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27.03.2023

Check this video to learn more about us!

Do you want to know how does CEJI contribute to an inclusive Europe? Watch this video to find {...}

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27.08.2024

Overcoming Antisemitism Train-the-Trainer – 23rd to 28th of February 2025, Berlin (NOA, English)

CEJI opens applications for ‘Overcoming Antisemitism Train the Trainer’.    Jewish people continue to experience and encounter {...}

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11.07.2024

NOA Survey on Guidelines to Foster Jewish Life for Jewish Communities

As part of the NOA (Networks Overcoming Antisemitism) project coordinated by CEJI, new “Guidelines on Fostering Jewish Life” are being {...}

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02.07.2024

Appel à participant.e.s – Formations contre l’afrophobie, l’antisémitisme et l’islamophobie

Avec le soutien de la COCOF, le CEJI - une Contribution Juive pour une Europe Inclusive - est heureux d’organiser une série de formations sur {...}

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27.06.2024

CEJI Facilitates Sessions on Peer Training during Beit Project’s “Living Together Olympiads”

The Beit Project is a European and Mediterranean youth initiative that combines learning about historical heritage with the fight against racism, {...}

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24.06.2024

Facing Facts Network Publishes Digital Services Act (DSA) Policy Brief

The Facing Facts Network, coordinated by CEJI, published a policy brief exploring the impact of the DSA on monitoring and responding to online {...}

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17.06.2024

CEJI and ENIL Youth Network Organise “Creating Safe(r) and Brave(r) Spaces Study Session”

Thirty young leaders from diverse backgrounds participated in a week-long (June 10th - 16th) study session in Strasbourg organised by CEJI and the {...}

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15.06.2024

Belgian Council Presidency Holds 12th Meeting of the High-Level Group on Combating Hate Speech and Hate Crime

CEJI met with other members of this High-Level Group to discuss the data and measures needed to respond to online hate speech, including a new IT {...}

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14.06.2024

CEJI Joins Experts in Brussels to Discuss the Fight against Anti-Muslim Hate 

Senior CEJI staff participated in the conference “Taking a Closer Look at Racism: Preventing and Combatting Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes in the EU”, {...}

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10.06.2024

CEJI, the European Network for Countering Antisemitism through Education (ENCATE) and KIgA Organise “Dare Together” Working Group on Intersectionality and Antisemitism

The Dare Together project aims to build a more effective and robust European anti-discrimination field through disseminating educational programmes {...}

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31.05.2024

CEJI and Partners Organize Final Conference of the Relation Project

Relation–Research, Knowledge, and Education Against Antisemitism is an EU-funded project that aims to define an innovative strategy against modern {...}

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28.05.2024

CEJI Shares Insights at EU Seminar on Building Bridges in Divided Times 

Robin Sclafani, CEJI’s Executive Director, participated in a panel addressing rising intercommunity tensions across the EU and ways to foster {...}

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28.05.2024

CEJI Conducts Workshop on Anti-Muslim Hate Speech for the European Coalition of Cities Against Racism (ECCAR)

This week, five CEJI staff members facilitated the second part of a series of online workshops for over 60 local civil servants on better {...}

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24.05.2024

CEJI Participates in Partners Meeting of New EU-funded “No Hate Police” Project

Melissa Sonnino, CEJI’s Facing Facts Network Director, took part in the first partners meeting of the No Hate Police project, coordinated by {...}

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21.05.2024

CEJI Participates in High-Level Workshop on National Strategies

Melissa Sonnino, one of CEJI’s senior directors, took part in a webinar to examine the Italian and Austrian national strategies for combatting {...}

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15.05.2024

Register to attend the Final Conference of the Relation Project!

