By Bill Echikson, EUPJ Brussels Director As we approach Passover and its story of wandering and freedom, it’s appropriate to think of today’s refugees – the 80 million people around the world who have fled their homes due to persecution and violence. The European Union…
By Bill Echikson, EUPJ Brussels Director Sergio Bergman is a social activist, climate-change activist, former Argentinian Environment Minister, friend to Pope Francis – and a rabbi. He is the new president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), which counts more than 1,200 Reform,…
By Bill Echikson, EUPJ Brussels Director On Sunday, 31 January 2021, Bill Echikson, EUPJ Brussels Director, hosted our latest EUPJ webinar, a panel discussion on the topic, “Is There a Future for Jews in Europe?” Guest speakers included Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, Professor Emeritus of Population…
By Bill Echikson, EUPJ Brussels Director Earlier this month, an Islamic State “sympathiser” shot dead four people in the busy Seitenstettengasse Street of the Austrian capital’s Old Town. The shootings took place almost in front of the city’s main Jewish synagogue, the 19th century Stadttempel….
By Bill Echikson, EUPJ Brussels Director After a long, sad history fleeing pogroms and persecution, Jews are lucky to live in an era where this danger has, for the most part, vanished. Almost all of us live where we want, at home, abroad, or in…
Many Jews have long criticized the European Union for being anti-Israeli, favoring the Palestinians, and being weak on Iran and other Arab threats. The Israeli government itself likes to say that there is no long-term future for Jews in Europe and encourages them to make Aliyah.