As part of a series of conferences, President of B’nai B’rith Europe Serge Dahan with B’nai B’rith German Lodges, organized a meeting and discussion in Berlin on the 21st of January 2019, to address the future of Jewish life in Europe.
Speakers of this event included President of B’nai B’rith Lodge in Berlin, Dr. András Kain, Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight against Antisemitism, Dr. Felix Klein, Director of CEJI – A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe, Ms. Robin Sclafani, Ambassador of the State of Israel in Berlin, H.E. Jeremy Issacharof, Mayor of Berlin, Dr. Klaus Lederer, Mr. Abraham Lehrer (Vice-President of the Central Council of the Jews in Germany), historian and author, Prof. Michael Wolffsohn, Mr Julian Reichelt (Chairman of BILD’s editorial offices and Editor-in-Chief BILD) and part of the Executive Committee of B’nai B’rith Europe – Dr. Felicia Waldman, also Chair of the Education Working group of IHRA and Dr. Michael Naor.
At this occasion, B’nai B’rith Europe presented a brand new 4 hour-long Facing Facts online course on antisemitic bias indicators developed by CEJI – A Jewish contribution to an inclusive Europe, for law enforcement agencies and civil society organizations who are involved in the monitoring and recording of antisemitic hate crimes. This course, co-sponsored by B’nai B’rith Europe, aims to improve the understanding and identifying of antisemitic hate crimes and the needs of victim communities through four highly interactive modules. The course on antisemitic bias indicators was officially launched on the 11th December at the Facing All the Facts Multimedia conference in Brussels and is available online.