Relation (Research, Knowledge, and Education Against Antisemitism) is an EU-funded project that aims to define an innovative strategy against modern {...}

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14.05.2024

CEJI Trains Senior Education Professionals in Romania

Stéphanie Lecesne, CEJI’s Training Director, participated in a workshop on Education against Antisemitism, Intolerance, and Discrimination in {...}

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19.04.2024

CEJI resigned from the European Network Against Racism (ENAR)

CEJI resigned from ENAR on March 25, 2024.  Please see our resignation letter {...}

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18.03.2024

The second edition of the NOA Project enhances its efforts against antisemitism in Europe

Coordinated by CEJI – A Jewish Contribution to Inclusive Europe - AEPJ, European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture {...}

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27.02.2024

Study session – Creating Safe(r) and Brave(r) Spaces (10 -16 June)

A cooperation between ENIL Youth Network and CEJI - a Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe. Arrival Date: 09 June 2024  Departure date: {...}

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24.01.2024

Communiqué de presse : Le projet MultiMemo, financé par l’UE, adopte une approche multidirectionnelle de la mémoire des génocides de la Seconde Guerre mondiale

Rituel participatif inspiré des pratiques ancestrales des femmes juives, guidé par Shoshana Walfish et Céline Gaza. Dans le cadre du projet {...}

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24.01.2024

Press release: The EU-funded project MultiMemo embraces a multidirectional approach to Holocaust commemoration

Participatory ritual inspired by ancestral practices of Jewish women guided by Shoshana Walfish and Céline Gaza. CEJI – A Jewish Contribution {...}

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08.01.2024

Conférence de dissémination du projet MultiMemo, couplé d’un événement artistique commun de commémoration des génocides de la 2ème guerre mondiale

Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à la conférence de dissémination du projet MultiMemo, couplé d’un événement artistique commun de {...}

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08.01.2024

Graag nodigen we u uit voor de MultiMemo Conferentie en het Holocaust Herdenkingsevenement 

Graag nodigen we u uit voor de MultiMemo Conferentie en het Holocaust Herdenkingsevenement  ‘Echo's van herinneringen’ - Een reis {...}

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05.01.2024

MultiMemo Dissemination Conference and Joint Artistic Holocaust Commemoration Event

We are pleased to invite you to the MultiMemo Dissemination Conference and Joint Artistic Holocaust Commemoration Event 'Echoes of Remembrance' - {...}

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14.12.2023

“Jeunes Contre l’Antisémitisme” brings its fight against antisemitism to Belgian public services

Round table during the presentation of the conclusions of the project "Jeunes Contre l'Antisémitisme". CEJI and the Belgian Union of Jewish {...}

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14.12.2023

SafeNet Factsheets N° 5

European partners are implementing a 24 month project SafeNet: Monitoring and Reporting for Safer Online Environments. Joining 21 partners {...}

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20.10.2023

Communiqué de presse : Nous avons besoin de plus de formations dans les écoles et pour les professeurs

En réponse à l’article “Guerre Israël-Hamas : « On n’empêchera pas l’importation du conflit à l’école” publié par Le Soir le {...}

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19.10.2023

NOA Conference: Austrian Report Card

Presentation of the NOA National Report Card in Austria. A total of 80 participants, among which there were Austrian government officials as well {...}

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12.10.2023

Comment atténuer les préjugés lors de la lecture de l’actualité? 

Après les événements tragiques de cette semaine, le CEJI propose son approche éducative pour atténuer les préjugés lors de la lecture des {...}

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12.10.2023

How to mitigate bias when reading the news?

In the aftermath of the tragic events this week, CEJI offers our educational approach to mitigate bias when reading the news.  Our world now {...}

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20.09.2023

Discover NOA’s newest online activities

As part of NOA’s mission to overcome antisemitism and promote a more inclusive society through education, CEJI is sharing a collection {...}

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11.09.2023

Multidirectional Memory: Remembering for Social Justice

The MultiMemo project (2023-2024) proposes an intersectional approach to remembrance – one that underscores the relevance of remembering for {...}

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29.08.2023

Call for Applications: Researcher for the development of Guidelines on Online Hate Speech and Harassment

As part of a new project with football stakeholders, CEJI is actively searching for a researcher to create an action-oriented Guidelines document on {...}

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29.08.2023

SafeNet Project: Factsheets for June/July

We present CEJI’s national factsheets in French for June/July, showing data and drawing conclusions on our monitoring efforts in June-July, 2023. {...}

