The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) has given a Torah scroll to the Burgas (Bulgaria) synagogue to commemmorate the Jews who were killed in a terroristic attack at the Burgas airport two years ago.

The giving of the scroll was part of a memorial ceremony organized by the Embassy of Israel to Bulgaria and the Chabad community. Among the guests of honor at the event were the Ambassador of Israel, the Minister of Interior Affairs, the Director of the Red Cross, representatives of the airport administration, Jewish community leaders, and rabbis. The ceremony began at the memorial erected in memory of those killed at the airport and continued with the introduction of the Torah Scroll to the synagogue and the Beit Chabad Jewish center.

The EAJC Torah scroll gift initiative had been by EAJC General Council Chairman Josef Zisels, and the idea was supported financially by Mikhail Mirilashvili, who had been Acting President of the EAJC up to February 17, 2014.

On July 18, 2012, a suicide bomber blew up a bus with tourists who came to the Sunny Beach Black Sea resort from Israel; the bus had been standing at the Burgas airport. There were five Jews among the victims. It is customary in Judaism to honor the memory of the deceased by giving a Torah scroll to a synagogue.

Many tourists from Israel come annually to the Sunny Beach resort. The EAJC is certain that the Torah Scroll will serve to strengthen Jewish life and Jewish self-awareness in the region.