Welcome to the December 2015 edition of CEJI Flash.
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CEJI in the News
PRESS RELEASE: Co-ordinators on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Muslim hatred now appointed by the European Commission
CEJI welcomes the new appointments of Ms Katharina von Schnurbein as ‘Co-ordinator on Combating Antisemitism’ and of Mr David Friggieri as ‘Co-ordinator on Combating Anti-Muslim hatred’. Read the full release.
ARTICLE: Radicalisation cannot be explained by racism alone
‘It is so easy to fall back on stereotypes and prejudices, to search for generalizations that can help make sense of the violence. Conditions are ripe for the far-right to take control…’
Read our full article which appeared on The Huffington Post UK following the deadly attacks in Paris last month.
HIGHLIGHTING OUR WORK: Muslims and non-Muslims in Belgium: Promising Practices Promote Living Together
The Université catholique de Louvain's Centre interdisciplinaire d'études de l'Islam dans le monde contemporain (Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Islam in the contemporary world) has produced a new study entitled Muslims and non-Muslims in Belgium: Promising Practices Promote Living Together that highlights the work of CEJI |
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‘Facing Facts!’ Hate Crime Monitoring
In November, CST representative Mike Whine presented the hate crime monitoring and training project Facing Facts! at the OSCE/ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) conference in Vienna.
On 19 November, CEJI director Robin Sclafani presented Facing Facts! at the ‘Interfaith Responses’ lab at the 2015 World Forum for Democracy.
Also, on 23 November, the new strand of the project, Facing Facts! Online, was presented by Joanna Perry at the FRA Working Party on Hate Crime.
Finally, the 'Facing Facts! Hate Crime Monitoring Guidelines' have now been translated into Polish, bringing the total number of translations to eight!
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TRAINING COURSE: Overcoming Antisemitism and Overcoming Islamophobia. Paris (Montreuil), 10-15 April 2016
We are organising a training course on ‘Overcoming Antisemitism and Overcoming Islamophobia’ in Montreuil from 10 to 15 April 2016. The training course will take place in French and is open to educators, teachers and social workers. Places are limited so please contact CEJI training co-ordinator Stéphanie Lecesne for more information including the registration procedure. |
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‘Get the Trolls Out!’
‘Get the Trolls Out’ is a project that aims to train and engage young people around the importance of fighting antisemitic speech and bolstering new media advocacy against all hate speech. We are responsible for the media monitoring strand of the project and the ‘Ousted Troll of the Month’ is an incident that the project partners choose every month to show positive outcomes in the fight against antisemitism in Europe.
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‘Kol Europe’ – A Jewish Voice for an Inclusive Europe
Earlier this year, we launched a new e-newsletter: ‘Kol Europe – A Jewish Voice for an Inclusive Europe’. It is currently in its 11th edition and enjoys a growing following. Kol Europe is the only news bulletin dedicated to European policy news for Jewish communities – why not read the latest edition of Kol Europe - the voice of Europe and register for free to receive your own bi-weekly copy?
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FREE DOWNLOAD: CEJI Belieforama™ Educator Resources
In the publications section of our website, we are now offering free activity downloads from our award-winning Belieforama™ suite of training courses. Currently available for download in ‘Educator Resources’ are:
- Confronter l’Islamophobie activité : Rites et Rituels (FR)
- Confronter l'antisemitisme activité : Rites et rituels (FR)
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Introducing 'eMore' - combating hate crime & hate speech
This month we announce our new partnership with the soon to be launched EU-funded project 'eMORE'. The project will kick off in February 2016 and will reinforce our overall aim of creating more inclusive societies by combating hate crime and hate speech through the development of innovative monitoring and recording tools. The project is co-ordinated by the Research Centre on Security and Crime (RiSSC) in Italy in partnership with other 10 organisations from across Europe. We are keen to join our forces in this new partnership and to share and complement our experience in the field gained with our Facing Facts! project. |
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Staff News
In addition to the events described above, CEJI also participated in the following events around Europe:
- 30 Oct: CEJI, along with senior representatives from the EUJS, WUJS, antisemitism.be and CCOJB, met with the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) national director Jonathan Greenblatt and director of European Affairs Andrew Srulevitch in order to discuss online hate speech.
CEJI Director Robin Sclafani:
Our Community Affairs Co-ordinator Melissa Sonnino:
- 4 Dec: participated in the 7th Equal@Work Platform Seminar entitled 'Moving forward on religion and belief in the workplace: opportunities and challenges'. Melissa shared stories that help the participants to better understand the experience of discrimination of Jewish people at the workplace.
- 9 Dec: presented at the 'United against Hate Crimes – civil society and policymakers joining forces against the underreporting of hate crimes' conference organised in partnership with ILGA Europe. Facing Facts! Recommendations were food for thought and discussion during the meeting.Organised in partnership with ILGA Europe.
Our Training Co-ordinator Stéphanie Lecesne:
- 26-27 Nov: took part in the Open Society Foundations conference on Islamophobia
- 16-17 & 23-24 Nov: delivered Belieforama training modules for teachers via the Institute de Formation en Cours de Carriere
- 30 Nov: participated in ENAR's 'Forgotten Women' seminar
Our Communications Officer Sophie Zimmer:
- 17-20 Dec: will take part in the 'Forum on Freedom of Media and Human Rights', organized by the Civic School of Political Studies in Greece, affiliated to the Council of Europe Network of Schools of Political Studies, taking place in Thessaloniki. Sophie will speak during the session on Media and Anti-discrimination.
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Partner News
Religion, Security & Human Rights Conference, European Parliament
The office of Elmar Brok MEP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and the European Platform on Religious Intolerance and Discrimination (EPRID), are hosting a ‘Religion, Security & Human Rights’ conference on 10 December at the European Parliament at which CEJI will be represented.
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Past Events in Brief
'Tolerance and Respect: Preventing & Combating Antisemitic & Anti-Muslim hatred in Europe'
CEJI’s Director chaired the session on Education and the Role of Local Authorities at the First Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights hosted by First Vice President and EU Commissioner Frans Timmermans, in co-operation with EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová.
Facing Facts! Hate Crime Monitoring Training Course in Warsaw
Our Facing Facts! Hate Crime Monitoring Training took place in Warsaw on 28-29 October at the Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland Foundation. 20 participants from Polish law enforcement and NGOs working in the anti-discrimination field took part in this two-day training course to foster the cooperation between CSOs and law enforcement in the fight against hate crime today. We had the honor to include among our guest speakers: Wirginia Prejs (Ministry of Interior), Paweł Karnas, (Human Rights Adviser to the Malopolska Police Chief Commander), Edyta Petryna (Attorney General’s Office) and Sebastian Rejak (Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Relations with the Jewish Diaspora).
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