#ANTISEMITISM: Much worse: Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, the Managing Director of AJC Europe. Prior to to AJC, she served as an adviser to the Ambassador for Human Rights in the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. She was the founding General Se
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🗓️ 12 July 2024
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#ANTISEMITISM: Much worse: Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, the Managing Director of AJC Europe. Prior to to AJC, she served as an adviser to the Ambassador for Human Rights in the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. She was the founding General Secretary of the Brussels- and Paris-based Medbridge Strategy Center, an organization that seeks to strengthen ties between leaders of political and civil society in Europe and democratic voices in the Middle East. She is fluent in four languages.
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival, |
| 0:05.9 | three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized |
| 0:10.2 | tent. Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend. |
| 0:13.1 | All right. |
| 0:14.0 | Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior. |
| 0:16.8 | And don't get us started on Mel. |
| 0:19.4 | But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together. |
| 0:22.6 | All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. Keep everyone's plans alive when you |
| 0:27.1 | travel with us. P, and O'Ferees, there is another way. This is a CBSI and the world. I'm John Bachelor. Welcome online, |
| 0:38.3 | Conference of Presidents, Major American Jewish Organizations joins me and we're very privileged to welcome Simone Rodin Bensiken. She is |
| 0:47.2 | managing director of the American Jewish Committee Europe to help us understand |
| 0:52.2 | since the October 7th event what is anti-Semitism in |
| 0:57.2 | France. |
| 0:58.2 | Simone, a very good evening to you for years Malcolm has guided me to understand that France has been a trouble spot for |
| 1:06.0 | anti-Semitism in Europe. |
| 1:08.5 | I don't know that it's the only one, but I do know that there have been episodes over the years that are alarming. |
| 1:15.4 | Have you noted since of the October 7th outrage in Israel an increase in anti-Semitism, |
| 1:22.0 | a conversation about too much anti-Semitism, has there been any |
| 1:26.5 | change in general in France since then? |
| 1:29.1 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:30.1 | Good evening to you, thank you very much for having me on. |
| 1:35.0 | Actually I think the way you pose the question is just about perfectly right. |
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