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Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France (CRIF) (English: Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions) is an umbrella organization of other groups representing the interests of French Jews.

Overview

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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. 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.

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. 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.

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”.

Presidents of the Council of French Jewish Institutions

No.	Image	President	Term
1		Léon Meiss	1944–1950
2		Vidal Modiano	1950–1969
3		Ady Steg (1925–2021)	1970–1974
4		Jean Rosenthal (1906–1993)	1974–1976
5		Alain de Rothschild (1910–1982)	1976–1982
6		Théo Klein (1920–2020)	1983–1989
7		Jean Kahn (1929–2013)	1989 - 1995
8		Henri Hajdenberg (b. 1947)	1995–2001
9		Roger Cukierman (b. 1936)	2001–2007
10		Richard Prasquier (b. 1945)	2007–2013
11		Roger Cukierman (b. 1936)	2013–2016
12		Francis Kalifat (b. 1952)	2016 – 2022
13		Yonathan Arfi (b. 1980)	2022 – Incumbent

References

1. Paul Lewis (9 October 1983). "The Jews of France". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
2. World Jewish Congress - Affiliates Archived 21 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
3. "French Jews Blast Government Decision to Air Hezbollah TV". Haaretz. 20 November 2004. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
4. Ejpress Archived 20 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. K.d.ö.R, Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland (20 June 2023). "Rechtsextreme in Frankreich und USA planten Anschläge auf jüdische Organisationen". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 27 September 2023.

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• CRIF website

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