Emrah Gürsel

Coordinator

Berlin

Biography

Emrah is the General Coordinator of the ENCATE and works as Co-Director at KIgA e.V. He has over 15 years of experience in civic education, historical memory, networking, and philanthropy. He is the founder of Karakutu and ENCATE and served on the board of several nonprofits. Prior to joining KIgA, he worked in various human rights, youth, and education nonprofits in Turkey and internationally. He organized high-level international conferences and edited several publications on antisemitism. He holds a master's degree in Development Economics and is pursuing another master's in Philanthropic Studies at the University of Kent.

Organisation

ENCATE

kNGO

European Network for Countering Antisemitism through Education (ENCATE) is a network for educational practitioners who counter antisemitism and other forms of discrimination. Our members educate a variety of audiences to identify and address different manifestations of antisemitism. At the same time, as a European civil society network, ENCATE, is a vital partner for governments, civic actors, and international organizations because it conveys hands-on experience and expertise; acknowledges the relevant past and current work of Jewish organizations as well as of international institutions, networks, and NGOs as a frame of reference; strives to have a complementary role and to add value to the field. Important to note, ENCATE was established by KIgA e.V. in 2019. Since the beginning, we have adopted the IHRA's working definition of antisemitism including annexed examples.www.encate.eu

David Hirsh

Academic Director and CEO

London

Biography

David Hirsh is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London and he is the Academic Director and CEO of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. He is author of Law against Genocide, Contemporary Left Antisemitism and Left-Wing Antisemitism in the 21st Century: From the Academic Boycott Campaign into the Mainstream.

www.LondonAntisemitism.com

www.Engageonline.org.uk

https://www.Gold.ac.uk/sociology/staff/Hirsh/

Organisation

London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism

aAcademic

To challenge the intellectual underpinnings of antisemitism in public life. To understand contemporary antisemitism. To identify and critique antisemitism in contemporary scholarship. To inspire, equip and enable universities, academics and students to confront the hostile environment on campus. To arm the wider fight against antisemitism with facts, ideas and arguments. https://LondonAntisemitism.com/About/

Raya Kalenova

Executive Vice President and CEO

Brussels

Organisation

European Jewish Congress

cEuropean Jewish organisation

Based in Brussels, the European Jewish Congress is the representative umbrella organisation of national Jewish communities. It federates democratically elected national Jewish community organisations in over 40 European countries uniting 2.5 million Jews across the continent. The EJC is the only democratically elected body representing on the political level the interests and concerns of European Jewish communities. The EJC is a regional affiliate of the World Jewish Congress. The EJC was created in 1986 to give a unified voice to Jewish communities around Europe, representing their common interests and concerns, but at the same time allowing smaller Jewish communities a wider platform to express their specific needs. The main role of the EJC is to protect Jewish life in Europe and to combat antisemitism, racism and all forms of discrimination. The EJC is also committed to enhancing interreligious dialogue and contributing to a democratic European society based on democracy and peace.