EJC officials discuss Jewish religious rights with Nordic communities

Prestavnici Europskog Židovskog kongresa su razgovarali  sa Nordijskim zajednicama o židovskim religijskim pravima

European Jewish Congress officials met with leaders of Jewish communities in the Nordic countries in Stockholm on Sunday in order to coordinate action in defence of Jewish religious rights in the region. EJC Vice President Ruben Vis and European Policy Advisor Phil Carmel met with the presidents of the national communities of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the Swedish capital. The presidents of the Jewish communities of Malmo and Gothenburg also attended the meeting.

Predstavnici Europskog Židovskog kongresa su  susreli  u nedjelju,   u Stockholmu, vođe Židovskih zajednica u Nordijskim zemljama kako bi koordinirali akcije za obranu židovskih religijskih prava u toj regiji.  Ruben Vis (potpredsjednik EJC) i Phil Carmel (savjetnik sa europsku politiku)  su se sastali s predsjednicima nacionalnih zajednica u Danskoj, Finskoj, Norveškoj i Švedskoj. Predsjednici Židovskih zajednica u Malmo-u  i Gotthenburgu su također prisustvovali sastanku, Sastanak je sazvan zbog pokušaja da se zabrani Shechita u Danskoj i zbog kampanje u medijima i NGO protiv religijskog obrezivanja  u nordijskim zemljama. Skandinavski predstavnici zajedno sa pedijatrima i grupama medicinskih sestara su  nedavno pozvali na zabranu cirkumcizije.

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..Lena Posner-Korosi, president of the Swedish Council of Jewish Communities, said that Jews in Sweden would continue to practice their Judaism and would not be swayed by groups attacking their fundamental rights. “As Swedish citizens, we demand and expect of our government that our basic rights are protected. -Sweden is not a one-dimensional single cultural society. All of us are entitled to follow our faiths and cultures in a democratic and free society,” Posner-Korosi said. “Our experiences in defending Shechita and Milah in The Netherlands and Germany offer valuable examples to our colleagues in the Nordic countries,” Vis said. “Our strategy is coordinated and there is a strong sense of unity and collective action across our communities.”

The meeting in Stockholm follows a recent gathering in Bulgaria organized by the EJC with the local community to discuss issues of Jewish religious rights in the countries of south-eastern Europe and is part of a series of regional meetings on these issues.