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NEWS
Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis Meets in Paris
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
The Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) held a conference in Paris this week to strengthen the European Jewish community and its institutions.
The committee members, who meet biannually, addressed a variety of issues on the agenda of European Jewry and became closely acquainted with the local Jewish community and its institutions through meetings and onsite visits. During the conference, meetings were held with French government officials and Paris officials, as well as EU diplomatic corps members stationed in Paris. The conference was hosted by the Consistoire, which represents the Parisian Jewish community and is headed by CER President and French Chief Rabbi, HaRav Yosef Sitruk. During the conference Standing Committee members held a joint meeting with French rabbis.
The conference focused primarily on the topic of "Motivating Jewish Youth for Torah Values" — throughout Europe, especially France. During their stay in Paris the CER rabbis met with heads of outreach organizations as part of efforts to encourage young Jews in Europe, under the guidance of Maran HaRav Eliashiv and HaRav Shteinman shlita at the previous meeting of the CER which was held in Odessa.
Conference participants included Rabbi HaRav Yosef Chaim Sitruk, CER president and chief rabbi of France, HaRav Chanoch Ehrentrau, av beis din of the special European beis din, HaRav Pinchos Goldschmidt, the chief rabbi and av beis din of Moscow, HaRav Moshe Lebel, chairman of the Standing Committee, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Toras Chaim in Moscow and CER rabbinical director, along with dozens of other prominent rabbonim and dayanim from France, Britain, Italy, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland and Austria. Rav Abba Dunner, secretary of the CER, organized the event.
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