Prodi krijgt onderscheiding van het Rabbijns Europees Centrum in Wenen (en)

Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, will join in Vienna the Convention of the Rabbinical Center of Europe. On February 2, 2004 President Prodi will receive a humanitarian achievement award from the Rabbinical Center of Europe for his ongoing efforts throughout his administration to promote cultural dialogue and to protect the rights of minorities, and for his engagement with the diversity of cultures in Europe and of the Jewish community in particular, as said by the organizers.

Prodi will also participate in the inauguration of the first European Jewish Teacher's Academy established since World War II in Vienna. The famous pre-war Jewish teacher's academy had been burned down during Kristallnacht in 1939.

This act has been considered by the Jewish community in Austria, as an important message from the President about the direction Europe is taking towards the future of the Jewish Austrian community.

Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger, will be present at the meeting and will attend the event of the inauguration of the European Jewish Teacher's Academy.