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Center Sefer opened the annual program Eshnav in Israel

Center Sefer Opened the Annual Program Eshnav in Israel

Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization ‘Sefer,’ working under the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) " (Director - EAJC General Council member Dr. Victoria Mochalova, Chairman of the Academic Council – the EAJC Secretary General Professor Michael Chlenov) opened the annual program "Eshnav," within the framework of which graduate and postgraduate students, and young researchers engaged in Jewish Studies in the FSU are selected by competitive process to be traditionally sent to Israel for a month-long internship.
This year the geography of the program is especially impressive – the participants come from places ranging from Siberia to Eastern Europe, as well as the range of topics of their research. "Eshnav 2012" gives the participants opportunities to work in the Israel's key libraries and archives, to participate in methodological workshops and tours aimed at professionals in Jewish studies, future scientists and universities teaching staff.Center "Sefer" is constantly working with young people. Just this summer in St. Petersburg Summer School on Jewish Studies brought together 93 students from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Latvia and Israel. XVII International Youth Conference on Jewish Studies, a Field-school on Hasidism in Medzhibozh and field-school expedition in Belarus were held this summer. Until the end of the year field-school in Latvia and the expedition to the city of Beltsy (Moldova) also will take place .