Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions

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Logo of CRIF.

Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (French: Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France, CRIF)[1] is an umbrella organization of other groups representing the interests of French Jews.

Overview

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It is the official French affiliate of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), the world-wide umbrella organization of Jewish communities, and of the European Jewish Congress.[2] It opposes antisemitism and antisemitic policies. It generally supports Zionism and the state of Israel, although in 2004 CRIF refuted Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's characterization of antisemitism in France and his calls for French Jews to emigrate to Israel.[citation needed]

On 20 November 2004, CRIF accused the French government of failing to protect citizens from broadcasts by Hezbollah's al-Manar TV, which includes films that CRIF asserts are antisemitic and incite Muslims to attack Jews.[3] Al-Manar was blocked by the CSA. It has opposed the beatification of Pope Pius XII, stating that a majority of historians disagreed with the position that Pius worked ceaselessly to save Jews.[4]

French neo-Nazis planned an attack on the CRIF headquarters in 2023. Kalashnikovs and a laboratory for producing explosives were discovered at a suspect's home. In chat messages they wrote that they wanted to carry out an attack “worse than Bataclan”.[5]

Presidents of the Council of French Jewish Institutions

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No. Image President Term
1 File:No image.svg Léon Meiss 1944–1950
2 File:No image.svg Vidal Modiano 1950–1969
3 File:No image.svg Ady Steg
(1925–2021)
 		1970–1974
4 File:No image.svg Jean Rosenthal
(1906–1993)
 		1974–1976
5 File:Alain de Rothschild 1964.jpg Alain de Rothschild
(1910–1982)
 		1976–1982
6 File:No image.svg Théo Klein
(1920–2020)
 		1983–1989
7 File:Jean Kahn-2.jpg Jean Kahn
(1929–2013)
 		1989 - 1995
8 File:No image.svg Henri Hajdenberg
(b. 1947)
 		1995–2001
9 File:Roger Cukierman par Claude Truong-Ngoc juin 2014.jpg Roger Cukierman
(b. 1936)
 		2001–2007
10 File:Richard Prasquier par Claude Truong-Ngoc mars 2016.jpg Richard Prasquier
(b. 1945)
 		2007–2013
11 File:Roger Cukierman par Claude Truong-Ngoc juin 2014.jpg Roger Cukierman
(b. 1936)
 		2013–2016
12 File:No image.svg Francis Kalifat
(b. 1952)
 		2016 – 2022
13 File:No image.svg Yonathan Arfi
(b. 1980)
 		2022 – Incumbent

References

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  2. ^ World Jewish Congress - Affiliates Archived 21 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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  4. ^ Ejpress Archived 20 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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