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The Conference of European Rabbis federates Jewish religious leaders in over 40 European countries and includes all the continent's chief rabbis and senior rabbinical judges. The CER holds consultancy status as an international non-governmental organisation at the Council of Europe and within the institutions of the European Union.

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EUROPEAN RABBIS PRAISE POLISH CHIEF RABBI OVER CEMETERY PROTECTION
Date: 11-Feb-08
Unwarranted attacks by foreign organisations condemned The Conference of European Rabbis (CER) strongly supports the Chief Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich, in his work preserving and renovating the Jewish cemetery in Slubice, western Poland. Rabbi Schudrich's work over many years has guaranteed that previously abandoned sites throughout Poland which were subject to neglect and deprivation have now been preserved. Working together with his colleagues in the CER and acting always on the advice of the most senior halachic authorities in Europe, the United States and Israel, Rabbi Schudrich has and continues to protect vital objects of Jewish heritage in Eastern Europe while conforming strictly to the Halachah. The CER strongly condemns attempts by unrepresentative and extremist groups in the United States and Israel who have sought to perform the exhumation of Jewish graves in Slubice and who have been at the forefront of unfounded and false attacks on Rabbi Schudrich. ...¼ More
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CER Standing Committee Meeting in Odessa Prioritises Education Projects
Date: 4-Jun-07
CER Standing Committee Meeting in Odessa Prioritises Education Projects The CER Standing Committee has decided to prioritise a number of education projects across Europe in a wide-range of decisions taken at its meeting in Odessa on May 28-30. Communities across Europe will benefit from a Day for Youth sponsored by Jewish communities and CER rabbis stretching across the continent while CER projects to open Kollelim and Yeshivas will be placed at the top of the organisation’s activities for the next year. The prioritising of education projects came amid a remarkable visit to the Odessa community so ably led by Chief Rabbi Shlomo Baksht and Rabbi Refoel Kruskal whose own educational institutions were described by CER President Chief Rabbi Yossef Haim Sitruk as “a model for the whole of Europe, East and West.” During the three-day conference, CER rabbanim visited a number of schools and orphanages run by the Tikva network as well as the ...¼ More
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Czech community has new Mikve
Date: 31-Oct-06
The second largest Jewish community in the Czech Republic has just built a new mikve. The construction of the mikve in the city of Brno was made possible through the support of the local community headed by Harav Moshe Koller and with substantial financial assistance from the Conference of European Rabbis. The mikve construction in Brno is part of the CER’s Mikve Project in eastern and central Europe under the auspices of the CER’s Mikve Director, Harav Gedaliah Olshtein. The CER wishes the kehilla and rav in Brno much success on this community numbering some 600 souls, the second largest community in the country after Prague.   ENDS ¼ More
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