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1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS PARIS, 30 MARCH 1 APRIL 2014 TENTATIVE PROGRAM SUNDAY, 30 MARCH 2014 FORMAL PROGRAM 16:00 Registration Desk Opens [InterContinental Hotel Messager Foyer] 19:00 WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OPENING DINNER [Messager Room] Address by Guest Speaker Jacques Attali, former National Security Advisor to French President François Mitterand and Founding President of the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development MONDAY, 31 MARCH :00 WJC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: FORMAL BUSINESS [Lulli Room] Call to Order and Opening Remarks by WJC President Ronald S. Lauder In Memoriam & Kaddish Report by WJC CEO & Executive Vice President Robert Singer Treasurer s Report: Robert Goot, on behalf of Chella Safra Update from WJC Program Department by WJC Chief Program Officer Sonia Gomes de Mesquita Other Formal Business WJC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: POLICY RESOLUTIONS SITUATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITY IN FRANCE Discussion on situation in France, & Resolution proposed by CRIF President Roger Cukierman TENTATIVE SCHEDULE PAGE 1 OF 5 UPDATED: 28/03/ :06

2 ADDRESS by Euro-Asian Jewish Congress President Julius Meinl SESSION ON SECURITY SITUATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITY IN UKRAINE Presentation by Mark Levin, Executive Director of NCSJ (National Conference Supporting Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States & Eurasia) & WJC Washington DC Advisor Interventions from Boris Fuchsmann, Jewish Confederation of Ukraine President, Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, and Josef Zissels, Vaad Ukraine Chairman Interventions from other WJC Executive Committee members Question & Answer Session moderated by Mark Levin UPDATE FROM JEWISH COMMUNITY IN RUSSIA Interventions from Michael Chlenov, Vaad Russia Chairman, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, Chief Rabbi of Moscow, and Yuri Kanner, Russian Jewish Congress President Resolution proposed by Robert Goot on behalf of WJC Resolutions Committee. 13:00 Buffet Lunch 14:00 WJC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: POLICY RESOLUTIONS Cont/d ISRAEL Discussion on Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions campaign and resolution proposed by Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs President David Koschitzky Resolutions on Middle East Peace Process presented by Robert Goot AMIA BOMBING ANNIVERSARY & IRAN Resolution on 20 th Anniversary of AMIA Bombing and Argentina-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, presented by Julio Schlosser, President of the Delegation of Argentine Jewish Associations TENTATIVE SCHEDULE PAGE 2 OF 5 UPDATED: 28/03/ :06

3 HOLOCAUST LEGACY Discussion on Looted Art & Resolution presented by WJC President Ronald S. Lauder ANY OTHER BUSINESS 17:00 Meeting Adjourns 19:00 Cocktail Reception [Ravel Foyer] 20:00 GALA DINNER HOSTED BY WJC PRESIDENT RONALD S. LAUDER [Ravel Room] Address by Guest Speaker H.E. Manuel Valls, Minister of the Interior of France TUESDAY, 1 APRIL :00 WJC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: BRIEFINGS Briefing on Relations between Israel & France: H.E. Yossi Gal, Ambassador of Israel to France ANTISEMITSM & NEO-NAZISM Briefing on Increasing Manifestations of Anti-Semitism Worldwide: Ira Forman, United States Special Envoy to Monitor & Combat Anti-Semitism Presentation of WJC Report: NeoNazism in Modern Europe, by British Journalist Robin Shepherd Resolution on Anti-Semitism and Extremist Political Parties in Europe GREECE Discussion on situation in Greece, presented by Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece President Benjamin Albalas HUNGARY Discussion and Resolution on situation in Hungary, proposed by Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary President András Heisler 12:00 Executive Committee Meeting Concludes TENTATIVE SCHEDULE PAGE 3 OF 5 UPDATED: 28/03/ :06

4 OPTIONAL INFORMAL SHABBAT PROGRAM FRIDAY, 28 MARCH :00 Candle Lighting [InterContinental Hotel Messager Foyer] Walk to 18:30 Synagogue Services La Victoire Synagogue (Orthodox) 18:56 Shabbat Begins 19:30 Friday Night Dinner at La Victoire Synagogue with members of French Jewish Community SATURDAY, 29 MARCH :30 Meet InterContinental Hotel Lobby Walk to Synagogue Services [La Victoire] 12:30 Kiddush offered in La Victoire Synagogue Informal Light Lunch in La Victoire Synagogue 18:30 Seudah Shleshit/Dinner [InterContinental Hotel Debussy Room] 20:03 Shabbat Ends - Havdallah 20:30 Minibus to River Boat Touristic River Boat Cruise on the Seine 22:30 Return to InterContinental Hotel TENTATIVE SCHEDULE PAGE 4 OF 5 UPDATED: 28/03/ :06

5 SUNDAY, 30 MARCH 2014 TOUR OF JEWISH PARIS 09:00 Meet InterContinental Hotel Lobby Depart by Minibus with Guide Visit the Drancy Memorial Visit of Paris Suburbs: Sarcelles Received by President of Sarcelles Jewish Community, Richard Halimi, Chief Rabbi Laurent Berros, and Dr. Marc Djebali, Ezra Social Service Network Sight-Seeing Route to Le Marais (Jewish area of Paris) Lunch in Kosher restaurants of Le Marais (individual) Tour of Le Marais, Museum of Jewish Art & History Visit to Shoah Memorial 16:00 Return to InterContinental Hotel TENTATIVE SCHEDULE PAGE 5 OF 5 UPDATED: 28/03/ :06

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