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Kahn, Jean

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Personal name headingKahn, Jean
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Birth date19290517
Death date20130818
AffiliationRepresentative Council of Jewish Institutions in France
European Jewish Congress University of Strasbourg
Central Consistory of France
Found inL'Ecole de Marbourg, 1994: t.p. (Jean Kahn)
English Wikipedia website, viewed Jan. 14, 2014 (Jean Salomon Kahn (May 17, 1929-Aug. 18, 2013) was a French Jewish community leader, human rights activist, and lawyer. Kahn served as the President of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) from 1989 to 1995, as well as the CRIF's vice president from 1983 to 1985. He later served as the President of the European Jewish Congress and the Vice President of the World Jewish Congress. Kahn also headed the Central Consistory of France from 1995 to 2008. Kahn was born on May 7, 1929. He received a law degree from the University of Strasbourg and passed the bar in 1953. Kahn died on August 18, 2013, in Strasbourg, France, at the age of 84)