Jean Kahn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French Jewish community leader
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Place of Birth: Strasbourg, France
About Jean Kahn
- Jean Salomon Kahn (May 17, 1929 – August 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.
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