Programme *)

World Jewish Congress European Jewish Congress

Seminar on Anti-Semitism
27 April 2004, Jewish Community Centre, Fasanenstrae 79/80, Berlin,
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09:30

Welcome by
Albert Meyer, President, Berlin Jewish Community
Opening Remarks
Edgar M. Bronfman, President, World Jewish Congress
Cobi Benatoff, President, European Jewish Congress

10:00

Session I Chair : Charlotte Knobloch, Vice-President, European Jewish Congress

Speech by

Angela Merkel, Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)

and Leader of the Parliamentary Group of CDU and CSU; followed by Q&A **)

11:00

Speech by
Reinhard Btikofer, Chairman of the German Green party Bndnis90/Die
Grnen; followed by Q&A **)

11:30

Session II Chair: Moshe Kantor, Chairman, Board of Governors, European Jewish

Congress
Report on the Anti-Semitism Study released by the
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)

Serge Cwajgenbaum, Secretary-General, European Jewish Congress

Anti-Semitism and the Demonization of Israel

Isi Leibler, Senior Vice President, World Jewish Congress
Briefing on the Proposed UN Resolution condemning Anti-Semitism
and on the Role of International Law
Elan Steinberg, Executive Vice President, World Jewish Congress
Professor Yoram Dinstein, President Emeritus, Tel Aviv University
12:00

12:30

Speech by

Franz Mntefering, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

and Leader of the SPD Parliamentary Group **)
Regional Briefing: Anti-Semitism in Europe and in the Countries of the
Former Soviet Union
Chair

Cobi Benatoff

Contributors
Roger Cukierman (France)
Henry Grunwald (UK)
Alexander Machkevitch (Euro-Asian Jewish Congress)
Evgeniy Satanovsky (Russia)
13:30

Luncheon with

Speech by former New York Mayor Edward Koch

14:45

Session III - Chair: Michael May, Managing Director, Berlin Jewish Community
Keynote Address "Europe's Anti-Semitism, Old and New",
by Ralph Giordano, writer

15:00

Anti-Semitism and Open Society: A Social Sciences Perspective

Professor Ulrich Beck, Sociologist, University of Munich / London School of Economics

15:30

Regional Briefing: Anti-Semitism in North America

Chair

Evelyn Sommer

Contributors
Keith Landy (Canada)
Moshe Kagan (USA)
Discussant
Kalman Sultanik, Senior Vice President, World Jewish Congress
Regional Briefing: Anti-Semitism in Central & South America
Chair

Chief Rabbi Henry I. Sobel

Contributor
Jacques Terpins (Brazil)
16:15

Coffee Break

16:30

Session IV Chair: Mendel Kaplan, Chairman, Executive Committee, WJC

Regional Briefing: Anti-Semitism in Africa and Asia/Australia
Contributors :
Russell Gaddin (South Africa)
Jeremy Jones (Asia/Australia)

17:30

End of seminar
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20:00

Reception & Dinner

Introduction
Paul Spiegel, President, Central Council of Jews in Germany
Keynote speeches
Joschka Fischer MdB, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Germany
Israel Singer, Chairman of the Governing Board, World Jewish Congress
Concluding remarks
Edgar M. Bronfman
Cobi Benatoff

*) This programme is still subject to change.

**) Simultaneous translation from German to English will be provided during the whole seminar.