In a dramatic close to the 2025 European Jewish Association (EJA) Annual Conference in Madrid, over 150 Jewish leaders from across the continent passed a landmark emergency resolution — a direct challenge to Europe’s governments:Take responsibility for Jewish safety now — or watch democracies collapse under the weight of your silence.Held under the banner “Building or Leaving? Decision Time for Europe’s Jews”, the conference laid bare the scale of antisemitism spreading across European society — and the failure of most political, academic, and civic institutions to confront it.“Antizionism and antisemitism are two sides of the same coin,” said Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Chairman of the EJA.“Europe has imported hate and it is out in the open for all to see. The leaders who are pretending not to see it are directly contributing to the problem. Rabbi Menachem Margolin is the Chairman and the founder of European Jewish Association. Since graduating from Yeshiva in New York, Rabbi Margolin’s became program director at the Rabbinical centre for Europe in 2004, he quickly became general director in 2006, then four years later he became General Director of the European Jewish Association – Europe’s centre of Jewish activity.Spearheading the direction and activities of this umbrella organisation and representing Jewish communities and organisations across Europe, Rabbi Margolin ensures that the EJA effectively lobbies European and national politicians to raise the profile of and support its initiatives to fight against anti-Semitism and intolerance and preserve religious ritual practice across EU member states.