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Serge CWAJGENBAUM was born in Lyon, France in September of 1946. He is married with two children. He studied history at the University at Strasbourg from 1968 to 1972 and received his diploma from l’Institut des Hautes Etudes Européennes de Strasbourg in 1973. Mr. Cwajgenbaum served as president of the Strasbourg branch and national vice president of the French Union of Jewish Students from 1970-1973. Serge Cwajgenbaum joined the World Jewish Congress in 1974. In 1979, he was elected Secretary General of the French Section of the WJC and in 1982, General Director of the European Branch of the WJC. Since 1986, when the European Jewish Congress (affiliated to the WJC) was created, Serge Cwajgenbaum has retained the position of Secretary General. In 1994 the French Government awarded Mr Cwajgenbaum the medal of «Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur». On March 21st 2008, the French government announced that Mr. Cwajgenbaum was promoted to the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest decoration, in recognition of his merits, expertise and experience in promoting tolerance and respect for the rights and freedoms of all races and faiths, as well as of his contribution to strengthening the Jewish communities throughout. Activities and actions: Mr. Cwajgenbaum has been at the initiation of numerous programs and events. Amongst these are the “Committee for Holocaust Information for High School Students”, a program created in coordination with the French Ministry of Education to educate and inform French high school students about the Shoah. In addition Mr. Cwajgenbaum is the founder of the CERA - European Center for Research and Action on Racism and anti-Semitism. More recently the European Commission against racism, which developed into the European Union Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia was launched at the initiative of the European Jewish Congress under Mr Cwajgenbaum’s direction. The EJC also had active participation in the establishment of Medbridge -an organization gathering parliamentarians across Europe with the objective of forging a better understanding of the reality of Israel and ultimately a more balanced European political policy towards Israel. In the area of interfaith dialogue, the EJC, at Mr. Cwajgenbaum’s initiative has been particularly active, most notably with the organization of the European Encounter between Jews and Catholics, held for the fourth time last year in Paris. As well under Mr. Cwajgenbaum’s direction the EJC has developed, at all levels, increased cooperation and involvement with the activities of the European institutions, be it the Council of Europe, the European Union, the European Commission or the European Parliament. In his position as Secretary General Mr. Cwajgenbaum is consulted and invited as an expert in the field of human rights and anti-Semitism to many conferences and seminars around the world.
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