Combating Antisemitism in Europe Through Legal and Other Means

Academic Advisors to the Conference

"Continuing the Dialogue:

Combating Antisemitism in Europe through Legal and Other Means"

Legal Conference, September 21-24, 2016

Wednesday, September 21

Grande Synagogue de Paris,44, Rue de la Victoire

18:00Opening Ceremony

Moderator:Prof. Amos Shapira, Prof. of Law (Emeritus), Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University; Dean, School of Law, Carmel Academic Center, Haifa, Israel

Opening remarks: Adv. Irit Kohn, President, the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IAJLJ)

Greetings:Mr. Gilles Clavreul, Inter-Ministerial Delegate for the Fight against Anti-Semitism andRacism, France

Ms. Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism

H.E. Mrs. Aliza Bin Noun, Ambassador of Israel to France

Mrs. Dominique Attias, Vice-President, the Paris BarAssociation

Adv. Bernard Cahen, President, le Rassemblement desAvocatsJuifs de France(RAJF); President of Honor, International Association of Lawyers (UIA)

Light cocktail

Thursday, September 22

Paris Bar Association, 2, rue de Harley

09:30-11:00First Panel: Defining Antisemitism in the Diplomatic and Religious Arenas

Moderator: Mr. Robert Ejnes, Executive Director,Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France(CRIF)

Rabbi Andrew Baker, AJC Director of International Jewish Affairs, USA: "Employing a Working Definition of Antisemitism: Why it’s Difficult and why it Matters"

Prof. Dina Porat, Head, the Kantor Center, Israel: "Recent Efforts of the Catholic Church to Abate Antisemitism"

Dr. Giovanni Quer, Comper Center for the Study of Antisemitism, University of Haifa, Israel: "The Return of Antisemitism in New Christian theologies?”

11:00-11:15Q & A

11:20-11:40 Coffee Break

11:45-13:15Second Panel: Recent Developments in the Legal Arena

Moderator: Adv. Mirella M. Bamberger, Israel

Dr. Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias, Assistant Professor, Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland: "Defining Antisemitism in Legal Terms"

Adv. Talia Naamat, Kantor Center, Israel: "Internet Hate Speech and Anti-Boycott Laws – Legal Developments"

Adv. Pascal Markowicz, France: "The BDS campaign against Israel: the new Antisemitism"

13:15-13:35Q & A

13:40-14:45Light Lunch

14:50-16:00Third Panel - Exchanging Good Practices and RaisingChallenges in Combating Antisemitism

Moderator: Prof. Dina Porat, Head of the Kantor Center, Israel

Dr. Ana Birchall, Chairperson,European Affairs Committee, Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Romania: ""Legal Frameworks and Sociocultural Approaches – best practices recently developed in Romania".

Mr. Mark Weitzman, Director of Government Affairs, Simon Wiesenthal Center; Chair, Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, USA: "The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance: and Fighting Antisemitism: Achievements and Challenges"

16:00-16:15Q & A

Moderator:Calev Michael Myers, Senior Partner of Yehuda Raveh & Co. Law Offices; IAJLJ Representative to the UN

16:15-16:45Honorable Irwin Cotler, P.C., O.C., Professor of Law (Emeritus) McGill University, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Member of Parliament, Canada: “Metrics for the New Antisemitism – the Laundering of Antisemitism under Universal Public Values”

Followed by Q & A

16:45-17:15Mr. Ben-Dror Yemini, Researcher, journalist and a lecturer, Israel: "Industry of Lies - the Role of the Media and the Academia in Rising Antisemitism"

Followed by Q & A

17:30Busses depart to Hotel

19:45Gala Dinner

Hotel Pullman Paris CentreBercy, 1 Rue de Libourne

Friday, September 23

Paris Bar Association, 2, rue de Harley

Moderator: Adv. Michelle Hirsch, Belgium

09:00-09:30Prof. Boaz Ganor, Dean Lauder School of Government Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center, Israel: "Terrorism, Incitement and Antisemitism"

Followed by Q & A

09:30-10:00Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière: "The Islamist Terrorist Threat: A Crucial Danger for the Democratic Order"

Followed by Q & A

Moderator: Adv. Daniel Benko, Croatia

10:00-10:30Mr. Marc Knobel, Historian, Director of Studies at the CRIF, France: "Anti-Semitism in France in the last few years, feelings and reactions in the Jewish Community"

Followed by Q & A

10:40-11:00Coffee Break

Moderator:Dr. Jean-Yves Camus, Director, Observatoire des radicalisés politiques (ORAP), Fondation Jean Jaurès, Paris

11:00-11:30Mr. François Zimeray, French Ambassador in Denmark; Former French Ambassador for Human Rights: "Business and Human Rights: New Challenges"

Followed by Q & A

11:30-12:00Philippe A. Schmidt,Chairman, the International Network Against Cyber Hate (INACH); Vice president, the International League Against Racism and Antisemitism (LICRA), France: "Antisemitism on the Web: The Current Situation and Remedies"

Followed by Q & A

12:10 Closing Remarks - Adv. Irit Kohn, President, IAJLJ

13:00Board of Governors Meeting – IAJLJ

Saturday, September 24

11:30Open Discussion at the Pullman Hotel

Moderator: Adv. Nathan Gelbart, Germany

With: Prof. Dina Porat, Prof.Irwin Cotler, Mr. Ben-Dror Yemini, Dr. Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias, Adv. Calev Michael Myers

Program is subject to changes

All presentations will be accompanied by simultaneous translation

Meals at all events are Kosher

This conference is generously supported by the European Jewish Fund