Director of the Russian Library in Jerusalem Clara Elbert has visited the Moscow office of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress during a working visit to Moscow. The Russian Library in Jerusalem, created in 1990, is currently the biggest collection of Russian books outside of the FSU. The library's collection numbers approximately 100 thousand units, including books, magazines, newspapers, manuscripts and CDs. It is also one of the world's biggest book collections of Russian-languaged books on Jewish topics.

Clara Elbert was shown the Moscow office library and archive. She also spoke on new acquisitions in her own library, as well as on the international connections between libraries. “We are always exchanging literature with the most famous Russian libraries,” Elbert said, “including the Russian State Library and the Moscow Library of Foreign Literature, the Russian National Library in Saint-Petersburg and the Turgenev Library in Paris, and others. The Jerusalem library also plays the role of a sort of “Israel book collector,” transferring books it has collected to other cities. We dedicate much attention to educational activities, regularly hold presentations of new books, host meetings with writers, actors, political and public figures.”

Opportunities for joint projects were discussed at a meeting with the EAJC PR Department and the Directorate of the Moscow office. Plans were made for several joint events in Moscow and Jerusalem.

As she presented her Israeli colleagues several dozen books published as part of the EAJC publishing program, the Executive Director of the EAJC Moscow Office Natalia Schmidt noted, “The partnership with the Russian Library in Jerusalem, which has been a unique center of culture for all former USSR residents for many years now, is a natural form of solidarity for the Jews of the Diaspora with the Jews of Israel. We intend to continue and deepen our long-standing collaboration.”