The 7th WinterJew youth forum took place at the end of January in Bukovel (Ivano-Frankivskaya oblast, Ukraine). Activists from 8 countries participated in the forum.
It is with great sadness that the leaders and workers of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress have learned of the passing of Efim Gologorsky, Chairman of the Moscow Public Organization of Jewish Survivors of Ghettos and Concentration Camps, Euro-Asian Jewish Congress General Council member, veteran worker of the USSR Ministry of Energy, Power Engineer Emeritus.
President of the Jewish community of Montenegro (Euro-Asian Jewish Congress member community), EAJC General Council member Jaša Alfandari and community Vice President Jelena Đurović took part in the annual Jewish Leaders Conference in Brussels, organized by the European Jewish Association.
A session of the Union of Belarusian Jewish Public Associations and Communities Coordination Council (SBEOOO; part of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress) took place in Minsk.
On January 27, the Chairman of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress General Council, co-President of the Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations (VAAD) Ukraine Josef Zissels spoke at the opening ceremony for the “Babiy Yar: Histories and Fates” exhibition.
On January 27, the Chairman of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress General Council, co-President of the Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations (VAAD) Ukraine Josef Zissels gave an introductory speech for the participants of the Tenth Annual Round Table “Ukrainian Society and the Memory of the Holocaust: Scholarly and Educational Aspects.”
The Secretary General of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) Michael Chlenov has taken part in the solemn opening ceremony of the Holocaust Victim Remembrance Week, which has been timed to coincide with the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 72 anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army.
On January 16, 2017, the leaders and experts of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress participated in the European Forum on Antisemitism, which was organized by the German branch of the American Jewish Committee and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
Yasha Alfandari, President of the Jewish Community in Montenegro, member of the EAJC General Council, and Haris Dajch, Vice president of the Jewish Community of Belgrade will be at the end of December in Brussels, where they’ll try to convince EU officials to make the former Nazi death camp Sajmiste a historic site and the Holocaust Memorial