A five-day conference entitled, “An End to Antisemitism” opened on Sunday at the University of Vienna. President Moshe Kantor of the European Jewish Congress, said in his opening address, "We have taken on a very ambitious objective - to plant the seeds that will end antisemitism. This must be the beginning of the end of antisemitism. Because talking about antisemitism is not enough. We must be ambitious and pragmatic in order to find enduring solutions to this problem.”
Dr. Kantor continued, “People marching in the streets of European capitals shouting ‘Death to the Jews’ has led to the actual death of Jews, and will continue if Europe does not react. That police and military protection for Jewish communities is, of course, necessary, is in itself a shameful indictment on European society. We have an obligation not to give antisemitism any space in the public sphere with radical forces on the Left and Right gaining strength.”