Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions
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Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (Template:Langx, CRIF)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> is an umbrella organization of other groups representing the interests of French Jews.
Overview
Template:Expand section It is the official French affiliate of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), the world-wide umbrella organization of Jewish communities, and of the European Jewish Congress.<ref>World Jewish Congress - Affiliates Template:Webarchive</ref> It opposes antisemitism and antisemitic policies. It generally supports Zionism and the state of Israel, although in 2004 CRIF refuted Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's characterization of antisemitism in France and his calls for French Jews to emigrate to Israel.Template:Citation needed
On 20 November 2004, CRIF accused the French government of failing to protect citizens from broadcasts by Hezbollah's al-Manar TV, which includes films that CRIF asserts are antisemitic and incite Muslims to attack Jews.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Al-Manar was blocked by the CSA. It has opposed the beatification of Pope Pius XII, stating that a majority of historians disagreed with the position that Pius worked ceaselessly to save Jews.<ref>Ejpress Template:Webarchive</ref>
French neo-Nazis planned an attack on the CRIF headquarters in 2023. Kalashnikovs and a laboratory for producing explosives were discovered at a suspect's home. In chat messages they wrote that they wanted to carry out an attack “worse than Bataclan”.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Presidents of the Council of French Jewish Institutions
| No. | Image | President | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:No image.svg | Léon Meiss | 1944–1950 |
| 2 | File:No image.svg | Vidal Modiano | 1950–1969 |
| 3 | File:No image.svg | Ady Steg (1925–2021) |
1970–1974 |
| 4 | File:No image.svg | Jean Rosenthal (1906–1993) |
1974–1976 |
| 5 | File:Alain de Rothschild 1964.jpg | Alain de Rothschild (1910–1982) |
1976–1982 |
| 6 | File:No image.svg | Théo Klein (1920–2020) |
1983–1989 |
| 7 | File:Jean Kahn-2.jpg | Jean Kahn (1929–2013) |
1989 - 1995 |
| 8 | File:No image.svg | Henri Hajdenberg (b. 1947) |
1995–2001 |
| 9 | File:Roger Cukierman par Claude Truong-Ngoc juin 2014.jpg | Roger Cukierman (b. 1936) |
2001–2007 |
| 10 | File:Richard Prasquier par Claude Truong-Ngoc mars 2016.jpg | Richard Prasquier (b. 1945) |
2007–2013 |
| 11 | File:Roger Cukierman par Claude Truong-Ngoc juin 2014.jpg | Roger Cukierman (b. 1936) |
2013–2016 |
| 12 | File:No image.svg | Francis Kalifat (b. 1952) |
2016 – 2022 |
| 13 | File:No image.svg | Yonathan Arfi (b. 1980) |
2022 – Incumbent |
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