Charlemagne Prize for European Rabbinical head, Jewish communities

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Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the European Rabbinical Conference, attends the 32nd General Assembly of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER). Sven Hoppe/dpa
Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the European Rabbinical Conference, attends the 32nd General Assembly of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER). Sven Hoppe/dpa
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The President of the European Rabbinical Conference, Pinchas Goldschmidt, is to receive the Charlemagne Prize 2024 which will also honour the Jewish communities in Europe, the board of directors of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen said on Friday.

The award aims to send a message that Jewish life is a natural part of Europe and that there must be no place for anti-Semitism in Europe, the board said.

The announcement comes amid a major increase in the number of anti-Semitic crimes in many European countries since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, unleashed by the terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas militants on October 7 and Israel's response.

Goldschmidt has always advocated that people of different religious and cultural backgrounds should find their place in Europe, the board said.