Students of Hillel Minsk – the branch of the international student Jewish organization – are continuing a ‘MEGA’ project aimed to restore Jewish cemeteries in Belarus. The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress supported the initiative since its beginning more than seven years ago. Hillel’s students and volunteers
On September 29, the opening ceremony of the monument, deidacated to the memory of thousands of Jews killed during the Holocaust, took place in the Kosaut forest near the town of Soroca in Moldova. The memorial was erected on the site were 6,300 Jews were executed
The war in Ukraine has been going on for more than a month. During this time, according to the UN, more than four million people left the country. Half of them are children. Before the outbreak of war, the Jewish community of Ukraine numbered more
The Jewish Community of the Republic of Moldova (JCRM) has organized 11 temporary accommodation centers for Ukrainian Jewish refugees all over the country. There they can receive necessary information, place to sleep and other conditions for their stay – as well as transport, food and
As a result of the war escalation on the territory of Ukraine, the local population, including Jewish people, found themselves in a difficult humanitarian situation. We cannot stand aside and must help the affected members of the Jewish community. In this regard, the leaders of
Azerbaijan will become one of the few Muslim-majority countries to officially celebrate the InternationalHolocaust Remembrance Day on January 27. This was stated by the President of the Republic Ilham Aliyev during a meeting with the President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, Rabbi Mark Schneier,
On 23 April 2021 during the second reading The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova approved the bill on amendments and additions to certain legal acts. These amendments criminalise Holocaust denial and promotion of racism, xenophobia and fascism. The Jewish Community of the Republic of
The former Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews Gillian Merron has taken her seat in the House of Lords as a Life Peer The news about Merron’s peerage was made public in last December and in January it was announced that
Photo: Ivan Kovačević EAJC congratulates the Jewish community of Montenegro with the election of the new President Mrs. Nina Ofner-Bokan. We wish Mrs. Ofner-Bokan good luck as well as successful and fruitful work for the good of the Jewish community of Montenegro. We have no
We were pleased to know that the “Bet Menachem” synagogue in Tashkent was saved from demolition. The private company “Absolute Business Trade”, which filed a lawsuit against the Tashkent Jewish Religious Community of European Jews, withdrew the claim for ownership of the land, which actually
