Facing current challenges of fighting antisemitism and European values

20.11.2018

November 20, 2018

“European Values, the Rule of Law and Security” – Conference in Vienna

November 20, 2018

At today's “European Values, the Rule of Law and Security” – Conference in Vienna, organized in the framework of the Austrian European Council Presidency, president of the European Jewish Congress and main sponsor of the international conference "An End to Antisemitism!" Dr. Moshe Kantor spoke about about some of the current challenges of fighting antisemitism and European values.
He also gave a preview of the Catalogue of Policies to Combat Antisemitism. The catalogue is the first direct output of February's conference "An End to Antisemitism", initiated and commissioned by the EJC and compiled by conference co-organizers Armin Lange (University of Vienna), Ariel Muzicant (EJC), Dina Porat (Tel Aviv University), Lawrence H. Schiffman (New York University) and Mark Weitzman (Simon Wiesenthal Center / International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance).

The catalogue's joint effort is to develop concrete policies to be undertaken by governments, public and private institutions, religious communities and those involved with combatting hate online.

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