On June 5, the “Jews in Russia: a Rebirth of Traditions” exhibition was opened in the Russian Cultural Center in Tel Aviv. The exhibition was organized by the Russian Foundation for the Restoration of Traditions “Jewish National Foundation” with the aid of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.
The Mitzvah Association of Jewish Community Organizations of Kazakhstan (President - EAJC General Council member Alexander Baron) reports that the Eighth Central Asian International Festival of Jewish Children's and Youth Creativity will be held in the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, from June 29 to July 2.
Euro-Asian Jewish Congress Deputy Secretary General Haim Ben Yakov has participated in the anniversary celebrations dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the date on which Birobijan, the capital of the Russian Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO), received city status and the 55th anniversary of the Israeli city of Nazareth-Illit.
On May 22nd, representatives of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress participated in the international conference “Right-Wing Extremism in Europe: Tendencies of Development and Strategies of Counteraction,” which took place in Kiev, in the conference hall of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The event was organized by the Fridrich Ebert Foundation and the Eastern European Institute of Development.
Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) Deputy Secretary General Haim Ben Yakov has participated in an evening dedicated to the anniversary of the “letter of 18 families of Georgian Jews.”
As part of the working visit of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) delegation to Washington, EAJC Secretary General Michael Chlenov and Russian Jewish Congress President Yuri Kanner visited the US Department of State and National Security Council.
