10 February 2025 - Addressing the OSCE conference in Helsinki, Katharina von Schnurbein, Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, presented the work of the European Commission in combating the complex phenomenon and manifestations of antisemitism and the main threats it poses to Jewish individuals and communities.

4 March 2025 - Katharina von Schnurbein, Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, delivered concluding remarks at the conference 'European Democracies at a Crossroads: Battling Extremism, Islamist Terrorism, and Antisemitism' organised by European Parliament Working Group Against Antisemitism, together with the European Jewish Congress.

25 February 2025 - Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, met with Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER), to discuss about the Jewish community's concerns about security of Jewish people in the EU, combating antisemitism and strengthening Jewish life, issues related to internal security and interfaith relations. The CER delegation also met with the Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life a day before.

The Network Overcoming Antisemitism (NOA) published on 5 March 2025 Guidelines for Fostering Jewish Life for Municipalities and Communities. The guidelines were created to facilitate the work of cities and municipalities in their dialogue with local Jewish communities and institutions. They aim to help support and promote Jewish life, heritage and culture throughout Europe.

UNESCO has published two guides for journalists on 'Understanding antisemitism and Holocaust denial and distortion' and on 'Covering hate speech'. This project had been funded by the European Commission as part of an indirect grant to conduct trainings for journalists and media on Holocaust distortion, and to produce a guide for journalists.

20 January 2025 - Katharina von Schnurbein, Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, took part in the Zikaron BaSalon initiative - Remembrance in the Living Room - and opened her home to listen to the testimony of Hon. Mala Tribich, MBE, in the presence of young and old, representatives of EU institutions and embassies, family and friends. Mala told her story as a Holocaust Survivor of the Ravensbrück camp and liberated at Bergen-Belsen.

14 January 2025 - The Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, Katharina von Schnurbein, gave an opening address at the Memorial de la Shoah International Conference ahead of the Holocaust Remembrance Day marking 80 years since the liberation of Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in the presence of Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, longstanding champions of the fight against antisemitism and hatred, against Holocaust distortion and denial and the obfuscation of the history of WWII.

21 January 2025

Brussels, 14 Oct 2024 - Today, the Commission has published its first progress report on the 2021-2030 EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life. The progress report shows that in line with the EU strategy, most Member States have taken action against antisemitism since 2021.

Katharina von Schnurbein, the European Commission Coordinator for Combating Antisemitism, participated in a panel discussion on Monday, 30 September, at the launch of the International Conference on Addressing Antisemitism, Intolerance, and Discrimination. She noted the continuous importance of education and the need for a clear protocol in every school in case of antisemitic incident.

As part of the 6th Meeting of the Working Group on the Implementation of the EU Strategy on Combating Antisemitism, the European Commission, in collaboration with the Hungarian Presidency, organised a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Hungarian Jews. The event took place on 25 September at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest.

On 24-25 September 2024, the European Commission, in cooperation with the Hungarian Presidency of the Council, hosted the sixth meeting of the 'Working Group on the Implementation of the EU Strategy on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life.' The event was held in the historic Rumbach Street Synagogue.

On 4-5 September, the Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism, Katharina von Schnurbein, attended the workshop “Working Together to Count Antisemitism: A Global Human Rights Challenge" at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.

On 10-11 September 2024, the President of the Austrian National Parliament, Wolfgang Sobotka hosted a plenary session at the Parliament to discuss "Never again? Democracy cannot tolerate antisemitism". The event was joined by the Speakers of the Canadian Parliament and the Belgian Federal Parliament as well as deputies from over 20 countries, Jewish community representatives and experts.

Full house at the Rosh Hashanah reception in the European Parliament organised by the European Jewish Community Center and the European Jewish Association on 9 September. Katharina von Schnurbein, EC Coordinator for combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, spoke about the need to continue to foster Jewish life and expressed her hope that all remaining hostages may be released soon. Rosh Hashanah falls on 2 October this year. Shana tova U’Metuka!

16-17 June 2024 – Dr. Pascale Falek attended the Association of European Jewish Museums (AEJM) Annual Conference 2024 on “From Crisis to Creativity: Resilience and Renewal in Jewish Museums” hosted by the Jewish Cultural Quarter Amsterdam on the newly opened National Holocaust Museum.