12-14 October 2026: The 15th SECCA Forum took place in Dublin, Ireland, from 12 to 14 October 2026, organised by the World Jewish Congress in partnership with the European Commission, as an associated event under Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU.
The European Commission’s CERV European Remembrance 2026 call opened on 21 October 2026, offering funding for projects that strengthen the remembrance of the Holocaust against Jewish people. Jewish organisations, Holocaust memorial institutions and civil society organisations are invited to explore this opportunity and prepare project proposals focused on remembrance, education and preserving the memory of the Shoah.
13 October 2026: Dr Pascale Falek, Policy Officer, presented the two European Commission handbooks on fostering Jewish life and safeguarding Jewish cultural heritage, alongside their authors. The presentation took place as part of the event “A Living Story Across Europe: Jewish Heritage, Jewish Life and Cultural Diversity”.
7 October 2026: The European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life Katharina von Schnurbein addressed a commemoration ceremony marking the third anniversary of the 7 October 2023 terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israeli civilians.
7 October 2026: Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner marked the third anniversary of the 7 October 2023 terrorist attacks by Hamas and paid tribute to the victims ahead of his address to the European Parliament.
6 October 2026: In her remarks on 6 October at an online conference on joint Jewish-Muslim approaches to online hatred, organised by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life Katharina von Schnurbein underlined that political crises and societal change create conditions in which antisemitic attitudes can spread.
6 October 2026: The German state of Saxony presented at its Brussels representation its year of Jewish culture, entitled “Tacheles”. A reading by actor Axel Thielmann, featuring facets of Jewish stories in Saxony, and a captivating performance by the jazz ensemble „KlezzJazz“, which includes Saxony’s antisemitism coordinator and former Member of the Bundestag, Dr Thomas Feist, made the evening a memorable experience for the audience.
On 11 September 2026, Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner visited the permanent exhibition of the Jewish Museum Vienna. The Commissioner was impressed by the way in which the Jewish Museum brings to life Vienna’s rich Jewish history from the 13th century to the present day.
Vienna, 1 - 2 July 2026
Vienna, 29 June 2026
Vienna, 30 June – 1 July 2026
Brussels, 29 - 30 September 2026
(Brussels, 8 June 2026)
10 - 11 March 2026 - Madrid: Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, paid a country visit to Spain to attend the NOA National Report Card Conference and meet with Spanish officials to discuss the country’s challenges in the face of rising antisemitism.
12 March 2026 – Brussels: European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, Katharina von Schnurbein, met with the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun.
26 February 2026: The European Commission has published a call for proposals for the Community Empowerment and Engagement Programme.
14 February 2026: European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, Katharina von Schnurbein, visited the Memorial for Refugees in Riehen, Switzerland. The private initiative in the former railway station in Riehen remembers Jewish refugees that tried to enter Switzerland across the green border. The Memorial also informs school children and the wider public about those who courageously acted in support of the refugees at the risk of their lives or careers.
23 February 2026: Pascale Falek, Policy Officer in the Office of the EC Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, delivered a lecture as part of the University Diploma on combating racism and antisemitism at University Paris 8 led by Professor Marie-Anne Mattard-Bonucci.
26 - 27 February 2026: Coordinator Katharina von Schnurbein travelled to Hamburg to speak on 27 February in a pannel on challenges for democracy and Jewish life at the Jugendkongress (Youth Congress) organised by Zentralwohlfahrtsstelle der Juden in Deutschland (ZWST) in Hamburg, Germany, that brought together 400 young Jewish persons with political and community leaders.
