A session of the Coordination Council of the Union of Belarusian Jewish Public Associations and Communities (SBEOOO) took place in Minsk. The session involved current affairs important for the development of the Jewish community in the Republic of Belarus.

The head of the Jewish community of Kazakhstan, member of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan and the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress Presidium Alexander Baron participated in the international forum “Sherli Shejire Amanaty,” which took place in Uralsk and was timed to the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions. The forum was part of the project of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan “Memory for the Future.”

The House of Friendship of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan Conference Hall held a lottery for socially vulnerable children from the Jewish community. Each of the lottery’s tickets gave the right for a free prize. The lottery was timed to Shavuot and Children’s Day.

On May 31, the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) General Council Chairman, Co-Chairman of the Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations (VAAD) Ukraine Josef Zisels spoke at the international panel discussion “Dialogue of Human Rights Activists of Russia and Ukraine for Peace and Human Rights” that took place in Kyiv.

The Director General of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) Haim Ben-Yaakov has visited the Jewish community of Baku.

On May 25, the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) General Council Chairman, Co-Chairman of the Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations (VAAD) Ukraine Josef Zisels met with the Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (VRCIRO), Head of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ukraine, Bishop Victor Alekseenko.