Sylvain Abitbol is an engineer and entrepreneur in the telecommunications industry as CEO of NHC Communications Inc but is best known as an activist in Jewish affairs and was co-president of the

Canadian Jewish Congress The Canadian Jewish Congress (, , ) was, for more than ninety years, the main advocacy group for the Jewish community in Canada. Regarded by many as the "Parliament of Canadian Jewry," the Congress was at the forefront of the struggle for human ...

from 2007 to 2009. Abitbol graduated from

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

's Ecole Polytechnique in 1973 with a degree in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering. He was employed by

Xerox Xerox Holdings Corporation (; also known simply as Xerox) is an American corporation that sells print and electronic document, digital document products and services in more than 160 countries. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut (ha ...

for six years and received training in telecommunications at the company's training centre in El Segundo, California. Abitbol is a member of Montreal's Sephardic Jewish community and became president of Montreal's

Federation CJA Federation CJA is a Canadian Jewish organization that raises and distributes funds by facilitating and overseeing the delivery of services and programs. * History Federation CJA is one of the oldest Canadian Jewish organizations. CJA was founde ...

in 2004. His family immigrated to Montreal from

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

after the

Six-Day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 Ju ...

in 1967.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abitbol, Sylvain Living people Canadian Jewish Congress Jewish Canadian activists 20th-century Moroccan Jews Businesspeople from Montreal Moroccan expatriates in Canada Canadian people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Engineers from Quebec Canadian mechanical engineers Canadian industrial engineers École Polytechnique alumni 20th-century Canadian engineers 21st-century Canadian engineers Year of birth missing (living people)