The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress congratulates the elected President of Kazakhstan, Mr. Tokayev Kasym-Zhomart Kemelevich, with a convincing victory won at the presidential elections!

On April 29th, 2019, the delegation of the EAJC leaders, headed by M.M. Mirilashvili was honored to meet with Mr. Tokayev during his visit to Kazakhstan.

On 12th of June, Alexander Baron, Head of the Jewish Community of Kazakhstan, EAJC Representative in Central Asia, took part in the inauguration ceremony of Kashym-Zhomart Tokayev as President in the Nur-Sultan in the capital’s Palace of Independence.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by the First President of Kazakhstan – Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev, deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, members of the Government, judges of the Supreme Court, members of the Constitutional Council, representatives of the Presidential Administration and many other high-ranking officials. In total, 2500 people took part in the ceremony.

In the person of Mr. Tokayev, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, we have found a reliable partner in the matter of preserving and developing Jewish life in Kazakhstan. We are convinced that his confident victory will ensure the continuity of the impressive development path of Kazakhstan, thanks to which the country is rightfully one of the most important states in the region. There is no doubt that the Jewish community of Kazakhstan will play an important role in the public life of the country.

We wish you success in a high and responsible post!

Dear Friends,

Torah is the basis of Jewish life, the foundation of our spirituality and culture, our art and ethics.

On the Shavuot holiday, we celebrate the day God gave theTorah to the entire Jewish nation assembled at Mount Sinai.

It is the most pivotal event in the history of the Jewish people, who after long and hard years of slavery, became a unified nation with a powerful mission given by God. Happy Shavuot!

Mikhail Mirilashvili, President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress

On behalf of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, we express our sincere condolences to Reuven Rivlin, the President of Israel and his family on the untimely death of his spouse Mrs. Nehama Rivlin.

Her departure is an irreversible loss not only for Israel, but also for the entire Jewish people. Mrs. Rivlin was an amazing person who devoted many years of her life to serving the good of Israeli society. She made a special contribution to all areas of social activity, which she devoted herself to throughout life.

We deeply mourn with your family this loss that is common to all of us. Mrs. Rivlin will forever remain in our hearts and in the blessed memory.

On the 28th of the Jewish month of Iyar (this year is 2d July), the Jewish people celebrate the reunification of Jerusalem, which took place on 7th June, 1967.

This is a special day for all Jewish people. On the 14th May, 1948, the state of Israel was proclaimed. Jerusalem became the capital. However, during the first 19 years of the formation of Israel’s independence, Jerusalem was divided, and its eastern part, where the main Jewish shrine, the Eastern Wall (Wailing Wall), was located, was under Jordan’s control.

And only in the 67th year, for the first time in two thousand years, Jerusalem became a united city, the Jews got access to the Old City and the Wailing Wall and therefore this day became a symbol of historical justice. Today, Jerusalem is a modern, fast-growing city with a huge historical heritage.

Peace, prosperity, great success and prosperity of Georgia and the Georgian people. In recent years, Georgia has become a favorite vacation spot for Jews around the world, which has led to a special rapprochement between the Georgian and Jewish peoples.

Within a few years, the people of Georgia achieved great success in building a sovereign state. The well-being of the Georgian people, the standard of living in the country and the prestige of Georgia in the international arena are growing every year.

We are hopeful that Israel and Georgia and the peoples of these countries will follow the path of continuous development and strengthening of our relations on a sustainable and progressive basis.

On the May 23th, in the Verkhovna Rada a draft resolution was registered on the transfer of the Embassy of Ukraine to the State of Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Almost 70 deputies, representing almost all parliamentary factions of the Ukrainian parliament, came up with the initiative on the Resolution. Among them are Vadim Rabinovich, Borislav Bereza, Yuriy Bereza, Alexander Bryginets, Anton Gerashchenko, Alexey Goncharenko, Alexander Granovsky, Mikhail Dobkin, Igor Lutsenko, Georgy Logvinsky, Sergey Kaplin, Nikolai Kniazhitsky, Borislav Rozenblat, Alkesander Feldman and others.

The EAJC expresses confidence that such a friendly step as the transfer of the embassy to Jerusalem will serve to strengthen relations between countries and peoples in all areas of cooperation. The EAJC hopes that the Verkhovna Rada will consider the initiative of the deputies in the near future to take a positive decision on it.

May 19th, in Karaganda, in the synagogue “Chabad Lubavich Karaganda”, the opening ceremony of “Mikvah Israel” was held. Mikvah was built in memory of Israel ben Meir Grynshpun, a businessman and philanthropist, father of Emmanuel Grinshpun,  who assisted the Jews of the diaspora.

The ceremony was attended by the Vice-President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress Emmanuel Grinshpun, Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Republic of Kazakhstan Liat Vekselman and others Dear guests.

Mikva was built with the support of the Vice-President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, Emmanuel Grynshpun and the Keren Mikvaos Foundation.

19th – 21th May with the support of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, in Odessa, will be the 13th “Intellectual Wars 2019” festival.

Hillel’s Intellectual Wars is an unique educational project, was born in Odessa in 2007. The Hillel’s teams from the CASE region, Odessa’s Jewish organizations and teams from other cities and countries participate in the International Intellectual Games Tournament.

This year about 120 students from Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Poland, Israel and Russia will take part in the “Intellectual Wars”.

Representatives from Israel, Poland and the United States joined the teams from Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Russia.

Every year the level of the organization of the festival, the preparation of participants, the complexity of the questions become more and more quality. Besides various innovations, the festivals have become thematic. The theme of these festival – “Between the legendary lines.”

All participants will compete in knowledge of world and Jewish literature and can to know more about «Jewish» Odessa.

The delegation of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress took part in the opening ceremony of a new Jewish school in Tbilisi. The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress provided most of the total project value of $ 2.2 million.

The complex, which covers an area of ​​more than 3,700 square meters, was opened on May 2, and in September it will begin to serve the various educational needs of the Jewish community, with about 260 students.

Today about 4,000 Jews live in Georgia. The school will be one of the important symbols of the Jewish future in Georgia.