PARIS - The World Jewish Congress’ Jewish Diplomatic Corps gathered in Paris this week. While in Paris, the JDs also had an opportunity to meet with CRIF President Francis Kalifat and Executive Director Robert Ejnes to discuss the ongoing challenges facing the French Jewish community and work toward strengthening the cooperation between CRIF and the WJC JDCorps.

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A delegation from the European Jewish Congress (EJC), led by President Dr. Moshe Kantor, met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The delegation included Francis Kalifat, president of Crif.

On November 20th, Crif International Relations Committee met with Evan Bernstein, Regional Director - New York of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), along with Yonathan Arfi, Vice President of the Crif and Chair of the International Relations Committee.

Over the last few weeks, French media have dedicated a very important amount of papers to their new favorite subject: anti-Semitism.

Last week, the European Jewish Congress sent a letter to the Italian Football Federation following the recent anti-Semitic actions from the supporters of the Lazio club.