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08.08.2023

SafeNet Project Presents 2nd Fact Sheets on Continuous Monitoring

European partners are implementing a 24 month project SafeNet: Monitoring and Reporting for Safer Online Environments. Joining 21 partners and {...}

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17.07.2023

RELATION Press release #1

Last month, the third international meeting of the "Relation" project was held in Barcelona, an initiative financed by the European Union to unite {...}

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06.07.2023

Register now: Facing Facts Network European Parliament hearing on 6 July

The sharp rise of recorded hate speech and hate crime incidents in Europe, both online and offline, has become particularly worrying, {...}

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30.06.2023

NOA European Conference: Empowering Jewish Communities in Europe

On the 27th and 28th of June 2023, we organised the NOA European Conference to showcase the developments of the NOA project in its four years {...}

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13.06.2023

Fostering Jewish life in Europe requires an intersectional approach 

CEJI is actively adopting intersectionality and striving to create safe spaces for Jewish and racialized communities. Rejecting intersectionality {...}

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02.06.2023

NOA European Conference

27-28 June 2023, Brussels The NOA Project The NOA-Networks Overcoming Antisemitism project, launched in 2019, is an effort to innovate {...}

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30.05.2023

Transformations: Workshop overcoming antisemitism and fostering Jewish life in Greece

On the 25th of May CEJI and ENCATE organised a workshop in Athens on antisemitism and fostering Jewish life. It was a space for discussion about {...}

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17.05.2023

SafeNet presents its first fact sheets

CEJI is implementing SafeNet, a 24-month project funded by the European Union. With the goal of creating safer online environments, it focuses on {...}

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16.05.2023

Belieforama celebrates the 15-year anniversary of the Golden Prize win

Belieforama and its training programmes were created in 2004 by a diverse partnership of organisations, led by CEJI. Belieforama supports {...}

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20.04.2023

Capacity building against antisemitism on the ground

Together with ECCAR, CEJI is working on the project “Collection of good practices and training for civil servants, social workers and partners {...}

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14.04.2023

Echoes of Reflexivity – Workshop overcoming antisemitism and fostering Jewish life in Barcelona

“Reflexive practice recognizes multiple truths and a diversity of perspectives, while privileging those voices typically excluded from policy {...}

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12.04.2023

CEJI speaks with ENAR for its Member Spotlight

The ENAR (European Network Against Racism) Member Spotlight is a monthly series where they highlight the work of their member organisations. This {...}

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21.03.2023

NOA National Conference – The Netherlands

The Network Overcoming Antisemitism (NOA) project has compiled a benchmarking tool highlighting gaps and opportunities to improve government {...}

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19.07.2022

Press Release: EU Parliament Resolution on Intersectional Discrimination

On 6 July 2022, the Resolution on Intersectional discrimination in the European Union: the socio-economic situation of women of African, {...}

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15.02.2023

Call for Participants For The 7-Day Allyship Challenge

CEJI is looking for 5 participants (18-25 years old) respectively from Belgium, Italy, Romania and Spain for a total of 20 participants to take {...}

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07.02.2023

CEJI is looking for students to monitor hate speech online

CEJI is looking for 5 students in Belgium to help monitor online environments. Background/Purpose In the framework of the EU-funded project {...}

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20.12.2022

CEJI is leaving Twitter

CEJI has decided to freeze its Twitter account in response to the irresponsible actions of Twitter’s leadership. We condemn the purposeful threat {...}

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22.11.2022

EU launches network of young ambassadors and civil society forum on combating antisemitism

The European Commission organised on the 16th of November its first "Civil Society Forum on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life". {...}

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22.11.2022

CEJI participates in the first “Civil Society Forum on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life” organised by the EU

The European Commission launched on Wednesday 16th of November the network of Young European Ambassadors to promote Holocaust Remembrance {...}

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16.06.2022

NOA Belgian Report Card Findings Now Available!

