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Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt
Rebbetzin Yemima Mizrahi from Jerusalem, addressing European rebbetzin in the Great Synagogue of Vienna. Twitter @europeanrabbis
March 24, 2023, 11:33 am
Head of conference of European rabbis deletes his tweet of support for mother denied access to her children
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt's sympathetic post for Beth Alexander has disappeared from social media platform
By Michelle Rosenberg
T-shirt of protestor says 'Camp Auschwitz', worn by Robert Keith Packer (Screenshot from video by ITV News)
January 7, 2021, 3:19 pm
Holocaust references on garments of Trump supporters who stormed US Capitol
Phrases on rioters clothing included a translation of the Nazis’ infamous 'Arbeit macht frei', and 'Camp Auschwitz’
By Ellie Jacobs
December 17, 2020, 12:45 pm
Anger over ‘absurd’ European court ruling upholding Belgian shechita ban
Shimon Cohen of Shechita UK said the decision was 'very significant to the UK Jewish community, even post Brexit'
By Jewish News Reporter
Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Credit: Meshulam
October 31, 2020, 12:47 pm
Row as Dutch chief rabbi says churches’ admission of Shoah guilt ‘unnecessary’
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis said Binyomin Jacobs 'does not represent anyone' with his remarks
By JTA
Dubai's skyline
June 8, 2020, 4:03 pm
100 Jews in the UAE take part in Torah lesson with leading European rabbi
Members of the Gulf state's small community based in Dubai and Abu Dhabi discussed Jewish texts with Conference of European Rabbis President, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt
By Jack Mendel
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt (Photo credit: Eli Itkin)
May 27, 2020, 3:11 pm
Senior rabbis sign letter urging ‘return to Jewish unity’ before Shavuot
Jewish leaders from France, South Africa and Argentina among those calling on Jews around the world to rebuild strained ties
By Jewish News Reporter
11 chief rabbis' signatures, urging kindness on the shabbat before Pesach
April 2, 2020, 11:51 am
Eleven chief rabbis in unity call ahead of shabbat before Pesach
Rabbi Mirvis joins faith leaders from Israel, South Africa, Argentina and Europe calling for people to be kind to one another and observe guidelines on 'Shabbat HaGadol'
By Jewish News Reporter
CER president Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt speaking at an event in Geneva. (picture credit: Eli Itkin)
November 29, 2019, 11:30 am
Top European rabbis say religious practice under ‘severe threat’
Warning sounded by Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt in Geneva this week, over the 'increasingly worrying and problematic' attempts to restrict Jewish customs and freedoms
By Jewish News Reporter
From left to right: Imam Sheikh Mohammad Ismail, Shimon Cohen, Prof. Muhammad Abu-Nimer
September 18, 2019, 3:30 pm
Jewish and Muslim leaders gather in Italy for interfaith summit
Shechita UK’s Shimon Cohen said he was 'very proud' to be taking part
By Mathilde Frot
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt
November 27, 2018, 3:01 pm
European deal will cement Israeli rabbis’ ‘monopoly’ over conversion
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has agreed to stop sending Israeli rabbis to perform conversions in Europe in move which could affect thousands
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)
L-R: Moaz Ben-Ari, Thierry Lamidieu, Clauiu Leverenz, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, with Leonid Solovyev presenting the awards. Credit: Eli Itkin.
October 10, 2018, 4:21 pm
Israeli inventor honoured by rabbis in Paris for creating life-saving technology
Maoz Ben-Ari receives the Conference of European Rabbis’ ‘Internet Prize’ in the French capital, for his device allowing doctors to prioritise treatment of casualties
By Jack Mendel in Paris
Rabbi Goldschmidt (right) speaks during a conference in February
March 1, 2018, 1:44 pm
Rabbinic group: Deny entry to Israel for men who won’t grant wives divorce
Conference of European Rabbis suggests that 'get' refusers should be denied entry to the Jewish state
By Jewish News Reporter
Left to right at the conference: Sergey Kislyak , Mrs. Tzipi Livni, Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, Mr. Steven Erlanger, Mr. Amos Gilead, and Mr. Ronen Bergman
February 19, 2018, 1:09 pm
Rabbis urge religious leaders ‘take the lead’ on tackling radicalisation
European and American Jewish leaders tell security chiefs in Munich, that extremism must be taken on by religious communities
By Jewish News Reporter
Heinz-Christian Strache
October 24, 2017, 10:36 am
Austrian Jewish leader fights to keep far-right out of government
Oskar Deutsch says right-wing Freedom Party will 'probably be a part of the coalition' despite pleas to leave them out
By JTA
April 15, 2017, 7:46 pm
Moscow Limmud sees record enrolment of 2,500
A record number sign up for this year’s Limmud conference of Jewish learning in Moscow.
By JTA
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