Conference of Jewish youth organizations in Strasbourg

Jewish leaders and human rights activists in Russia are outraged by the light sentence handed down in the case of a More than 250 delegates from Jewish youth organizations in 22 European countries have gathered at a conference in Strasbourg (France) and declared that they would seek help from non-Jewish students to “reveal the lies and mistakes concerning Jews”, particularly in France. They plan to distribute information kits, including a dictionary of terms explaining terms such as Judaism, racism and terror throughout the Paris school system. “We also will continue information programs on campuses and will campaign to fight against pro-Palestinian propaganda and anti-Semitism,” Amos Chermon, an official of the Jewish Agency which co-sponsored the conference along with the World Zionist Organization and Israeli Ministry for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, told the Israeli newspaper 'Ha'aretz'.