The Russian Jewish Congress is a non-profit charitable fund and Russian Jewish organization. It was established in 1996 by a group of Jewish businessmen, workers and religious figures with the goal of reviving Jewish life in
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
.
It unites some of the influential and prosperous
Jews in Russia
The history of the Jews in Russia and areas historically connected with it goes back at least 1,500 years. Jews in Russia have historically constituted a large religious and ethnic diaspora; the Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest pop ...
, high-standing state officers, businessmen and actors of science and culture. The RJC supports existing communities and fosters the creation of new communities. At the same time helps them to strengthen and to find their own sources of funding and stipulates terms for independently allocating funds for the local communities’ needs.
Leaders
Its administrating bodies are the Presidium, Council of Directors and Public Council. Heads of the Congress include
Vladimir Resin,
Mikhail Fridman,
Yevgenia Albats
Yevgenia Markovna Albats (russian: Евге́ния Ма́рковна Альба́ц, born 5 September 1958[Vitaly Ginzburg
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,
Yuliy Gusman,
Andrey Kozyrev
Andrei Vladimirovich Kozyrev (russian: Андре́й Влади́мирович Ко́зырев; born 27 March 1951) is a Russian politician who served as the former and the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation under Pres ...
,
Berel Lazar
Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar (born May 19, 1964), better known as Berel Lazar, is an Orthodox, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Russia in 1990. Known for his friendship with Vladimir Putin, since 2000, he has been a Chief Rabbi ...
,
Henri Reznik,
Vladimir Solovyov,
Gennady Khazanov
Gennady Viktorovich Khazanov (russian: Геннадий Викторович Хазанов; born 1 December 1945) is a Russian stand-up comedian and part-time actor. His work includes parodies of Russian and Soviet politicians, and mockery of ...
,
Matvey Ganapolsky
Matvey Yuryevich Ganapolsky (born Margolis; russian: link=no, Матвей Юрьевич Ганапольский, uk, Матвій Юрійович Ганапольський; born 14 December 1953 in Lviv) is a Russian and Ukrainian journali ...
,
Mikhail Zhvanetsky
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David Iakobachvili and others (data of the late 2004).
Checkup committee is headed by the deputy CEO of
RAO UES Yakov Urinson.
Presidents
*1996-2001:
Vladimir Gusinsky
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky (russian: Владимир Александрович Гусинский, ; born 6 October 1952) is a Russian media tycoon. He founded the Media-Most holding company that included the NTV free-to-air channel, ...
*2001:
Leonid Nevzlin
Leonid Borisovich Nevzlin (russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Не́взлин; he, לאוניד בוריסוביץ' נבזלין, born 21 September 1959) is a Russian-born Israeli businessman, investor, and philanthropist.
Nevzlin oc ...
*2001-2005:
Yevgeny Satanovsky
*2004-2005:
Vladimir Slutsker
Vladimir Iosifovich Sloutsker (russian: Владимир Иосифович Слуцкер; born Moscow, 27 August 1956) is a Russian businessman and former Federation Council (Russia), senator who represented Chuvash Republic in the Russian parlia ...
*2005-2009:
Viacheslav Kantor
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (russian: link=no, Вячеслав Моше Кантор, born on September 8, 1953 in Moscow) is a Russian businessman and philanthropist who has close ties to the Vladimir Putin regime in Russia. Kantor heads the Acr ...
*2009–present:
Yuri Kanner
Israel National Memorial to the Red Army
In 2011, the Russian Jewish Congress supported the construction of the Israel National Memorial to the Red Army in the city of
Netanya
Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate ...
a.k.a.
Victory Monument in Netanya
The Victory Monument in Netanya is a memorial marking the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The monument was erected by a decision of the Government of Israel with the consent of the Russian government. It was unveiled in a 2 ...
. The organization donated $500,000 towards the construction of the monument, which opened on June 25, 2012.
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See also
*
Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS.
References
External links
RJC website RJC website
Rabbinical organizations
Jewish organizations based in Russia
Jewish organizations established in 1996
Vladimir Gusinsky
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