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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.

European Rabbis Press EU to Fight Poverty and Social Exclusion Brussels - 19-Jul-10 Press Conference and Family Photo Four of Europe’s most senior rabbis pressed the European Union to protect the weakest sectors of society as the global economic crisis forces cuts in European public spending. At a meeting held at the European Commission in Brussels, the senior delegation of the Conference of European Rabbis, led by the organisation’s vice president and Chief Rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim, and including the Chief Rabbi of Brussels, Albert Guigui, Poland’s  Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich and senior London rabbinical judge Yonason Abraham, told EU leaders that the economic crisis could create a permanent underclass of welfare dependence. Speaking at the meeting in Brussels ... more

Rabbis Call on European Union to Protect Jewish Cemeteries Brussels - 16-Mar-10 President Jerzy Buzek with Rabbi Aba Dunner, Executive Director of the CER, Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland, Grand Rabbin Albert Guigui, Chief Rabbi of Brussels and Philip Carmel, International Relations Director of the CER (from left to right) European Parliament President Buzek Pledges Support for Jewish Heritage in Europe   A delegation of the Conference of European Rabbis met with European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek in Brussels on Tuesday. The delegation, which included the Chief Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich, the Chief Rabbi of Brussels, Albert Guigui, CER Executive Director Aba Dunner and Philip Carmel, Executive Director of the Lo Tishkach Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe, called on the President of the European Parliament to activate the Continent’s younger generation to preserve some of the vital remnants of Jewish history in places where most of the ... more

CER Mikve Building Programme in Full Swing Tbilisi, Georgia - 15-Feb-10 The new mikve in Dortmund The CER’s mikve building programme goes from strength to strength with new projects completed in recent months in a number of European countries. Meanwhile, requests for CER expertise in the building of new mikvaot continues to grow following new mikve construction in Klaipeda (Lithuania), Tbilisi (Georgia), Geneva (Switzerland), Lörrach (Germany), Brno (Czech Republic) and in the Russian cities of Perm, Tula and Tver. Most of these mikvaot have been constructed with full funding from the Conference of European Rabbis. In Klaipeda, a 200-year old mikve was unearthed in recent archaeological excavations leading to a number of key halachik questions of how ... more