Yonathan Arfi | |
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Born |
Toulouse, France | 14 April 1980
Alma mater | HEC Paris |
Occupation | Business executive |
Yonathan Arfi (born 14 April 1980) is a French CEO and activist. A member of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF, "Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions") since 2002, he was elected as vice-president on 4 February 2014, [1] and ran for president in 2022. [2] On 26 June 2022, he succeeded Francis Kalifat as president of the CRIF. [3]
Yonathan Arfi was born in Toulouse [4] to a Sephardic Jewish family of Algerian and Moroccan descent. [5]
Arfi spent his childhood in the Yvelines. He was a member of the Éclaireuses et éclaireurs israélites de France ("Jewish Guides and Scouts of France"), [5] and obtained his degree at HEC Paris. [4]
From 2003 to 2005, Yonathan Arfi was president of the Union des étudiants juifs de France (UEJF, "Union of French Jewish Students"). [5] [6] [7]
He was a member of the CRIF's executive office in 2007, [8] then vice president from 2014 to 2022. [5] [9] [10]
As the leader of the association, he began a protest against Dieudonné. [11]
As the vice-president of the CRIF, he took a public stand against Marine Le Pen, [12] condemning antisemitic graffiti at Paris Nanterre University. [13]
He protested against statements made by Éric Zemmour. [14]
Yonathan Arfi participated in the Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU, "Universal Israelite Alliance") as a member of the board of directors. He was also a member of the Oeuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE, "Children's Aid Society"). [15]
Shortly after his election as president of the CRIF and following a controversy about an Avignon fresco of Jacques Attali, [16] [17] he denounced the worrying rise of antisemitism in France and spoke on the difficulty of being Jewish in current French society during an interview with France Inter. [18] [19] [20]
On 26 June 2022, Yonathan Arfi was elected president of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF, "Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions") and served a 3-year term. [21] [22] [23] [24]
Yonathan Arfi directs a group of companies active in business consulting. [5] [25]
He is the younger nephew of French swimmer and Holocaust survivor Alfred Nakache. [26] He has four children. [4]
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Yonathan Arfi | |
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Born |
Toulouse, France | 14 April 1980
Alma mater | HEC Paris |
Occupation | Business executive |
Yonathan Arfi (born 14 April 1980) is a French CEO and activist. A member of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF, "Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions") since 2002, he was elected as vice-president on 4 February 2014, [1] and ran for president in 2022. [2] On 26 June 2022, he succeeded Francis Kalifat as president of the CRIF. [3]
Yonathan Arfi was born in Toulouse [4] to a Sephardic Jewish family of Algerian and Moroccan descent. [5]
Arfi spent his childhood in the Yvelines. He was a member of the Éclaireuses et éclaireurs israélites de France ("Jewish Guides and Scouts of France"), [5] and obtained his degree at HEC Paris. [4]
From 2003 to 2005, Yonathan Arfi was president of the Union des étudiants juifs de France (UEJF, "Union of French Jewish Students"). [5] [6] [7]
He was a member of the CRIF's executive office in 2007, [8] then vice president from 2014 to 2022. [5] [9] [10]
As the leader of the association, he began a protest against Dieudonné. [11]
As the vice-president of the CRIF, he took a public stand against Marine Le Pen, [12] condemning antisemitic graffiti at Paris Nanterre University. [13]
He protested against statements made by Éric Zemmour. [14]
Yonathan Arfi participated in the Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU, "Universal Israelite Alliance") as a member of the board of directors. He was also a member of the Oeuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE, "Children's Aid Society"). [15]
Shortly after his election as president of the CRIF and following a controversy about an Avignon fresco of Jacques Attali, [16] [17] he denounced the worrying rise of antisemitism in France and spoke on the difficulty of being Jewish in current French society during an interview with France Inter. [18] [19] [20]
On 26 June 2022, Yonathan Arfi was elected president of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF, "Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions") and served a 3-year term. [21] [22] [23] [24]
Yonathan Arfi directs a group of companies active in business consulting. [5] [25]
He is the younger nephew of French swimmer and Holocaust survivor Alfred Nakache. [26] He has four children. [4]
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