Joint Statement of Special Envoys and Coordinators Combating Antisemitism

The barbaric attack of Hamas terrorists on Israel on 7th October, resulted in the most lethal assault against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. More than 1400 Jews – women, children, men, and the elderly, including Holocaust survivors – were tortured, raped, and murdered. Over two hundred were taken hostage. These events have an immense […]

Press Release concerning the latest antisemitic attacks in Croatia and Greece

The European Jewish Association (EJA) is appalled by the latest Antisemitism incidents that took place in Croatia and in Greece, only a few days after the unspeakable massacre against innocent civilians committed by Hamas in Israel. In Split, Croatia’s 2nd largest city, a graffiti “Juden Raus” adorned with the “U” from the WW2 fascist Ustasa […]

EU Jewish leader calls on european governments to immediately grant citizenship to remaining hostages after hamas set to release 50 dual-nationals

Rabbi Menachem Margolin, EJA Chairman: “Don’t Force Jews to once again go through a selection.” (Brussels 23 October 2023) Responding to news that Hamas will release 50 hostages of dual nationality, European Jewish Association Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin, who heads the organisation that represents hundreds of communities across the continent, called on European governents to […]

ATTACKS AGAINST JEWS HAS STARTED – “WAKE UP, NEVER AGAIN IS NOW! – EUROPEAN JEWISH LEADER TELLS EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS.

“This is not about Palestine and Israel, this is not about politics, these are attacks against Jews everywhere in Europe” states Rabbi Menachem Margolin. (Brussels 19 October 2023) Synagogues attacked in Spain, Germany, incitement all over Europe, reported antisemitism rises over 1200%. The European Jewish Association, one of Europe’s largest Jewish associations representing hundreds of […]

Letter of Support for Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi

Your Excellency Madam President Von Der Leyen, In response to accusations against European Commissioner for Neighborhood & Enlargement, Mr Várhelyi, and calls for his resignation, we would like to make the following statement. Following the horrific and inhumane terror attacks against civilians in Israel on 7 October, which shocked the whole world, Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi […]

MUSK GIVES “TENTATIVE YES” TO AUSCHWITZ VISIT WITH EUROPEAN JEWISH ASSOCIATION

European Jewish Association Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin asked Mr Musk to come to Auschwitz “to walk there, to feel it, to understand it”. In a wide ranging live discussion with key Jewish leaders and figures across the world this evening on his X platform, European Jewish Association Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin asked Mr Musk to […]

ISRAEL AND GAZA: OPERATION SHIELD AND ARROW

Following the beginning of Israel’s operation names “Shield and Arrow” – which to date has resulted in the killing of three senior Islamic Jihad operatives in Gaza City and Rafah – we have attached the following points for your use. 1- This is an action that Israel has undertaken following months in which the terrorist […]