More than 350 Jewish teens and young adult leaders from the former Soviet Union are celebrating their role in strengthening Jewish life at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s Active Jewish Teens (AJT) 4th annual conference in Kharkov, Ukraine this weekend. The gathering, created and run with the teens, includes participants from JDC and BBYO networks in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Estonia, and … [Read more...] about Largest FSU Jewish Teen Gathering Spotlights Emerging Leaders
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New Report: Russia Giving 2017
Charities Aid Foundation has released Russia Giving 2017: an overview of charitable giving in Russia. The analysis provides these key findings for individual giving in Russia: More than half of Russians have given money in the past 12 months (53%), either by giving money to a charity, by giving to a church/religious organisation, or by sponsoring someone. Supporting children is the most popular cause for Russians to have donated to … [Read more...] about New Report: Russia Giving 2017
Flying High in Ukraine with Limmud FSU
They came from as far away as Toronto. Just under 1000 strong, across multiple generations, they gathered in Odessa - "The Pearl of the Black Sea" this past Shabbat for Limmud FSU's 11th Ukrainian festival of culture, creativity and learning. Many sessions focused on history but also the richness and diversity of Ukrainian Jewish life; others on "very current events." Sessions included "How the Nazis punished Ukrainians for aiding Jews … [Read more...] about Flying High in Ukraine with Limmud FSU
Call for Papers: International Annual Conference on Jewish Studies
SEFER Center has announced that the 25th International Annual Conference on Jewish Studies will take place in Moscow on February 4-6, 2018. The conference program will include sections reflecting the traditional areas of Jewish studies (Biblical and Talmudic Studies, Jewish Thought, Jewish History, Judeo-Christian Relations, the Holocaust, Israeli Studies, Languages and Literature, Art, Ethnology, Demography, Jewish Genealogy, Museums and … [Read more...] about Call for Papers: International Annual Conference on Jewish Studies
Bob Dylan’s Jewish Roots to be Celebrated at Odessa Event
Some 950 people are expected to gather this weekend (October 19-22) for Limmud FSU Ukraine, the largest event geared towards the Jewish community in the country. The event will take place in Odessa, one of the most important cities of Jewish and Zionist movement’s history in the former Soviet Union. Today there are about 400,000 Jews living in Ukraine, with more than 45,000 in Odessa. Limmud FSU Ukraine, the dynamic and pluralistic Jewish … [Read more...] about Bob Dylan’s Jewish Roots to be Celebrated at Odessa Event
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