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Euroasian Jewish News
Visit of the EAJC Delegation to Israel.
25.11.2008
The delegation of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) led by Secretary General Mikhail Chlenov and General Council Chairman Josef Zissels has arrived in Jerusalem, where they participated in the meeting of representatives of the major international Jewish organizations, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Israel independence proclamation.
The EAJC leaders took part in the work of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Agency for Israel, General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities of North America, Keren Hayesod Fund, and the General Council of the World Zionist Organization.
During the visit to Israel and participation in plenary and routine sessions of major world Jewish organizations, the EAJC delegation has conducted a number of separate meetings with colleagues.
In particular, they discussed the nearest joint activities with Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and Mark Levin, executive director of the National Conference of Advocates on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States and Eurasia. The situation in the field of Jewish education in the midst of the global financial crisis was reviewed during the meetings with ORT Director General Robert Singer, director of Russian and Slavic studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem Wolf Moskovich, department chairman at Bar Ilan University Ze'ev Khanin, as well as the members of JAFI Committee and Subcommittee on Jewish education in the CIS countries.
The progress of the EAJC-sponsored restoration of the synagogue in Tbilisi was discussed with Chief Rabbi of Georgia Ariel Levin. The meeting with Daniel Dayan, the leader of Bratslav Hasidim of Israel and the USA, was devoted to the situation in Uman, where Alexander Mashkevich stopped the arguments concerning Rabbi Nachman's tomb. The terms of the EAJC delegation's visit to China were negotiated with the head of the World Centre of Sephardic Jews, Rabbi Aryeh Katzin. The delegation had a meeting with the Director of the Russian Cultural Centre in Israel, Alexander Kryukov, on the development of the Israeli library collection, and a series of EAJC expert reports was scheduled.
The EAJC representatives also defined prospects of cooperation with Zvi Magen, chairman of The Institute for Eurasian Studies and former ambassador of Israel in the RF and Ukraine, and Sergey Kravtsov, the representative of the Jewish Art Centre at the University of Jerusalem. The details of the forthcoming December events in Kazan, namely the EAJC General Council sessions and the Assembly of the Russian Federal Jewish National and Cultural Autonomy, were discussed with the President of Tatarstan Jewish National and Cultural Autonomy Mikhail Skoblionok.
EAJC Public Relations and Media Department
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