“Antisemitism is a structural pillar of racism, and racism will not be eradicated without overcoming antisemitism. By acknowledging existing gaps {...}

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22.03.2022

CEJI Speaks at EU Anti-Racism Summit 2022

On 21 March, CEJI Director Robin Sclafani and CEJI Board Member Ronny Nafthaniel joined MEPs, Commissioners and UN Representatives as speakers at {...}

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03.03.2022

CEJI Statement on Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine

CEJI condemns Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and we are deeply troubled by its impact on human life.  There are profound {...}

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06.10.2021

CEJI welcomes the EU Strategy on combating antisemitism

CEJI congratulates the European Commission on the very ambitious action plan to tackle antisemitism and to foster Jewish life in Europe. We are {...}

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23.09.2021

CEJI joins CSO appeal on the Digital Services Act

CEJI joined more than 30 European civil society organisations in an appeal on the Digital Services Act (DSA) with a particular focus on hateful {...}

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20.09.2021

EU Anti-Racism Action Plan: Civil society recommendations

On the one-year anniversary of the European Union's Anti-Racism Action Plan, CEJI joins other civil society organizations in recommending a list of {...}

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16.09.2021

New WE CAN online course on hate speech

Back by popular demand, a new Facing Facts – WE CAN cohort is scheduled for this fall to cater to all participants who have missed the previous {...}

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14.09.2021

Workshop: Building human rights narratives to counter antisemitic hate speech

Organised within the WE CAN for human rights speech project by CEJI and the Council of Europe Background Antisemitic hate speech has always {...}

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02.07.2021

CEJI joins ERGO Network in demanding justice for Stanislav Tomáš

The European Roma Grassroots Organisations (ERGO) Network, together with other Roma and pro-Roma and antiracism civil society organisations and {...}

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24.06.2021

CEJI expresses full solidarity with the LGBT community in light of recent Hungarian legislation

CEJI-A Jewish contribution to an inclusive Europe hereby expresses its full solidarity with the LGBT community and joins the list of organizations {...}

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18.06.2021

Confronting the surge of antisemitism webinar

Join the Olga Lengyel Institute (TOLI) and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) for a panel discussion with experts from the US and Europe on {...}

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14.06.2021

Interview with CEJI Director Robin Sclafani on diversity and inclusion

Watch below the interview with CEJI Director Robin Sclafani by Giuseppe Marletta, Managing Director, Europe of the Association of Corporate Counsel {...}

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04.06.2021

Major Jewish organizations issue recommendations to combat antisemitism and to promote Jewish life in Europe

The document, that includes recommendations on the implementation of the Council Declaration on combating antisemitism, was presented at the 5th {...}

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17.03.2021

New WE CAN online course on hate speech

Hate speech is rampant across social media channels and there is a a clear need to both counter it and to establish alternative narratives. Recent {...}

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02.03.2021

CEJI Director joins TikTok Safety Advisory Council

CEJI Director Robin Sclafani joined TikTok's Safety Advisory Council for Europe, channeling her expertise in anti-bias training and hate incidents {...}

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29.12.2020

CEJI participates in WUJS panel on antisemitic hate speech

On 29th December CEJI Communication and Policy Officer Julia Mozer participated in a panel discussion on online hate and antisemitism, emphasizing {...}

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17.12.2020

EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter – CEJI’s reaction

The Court of Justice of the European Union issued a ruling allowing member countries to impose non-lethal stunning before the killing of animals. {...}

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11.12.2020

CEJI raises 100 000 euros in one day

Thanks to all our generous contributors for taking part in our 24 hour-long crowdfunding campaign titled "Let there be light", concluding on Human {...}

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02.12.2020

Join our crowdfunding day on Wednesday, 9th December!

CEJI needs your help. With your support, we can take our work to the next level on 9th December. Help us continue our educational role in {...}

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26.11.2020

CEJI participates in OSCE-ODIHR and CFCF webinar on hate during the pandemic

The OSCE-ODIHR and The Cities Faith& Communities Forum co-organized the webinar on ‘Intolerance and Hate in the age of of Covid-19’. At a {...}

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26.11.2020

CEJI participates in EStAR Webinar Discussion Forum

On 26th November CEJI Facing Facts Coordinator Melissa Sonnino participated in OSCE-ODHIR Enhancing Stakeholder Awareness and Resources for Hate {...}

