RCE News

Just before Yom Kippur, RCE leaders together with Rabbi Avraham Yosef set out on a chizuk mission in remote Spanish communities * Community heads warmly welcome the RCE leaders for their efforts despite the difficulties involved.

Rabbis request to clarify in their letter that the Holocaust is the greatest tragedy in human history, and no government should use appropriate Holocaust terminology to describe this or any other political conflict.

A group of 50 senior leading European Rabbis have signed a joint letter condemning the leaders of Armenia for using holocaust rhetoric in its campaign against its neighbor, Azerbaijan.

The annual RCE forum was held in Hannover, Germany, in memory of the Rabbi and Chabad Shaliach of Hannover, Rabbi Binyamin Wolf, who passed away 3 years ago • Rabbis participated in fascinating lectures alongside in-depth conversations about the future of European Jews

The Rabbinical Centre of Europe has informed hundreds of rabbis of the establishment of a Beit Din designated to ascertain the Jewish origin of those who wish to join the communities. The decision was the result of years of dealings with difficult issues relating to marriages, burials and more.

The community rabbis studied the extensive and unique course over several months in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe

Distinguished Torah scholars and Rabbis of Jewish communities from around Europe attended the conference on the 85th anniversary of the “Anschluss”, the annexation of Austria by the Nazis • A study commissioned by the RCE indicates that the rate of assimilation in the United States is greater than in Europe.

This is the largest trip yet organized by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe since the unique project began 14 years ago at the initiative of the Morasha division * The bar mitzvah ceremony was held at the Western Wall in the morning hours; the boys received tefillin and the girls received a silver candlestick

Chief Rabbi of Cyprus, leaders of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe, Deputy Mayor and Deputy Ambassador of Israel participate in Mezuzah ceremony for Chesed Center in Larnaca • Dozens of Chesed Centers were inaugurated throughout Europe in the past year

Over 100,000 Chanukiyot were distributed in Europe by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe • The kits contained candles, dreidel, and an instruction booklet with the Brachot for lighting in four languages: English, French, German and Russian • Rabbi Shmuel Brodman of the Munich community and Rabbi Yosef Amar from Area 77 in France enthusiastically talk about sparks lit in Jewish hearts

Two Chesed Centers were inaugurated in an impressive ceremony in Kazakhstan by the heads of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe and local rabbis • The Chief Rabbi of Kazakhstan Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen: “The RCE has made a real transformation here.”

After fifty years without a synagogue, a new one was established in in the city of Bendery in the Transnistria region of Moldova, in memory of the Rebbe from Rivnitz, Beit Chaim Zvill Chabad whose city of residence was close by to Benady # A beautiful new Chesed Center was inaugurated in Chisinau as the event was graced by the presence of Israel’s ambassador to the country of Moldova, Mr. Yoel Leon and local Leaders.