WJC Regional Reports 2011 - World Jewish Congress

Vyacheslav Likhachev, the EAJC General Council member and an expert on the problems of
xenophobia and intolerance.
19.02.2011 EAJC Supports Book About Professor Kaplanov
The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) provided its support for the publication of a book entitled
"Rashid Muranovich Kaplanov. Works. Interviews. Memories." The book was published by the Sefer
Center of scholars and university Judaica professors, which is a part of the Euro-Asian Jewish
Congress. The book is dedicated to the memory of the important scholar and teacher, the
longstanding chairman of the Sefer Center's Academic Board, who passed away in 2007. The book
includes the scholar's works of various years, mostly dedicated to Jewish Studies, transcripts of
some of his lectures, his reviews, essays, interviews, and the memories of those who knew him.
20.02.2011 EAJC Leader Meets With Guinea President
The President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) made a working visit to the Republic of
Guinea. The visit including a meeting with the Guinea President in the capital, Conakry, during
which the two leaders discussed a number of business and humanitarian questions.
21.02.2011 EAJC President visited the Republic of Niger
During his working visit to Africa Alexander Machkevitch, the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress President
visited the capital of the Republic of Niger, Niamey, where he met Mahamadou Issoufou, the leading
candidate for presidency in the upcoming March elections. During the meeting with the African
politician, they discussed questions of economic and social development of the republic, and
potential possibilities for cooperation.
25.02.2011 Second Session of the Russian-Israeli Cooperation Forum
The second session of RICF took place. In the summer of 2010, a new organization was created in
Moscow – the Russian-Israel Cooperation Forum (RICF). The founders of the forums were, from the
Israeli side, the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya (IDC) Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS|
and, from the Russian side, the Russian Public Policy Center (RPPC). Professor Michael Chlenov, the
Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) General Secretary became a member of the RICF Coordination
Council. The main task of the Forum is to aid in the development of the Russian-Israel relations,
and the building of a web of social and political contacts between the elites of the two countries.
24.03.2011 EAJC Assists in Publishing New Tome of "Book of Memory"
The 10th volume of the "Book of Memory of Warrior Jews Killed in Battles with Nazis" has been
published. The 12-volume publication is published by the Russian Union of Jewish Invalids and War
Veterans (SEIVV). The 10th volume includes data on 5479 Jews that served in the army. The Euro-
Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) has traditionally aided in the publishing of the work, and Alexander
Machkevitch, the EAJC President and Michael Chlenov, the EAJC Secretary General received a
special dedication on the first pages of the most recent volume.
30.03.2011 Concept of Jewish Museum Discussed in Lviv
Josef Zisels, the Chairman of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) General Council moderated a
discussion of the proposal for a Museum of Galitsian Jewish History and Culture, which took place in
the Lviv "Hesed-Arieh." It is well-known that despite an abundance of Jewish heritage accumulated
in Ukraine, the process of placing it in a museum has barely been begun. The Chernivtsy Museum of
the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews, created with EAJC help, is an exceptional case. Jewish
museums in Ukraine also include the Migdal – Jewish Museum of Odessa, and the Ukrainian Jewish
Community History and Holocaust History Museum that is planned to open in Dniepropetrovsk.
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