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Published on 27 April 2005

WJC PROJECT TO PETITION CHIRAC "INAPPRORIATE AND WRONG"

CRIF's President Roger Cukierman regretted WJC's fundraising letter asking to petition French President Jacques Chirac to have him fight against anti-Semitism. In a letter to WJC's President Edgar Bronfman, Roger Cukierman wrote that the French authorities were already firmly combating anti-Semitism. Moreover, complained Roger Cukierman, the CRIF was not even consulted over the issue.



The Secretary General of the WJC sent his apologies to Roger Cukierman, saying that the fundraising letter "was used without prior consultation. This was inappropriate and wrong."



The WJC has established new procedures for direct mail fundraising appeals and the Secretary General will personally review all such letters for prior approval.

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