Based in Paris, with offices in Brussels, Strasbourg, Berlin and Budapest, the EJC is the sole representative body of democratically elected European Jewish communities throughout Europe. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Nickname: Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 Government  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area  - Region 162 km²  (62. ... City flag City coat of arms Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Alsace Department Bas-Rhin (67) Intercommunality Urban Community of Strasbourg Mayor Fabienne Keller  (UMP) City Statistics Land area¹ 78. ... Location of Berlin within Germany / EU Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE3 City subdivisions 12 boroughs Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD) Governing parties SPD / Left. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... World map showing the location of Europe. ...

Affiliated to the World Jewish Congress, the EJC works with national governments, European Union institutions and the Council of Europe. It federates and co-ordinates the 40 elected leaders of national Jewish communities in Europe, encompassing approximately 2.5 million Jews. The World Jewish Congress (WJC) is an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations. ...

The President of the European Jewish Congress is elected every two years renewable by a “General Assembly” of Jewish community representatives and works in consortium with an elected “Executive” of community presidents.

In 2006, the European Jewish Congress released a report detailing a new wave of antisemitic incidents in most of Western Europe in the wake of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, in contrast to neutral or pro-Israel sentiment in the former Eastern bloc as well as in Denmark.

The report cited:

· the first instances of antisemitism in Turkey since the change of regime in 2002;

· 83 instances of antisemitism in Austria from April through August 2006, compared to 50 in the same period of 2005;

· 61 instances of antisemitism in France from April through August 2006, compared to 34 in the same period of 2005;

· normalization of antisemitic political and media rhetoric in Greece after the conflict.