Jonathan Arfi, 42, was elected in the first round (149 votes to 74) in favor of Ariel Amar, the new chairman of the French Council of Jewish Institutions (Crif) on Sunday. He succeeds Francis Caliphate, who will lead the organization for eight years and will officially take office on July 26.
The first president of Crif, who is forty years old and is already a member of the Executive Board, Jonathan Arfin leads a group of companies that are active in the field of business consulting and real estate. «There are emotions, but there is also a sense of responsibility, which weighs heavily on President Criff, especially in a politically turbulent time.“After his election, Jonathan Arfin responded to AFP.
«We have an increase in extremism that has posed an unprecedented level of threat to the Jews of France for decades, so we obviously have Creed reflecting these concerns, but also this mobilization.“, he added.
A political demonstration for Europe’s largest Jewish population (approximately 500,000 people), Criff unites about 70 associations, such as the United Jewish Social Foundation, the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF), the Universal Alliance of Israel, and others. ..
Be more open to social issues
His mission is to “fight against anti-Semitism.”save և pass on the memory of the Holocaust«Եւ»to establish solidarity“Jewish community”With Israel«.
Growing up in a Sephardic family from Algeria to Morocco, he spent his adolescence in Evelyn. He joined the Eclaireurs Israelites de France (Scout Association), then became the President of the UEJF (2003-2005), a member of the Executive Board of Crif in 2007, and then Vice-President from 2014 to the present.
One of his priorities, Mr. Arfin, told AFP that he wanted to “To lead the fight against anti-Semitism obviously, trying to make the French society understand that mainly what threatens the Jews of France, threatens the whole society.«.
He campaigned for Criffy to be more open to social issues.
Source: Le Figaro
