EAJC News

EAJC Executive Director meets with Russian Federation MP

The Acting Executive Director of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress Haim Ben Yakov has visited the Russian Federation State Duma and held negotiations with MP Natalia Kuvshinova, who is a member of the Committee for Youth Affairs. President of the Russian Union of Jewish Students, President

In rare move, Belarus Jews sound alarm over cemetery construction plan

In a rare questioning of authorities, Jewish leader in Belarus said they were “concerned” over plans to build apartments atop what used to be a Jewish cemetery in Gomel. The statement by the Union of Public Associations and Jewish Communities provided to JTA earlier this

EAJC supports Russia’s participation in renovation of the Sobibor Museum

Mikhael Mirilashvili, President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC), expressed his surprise at a decision rendered by the international managing committee charged with renovating the Sobibor Concentration Camp Museum to refuse Russia’s participation and assistance in the project. Mirilashvili noted that it is necessary to

MIKHAIL MIRILASHVILI ELECTED BY NEW PRESIDENT OF EAJC

The delegates of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC), which is currently taking place in Ramat Gan, elected the known businessman and philanthropist Mikhail Mirilashvili to the post of EAJC President. Mirilashvili was born on May 1, 1960, in the Kulashi