a debate was held with French philosopher Alain Finkielkraut.

By Marc Knobel, Director of Studies of CRIF

A seminar organized by CRIF: "What should we do to fight against anti-Semitism, racism and hatred on the Internet? Call for action”

CRIF organized a seminar to review progress on the fight against hatred on the Internet and hear experts in the field of cybercrime on Wednesday, November the 19, 2014.

Google and Facebook representatives participated to the event.

Lawyers, judges, police officers, sociologists, political scientists, Internet professionals, representatives of ministries attended the meeting, along with Roger Cukierman, President of CRIF, Francis Kalifat and Yonathan Arfi, CRIF Vice Presidents, Robert Ejnès, Executive Director of CRIF, Anais Juin, Head of CRIF digital team and Marc Knobel, Director of Research of CRIF.

By Robert Ejnes, CRIF Executive Director

CRIF President Roger Cukierman and a delegation of members of the Executive Committee of CRIF, heads of Regional CRIF chapters and CRIF Executive Director were in Israel at the end of November.  They met with President Rivlin, several Ministers of the Netanyahu Government, with Knesset Members, and with Natan Sharansky, President of Jewish Agency.  They met with WJC representatives in Israel, and with Robert Singer, WJC's Vice-President and CEO.  The delegation also visited an Iron Dome base and Ashdod where a large French community is living.  The delegation met with Ashdod's Mayor Dr Lasry and with representatives of the French speaking associations.  

A resolution of the Socialist Group calling on the government to recognize the Palestinian state was submitted to the French National Assembly. CRIF had expressed its opposition to such a move considered as a political and diplomatic mistake. He called on parliamentarians not to vote in favor of this resolution, as the resolution did not respect the spirit of the Oslo agreements, which promotes the principle of direct negotiations between the parties.

December 3^rd, 2014

CRIF and the Jewish community in France are deeply shocked by the savage anti-Semitic aggression, including robbery and rape, on a couple of young Jews that took place in Creteil on December 1^st. CRIF asked that the perpetrators be promptly presented to justice.