NY Times: European Union Mends Rift With Jewish Groups

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European Union Mends Rift With Jewish Groups

BERLIN, Jan. 8 — The European Commission agreed Thursday to revive planning for a conference on anti-Semitism that it suspended two days ago after accusations from European and American Jewish figures that some of its recent decisions were anti-Semitic themselves.

The announcement seemed to put an end to an unusually public display of animosity involving charges of anti-Semitism made by leaders of Jewish organizations and an angry reaction by the president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi.

The dispute involving Mr. Prodi, a high-profile European generally seen as friendly to Jewish interests, had threatened relations between Jewish organizations and the European Union. It had also opened up rifts among Jews, some of whom found the accusations of anti-Semitism to be reckless and inaccurate.

The decision to put the conference back on the schedule was announced in Brussels after a meeting there between Mr. Prodi and Israel Singer, the chairman of the World Jewish Congress, one of the groups that leveled the anti-Semitism charge.

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European Union Mends Rift With Jewish Groups

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