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11.11.2020

CEJI delivers online Unmasking Modern Antisemitism training to the European Commission staff

Marking the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the annual anti-bias training on antisemitism for the staff of the European Commission was for the first {...}

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12.10.2020

CEJI welcomes Facebook’s move to ban Holocaust denial from its platform

Earlier today the social media giant updated its global policy on hate speech to include any form of Holocaust denial and distortion. The move {...}

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22.09.2020

Next ENCATE lunch talk to feature CEJI

ENCATE (European Network Countering Antisemitism Through Education) will be featuring CEJI in their next online lunch talk on 25th September, {...}

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14.09.2020

Digital Governance: A Jewish perspective

Major Jewish organizations launch unified position on tackling antisemitism online in response to European Commission consultation CEJI, along {...}

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22.07.2020

CEJI at the Consultation Meeting on an EU Action Plan Against Racism

Read below the intervention delivered by CEJI Director Robin Sclafani on July 20, 2020 during the Consultation Meeting with Vice-President Věra {...}

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09.06.2020

The Black Lives Matter Challenge to European Policy-Makers

Robin Sclafani, Director of CEJI – A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe. As the murder of George Floyd has highlighted, racist {...}

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04.06.2020

Join the NOA project as an Expert or Researcher!

NOA – Networks Overcoming Antisemitism, offers a pioneering approach to tackle the problem of rising antisemitism in Europe. With its unique {...}

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29.05.2020

CEJI webinar on hate speech and antisemitism

CEJI's Hate Speech Advisor Julia Mozer held a webinar on the 28th May for the young ambassadors of the Holocaust Educational Trust in the {...}

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14.05.2020

CEJI’s Facing Facts program on NBC news

CEJI's Communication Officer and Hate Speech Advisor Julia Mozer spoke on NBC's Global Hangout series that discussed news in connection to the {...}

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06.05.2020

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Take this 3 minutes-long survey so that we can improve our newsletter on EU policy news. Fill it out below or by following this link. Thank you for {...}

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06.05.2020

NOA website is now online!

The new project bringing together major Jewish organizations to fight antisemitism, coordinated by CEJI, has launched its brand new website this {...}

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01.04.2020

Nominate a project or a person to be featured in NOA’s social media campaign!

The NOA Project - Networks Overcoming Antisemitism, will feature regular social media campaigns that will focus on past and present Jewish {...}

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27.03.2020

Major Jewish organizations to tackle antisemitism and to share positive Jewish stories

Launched on 1st February 2020, NOA - Networks Overcoming Antisemitism, offers a pioneering approach to tackle the problem of rising antisemitism in {...}

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17.03.2020

Deadline extended: Call for Evaluators for the NOA project

CEJI is seeking an external evaluator for the Networks Overcoming Antisemitism (NOA) project, co-funded by the European Commission, under the Rights {...}

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12.03.2020

CEJI joins new project to improve human rights speech online

The first co-ordination meeting for the consortium of the two-year project “WE CAN for human rights speech” (WECAN4HRS) took place on 11-12 {...}

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07.01.2020

New online course: Interfaith Dialogue for Combating Extremism among Young People

Explore the role of interfaith education in building resilient communities in this new course developed by CEJI and the European University Institute {...}

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15.12.2019

CEJI Flash 2019

Read the 2019 edition of CEJI Flash, the summary of CEJI's work and achievements from training to advocacy, from diversity education to tackling {...}

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09.12.2019

Advanced hate speech monitoring training in Brussels

Are you interested in monitoring hate speech? Would you like to learn from experienced professionals how to do it best? …then join the {...}

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18.11.2019

New online course for journalist on hate speech now online

CEJI has developed a 45 minutes-long online video course for journalist on hate speech and how it can be best countered. This introductory course {...}

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14.10.2019

Debating Europe: What’s behind Europe’s rise in antisemitism?

How can antisemitism still exist in Europe? We’re living in 2019, not 1939. Yet report after report after report show increasing levels of hate and {...}

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10.10.2019

We are horrified by the violent antisemitic attack yesterday in Halle on Yom Kippur. Our thoughts are with the families of the two victims of this {...}