Jacques Fredj receives the Copernic prize

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Richard Odier, general director of the Simon Wisenthal Center and Jacques Fredj, director of the Shoah Memorial, were distinguished on September 15, 2017 for their educational action by the synagogue of the street Copernic who gave them his Prize for dialogue, peace and fraternity.

The Copernic Prize was awarded to the two heads of institutions "for their tireless fight against genocidal madness and their exceptional educational work," writes the Jewish Tribune.