DAY 1 - Sunday, February 18, 2018

TIMEROOMCODE MODERATION: Ariel MUZICANT
5.00 - 5.30 p.m.Vienna City Hall, Festsaal

Opening

Greetings

Michael HÄUPL, Mayor of the City of Vienna
Armin LANGE, Executive Organizer “An End to Antisemitism!”
Heinz ENGL, Rector of the University of Vienna
Talya LADOR-FRESHER, Ambassador of Israel in Vienna

5.30 - 6.00 p.m.Vienna City Hall, Festsaal

Opening

Addresses

Moshe KANTOR, President of the European Jewish Congress
Alexander VAN DER BELLEN, Federal President of the Republic of Austria
Written Greeting sent by His Holiness Pope FRANCIS, read by Norbert J. HOFMANN, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews 

6.00 - 7.00 p.m.Vienna City Hall, Festsaal

Opening

Public Lecture ”An End to Antisemitism”

Bernard-Henri LÉVY
Introduction: Dina PORAT

7.00- 7.15 p.m.Vienna City Hall, Festsaal

Opening

Laudatio & Bestowal of the European Jewish Congress Award

Moshe KANTOR, President of the European Jewish Congress
Rūta VANAGAITE, Historian

7.15- 10.00 p.m.Vienna City Hall, Wappensaal

Opening

Mayor’s Reception

by invitation only!


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