The European Jewish Congress held its first meeting since the election last October of its new president, Ignatz Bubis, who is also the leader of Germany’s Jewish community. The meeting, held in the group’s new offices in Berlin, focused on the absorption in Western Europe of Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Attendees, who included Russian Jewish Congress President Vladimir Goussinsky, also focused on combating anti-Semitism and racism throughout Europe.
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