Support of educational project “Taglit”

Taglit-Birthright Israel connects young Jews to the State of Israel as well as to their Jewish identity through a free ten-day educational tour of the country. Over the past 18 years, Taglit-Birthright Israel has opened the eyes of hundreds of thousands of trips participants to the people and the land of Israel. The trip aims to build an understanding, friendship, and lasting bond with the land and people of Israel and to reinforce the solidarity of the Jewish people worldwide.

Taglit-Birthright Israel is considered the most successful and largest Zionist project in the Jewish world. Taglit-Birthright Israel has a unique, historical and innovative partnership between the Government of Israel, thousands of individual donors and private philanthropists, and Jewish communities around the world.

Since its inception in 1999, over 600,000 Jews from over 66 countries have participated in the free 10-day educational tour of Israel. Of these over 90,000 young Israeli soldiers (from prestigious units of the IDF) and students have joined various groups on their tours.

The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress announced the support of the Taglit project in 2018. Thanks to this decision, hundreds of Jewish boys and girls from these communities will have the opportunity to visit Israel free of charge as part of the educational visit. Many of them will have the opportunity to visit Israel for the first time. Cooperation between the EAJC and the Taglit organization will significantly increase the number of participants from Eastern Europe and Asia already this year.

Mikhael Mirilashvili, president of The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, said: “As the President of The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, I am glad for the opportunity to take part in this important event, bringing together the State of Israel and young Jews from the diaspora. Birthright Israel’s participants get a special glimpse into our historic homeland, its rich past and promising future. Whether this trip remains a brief experimentation or becomes a meaningful part of their being and identity– is up for each participant to determine on his own. What matters is that every Jew, wherever he may be, will have a place reserved in his heart for Israel and for his connection with his people. Our vast heritage and unique culture are the shared basis we can build our individual and collective future on”.

“Rod`n`ya“ Project – family history research

“Rod`n`ya“ Project was carried out through the cooperation of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, Hillel International and Genesis Philanthropy Group.

“Rod`n`ya“ Project is a leadership educational program that enables young Jewish leaders to get acquainted with their family history and contribute to the development and strengthening of community life.

For several months the project participants were exploring their roots, the history of their families and communities. They were studying the Jewish history and tradition, visiting archives and looking through the family albums.

For a detailed study of a family history, 45 Jewish students from Russia, Ukraine and Israel visited Poland and the Czech Republic. The participants made a real expedition, visited places where before the Second World War numerous Jewish communities lived and flourished. In the framework of the project, students also strengthened their leadership skills, gained new tools for project management, and also collected material for further planning and implementation of their own projects, in order to keep the memory of both their families in particular and Jewish people as a whole.

Publication of the book “The popular history of Bukharian Jews”

“Popular History of Bukharian Jews” was recently published, with a support of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress. The authors, Ilya Dvorkin and Markel Fazylov, have covered a rich history of Bukharian Jews for almost 2600 years:  from the Persian Empire period (6th century B.C.) through the Bukhara Khanate foundation (16th century) to Russian Empire (19-20th centuries), including the Soviet period.

The purpose of the book is to present the history of Bukharian Jews in a comprehensible and lively manner. The book refers to little-known pages of history. Of particular interest is investigation of Jewish communities in the Central Asia settlements. Through thoughts and memories of particular people, the reader can see the changes in the authorities’ policy towards the Jews, and the effect it had on their legal and economic state. Important to note, the history of Bukharian Jews is shown in a book not only on the basis of statistics and archival documents.

Along with the opinions of scientists and travelers, the book contains reasonings and judgments of the Bukharian Jews themselves, which is extremely important for a deep understanding of nation’s culture and ethnography.

The book of Daniel Gordis “Israel: the history of the state”

With the support of the EAJC, the book of Daniel Gordis “Israel: the history of the state” was published. “Israel: the history of the state” is a story about a small state and an ancient idea, thanks to which it arose. This is the history of the country, its existence has repeatedly refuted the theory of probability and is still forced to confront dangerous enemies and overcome numerous difficulties. This is a story about the people who have reborn, paying for it the highest price. The history of Israel is complex, it has both dramatic and tragic moments. This is a wonderful, exciting story, affecting our life literally at every step.

Publication of the magazine “The Book People in the Book World”

The publication of the magazine The People of the Book in the World of Books is a unique information source that really unites the space of the entire former USSR in the field of Jewish book publishing. The magazine is published 6 times a year and publishes reviews of new books on Jewish subjects, published in different countries of the world.

The magazine is intended for employees of Jewish community libraries, Jewish educators, researchers, organizers of Jewish programs, and anyone who professionally works with Jewish books in the countries of the former USSR, as well as the magazine is aimed at all those who read in Russian who are interested in issues of Jewish history and culture.

“Le Dor Va Dor”

Activities are carried out in 10 cities of Russia and Ukraine.

The project is implemented jointly with the “Project Kesher”.

The aim of the project is to strengthen family intergenerational ties in the Jewish community through the involvement of mothers and daughters in the active life of the community on the basis of the Jewish principle “LaDor VaDor”.

Development of self-identification and Jewish identity, involvement of young, active leaders who are able to organize volunteer projects in the future and support the life of the Jewish community.

Support of the Russian Union of Jewish Students

The aim of the project is to organize, support and expand the activities of the All-Russian Union of Jewish Students (RUJS), hold Jewish holidays on the territory of universities, invite Jewish / Israeli lecturers, educate Jewish students of the largest Russian universities, create a platform for communication and interaction of young Russian students, fight anti-Semitism.

RUJS is part of the World Union of Jewish Students. WUJS is the central, global, democratically elected Jewish Student leadership network, led by students for students. It serves as an umbrella organization, uniting and representing independent Jewish student associations working in over 50 countries around the world. WUJS works to empower and strengthen Jewish student leadership through its member organizations: the nationally and internationally elected Jewish student associations.