RCE Activities

The Hungarian government granted formal recognition to the Orthodox Jewish community. This is the first time that they will benefit recognition since World War II.

A moving induction ceremony was attended by President Milo Jokanovic and Israeli Minister of Religious Services, Yitzchak Vaknin.

The four day journey had its surprises; Rabbis were astonished as Bar mitzvah boys revealed a decision that changed their lives.

Rabbi Ives:” Many young European Jews are isolated from Judaism. Our goal is to open their eyes for the first time, and see the light.

he emphasis of their campaign was to strengthen Jewish identity and to prevent assimilation among the youth, who are now three and four generations removed from those who experienced the Nazi’s perpetration of the Holocaust.

“The Communities in Paris applaud the RCE and the two highly regarded Israeli Rabbis for undertaking such a major event.” said Rabbi Houri.

Community rabbanim and Torah scholars in Europe were pleased to learn that Israel’s Chief Rabbinate, together with the Rabbinical Centre of Europe, have developed a special program for European residents who wish to be tested officially by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate.

The Rabbinical Council of Europe’s board of directors and members of the council gathered in the Jewish community center in Vienna in honor of the invitation from the local Chief Rabbi Arie Folger, and the Rabbi of the Sephardic community Hagaon Rabbi Yitzchak Niazov.

Offices at the RCE are occupied and hustling in preparation for the widespread distribution project of Arba Minim to Jewish communities in Europe.

Hilchos Pesach By Dayan Levi Itschak Raskin Shlit”a, Dayan and Posek for the Lubavitch Community in London and Rabbinical Council member