Kahn, Jean

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Name (Latin)
Kahn, Jean
Other forms of name
Kahn, Jean, 1929-
Date of birth
1929-05-17
Date of death
2013-08-18
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 66375298
Wikidata: Q14626608
Library of congress: nr 97028812
Sources of Information
  • 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)
  • L'Ecole de Marbourg, 1994:t.p. (Jean Kahn)