New Member – Jewish Community of Basel, Switzerland

ECJC Welcomes Jewish Community of Basel as a new member.

The Jewish Community of Basel is the cultural and religious home for its members. It enables Jews in the region to lead a diverse Jewish life and is a place for Jewish coexistence. The IGB is well networked, locally and culturally anchored in the Basel region and recognized under public law in the canton of Basel-Stadt.

The Jewish Community of Basel is officially the third Jewish community of the city and has existed for over 200 years. Today it has around 860 members. As a unified community, it is home to Jews of all religious orientations and, as one of the major Swiss communities, has a well-developed infrastructure and all the institutions that make a fulfilling Jewish life possible. It is run according to the rules of Halacha.