On October 30, 2013, an opening ceremony took place at the Moscow Photo Center on Gogolevskya Avenue for the photo exhibition “We Live Here! Multi-Ethnic Moscow.” The exhibition was organized by the Foundation for the Restoration of Traditions “The Jewish National Fund,” with the aid of the Federal Jewish National Cultural Autonomy (FJNCA) and the informational support of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) PR Department.

120 photos depicting Moscow citizens of various faiths and nationalities are exhibited. The photographs depict everyday life, celebrations, and rituals of representatives of different national and religious communities.

The participants and guests of the exhibition were greeted, among others, by the Director of the Photo Center, Russian Federation merited cultural worker Valeriy Nikiforov; Media Advisor of the Embassy of Israel in the Russian Federation Alex Kagalsky; Director of the Foundation for the Restoration of Traditions “The Jewish National Fund,” exhibition curator Rafael Fainberg; EAJC PR Department Head Roman Spector; and Co-Founder of the “Dagestan” Moscow Cultural Center, RUDN Docent Magomed Abdulhadirov.

The Chairman of the Foundation for the Restoration of Traditions “The Jewish National Fund,” with the aid of the Federal Jewish National Cultural Autonomy (FJNCA) President of the FJNCA Vladimir Shternfeld addressed the gathering, saying that “the opening of this exhibition is an important event for today’s Moscow. I hope that it will not only provide arguments against the forming stereotype of the fatally ill state of inter-ethnic relations in the Russian capital, but will gift the viewer with an opportunity to become acquainted with the cultural traditions of their neighbor, and thus help the formation of an ‘international society of normal people,’ which is so necessary today.”