Community affairs – Euro-Asian Jewish Congress https://test.eajc.org Sun, 28 Feb 2021 20:14:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 Jewish Culture and Education in Georgia https://test.eajc.org/en/portfolio/jewish-culture-and-education-in-georgia/ Wed, 01 Jan 2020 19:44:13 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?post_type=liquid-portfolio&p=11411
Region
Georgia

The purpose of the project: To increase the level of Jewish self-awareness of the younger generation, to introduce young people to the Jewish tradition and to help them learn the Jewish sources, the succession of generations and the expansion of the program participants’ program; the renewal of shortened programs; the study of Hebrew and traditions; the study of the history and culture of Jewish communities in the Euro-Asian region.

The project is implemented jointly with the Jewish Cultural and Educational Foundation (JCC)

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]]> Supporting Hillel Case https://test.eajc.org/en/portfolio/supporting-hillel-case/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:00:29 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?post_type=liquid-portfolio&p=9977
Region
Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Website
hillel.su
Social media
Facebook Hillel Kiev Hillel Odessa Hillel Kharkov Hillel Minsk

The main task of “Hillel CASE – education of the new generations of educated and enlightened Jews who are proud of their heritage, the involvement of Jewish youth in the process of the revival of Jewish life and raise a new generation of Jewish leaders, the study of Jewish history, religion, traditions and culture, the formation of Jewish identity of young Jews , the implementation of programs aimed at promoting the spiritual development of young people in education and culture.

The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress actively supports the activities of the organization and assists in the implementation of the following projects:

HAP (Hillel Art Project)

The project is conceived as a platform for professional, creative development in the company of like-minded and new friends from different cities. Under one roof collected participants from different cities of the region, led by star to teachers, the real masters of their craft to comprehend the secrets of creative professions. Every year, 30-40 participants gather in Kiev, where they painted and photographed, removed, and write, produce advertising and installation. In a word – create.

HAP- is a four-day workshop consisting of lectures, workshops and creative studios. This is a great opportunity to socialize and make new friends in gilelevskoy family

The project involves the introduction of actively produced during the workshop skills and knowledge into practice “Hillel” in the field, as well as creating the actual product operations for the 4 days of the seminar, applicable in further Hilel’s life.

HAP includes the four artistic direction:

– Video: try for yourself and learn all the nuances of shooting (script, directing, shooting, editing) within the format “48 hours”?

– Theater. Participation in staging theatrical process, acting work, in parallel with the obtaining of relevant knowledge (rhetoric, stage speech, acting)

– Media. Getting knowledge and practical skills of modern media technologies. Blogging and vlogs, the subtleties of creating content for the social. networks

– Art. A study of trends in contemporary art, as well as the creation of installations, the creation of individual creative products.

Intellectual wars

The international tournament on the popular smart games. Intelligent War Hillel – a unique educational project, born in Odessa in 2007. The International tournament on intellectual games involving teams “Hillel» CASE region, Odessa Jewish organizations and teams from other cities and countries. Since 2013 the festival has received the status “International”. For teams from Belarus, Moldova and Russia were joined by representatives of Israel. In 2018, for the first time in history, USA representatives joined.

Summer Forum

Every year in late August, “Hilel” gathers more than 150 new kids on the Black Sea, to, acquaint them with programs and projects that inspire “Hillel”. Top madrichim trained in gilelevskoy “School madrichim” prepared for the participants of a unique thematic program, which will never be repeated. Five days of educational and entertainment programs, intellectual battles, interesting meetings, new friends, good mood and positive sea, contribute to the fact that most children become regular participants of our programs, and eventually many of them can be seen among the activists and leaders of the “Hillel” of their cities.

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]]> Support of the organization “Hillel” Russia https://test.eajc.org/en/portfolio/support-of-the-organization-hillel-russia/ Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:27:58 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?post_type=liquid-portfolio&p=9979
Region
Russia
Website
hillel.ru
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Hillel Russia – part of the world’s largest Jewish student organization that introduces young people to the history, traditions, values and culture of the Jewish people.

Hillel Russia was formed in 1994 with the mission of strengthening Jewish identity among young people and encouraging them to actively participate in the life of the global Jewish community. The focus of Hillel’s cultural activity – informal study of Jewish history and traditions, introduction to Israel and participation in leadership and volunteer programs.

The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress supports various Hillel Russia projects, including:

• Madrichim School – an intensive three-month training course for madrichs in non-formal Jewish education. The school of madrichim educates leaders who are well-versed in matters of Jewish culture and history, able to organize, captivate and pass their knowledge onto others.

• Young Jewish Leaders: Student Leadership and Self-Government – a program that develops and supports a new generation of leaders in the Jewish communities of Russia. Participants implement their projects over the course of six months, after which the best project managers undergo special trainings at Hillel and participate in Moscow shabbatons. The program contributes to the enrichment of Jewish life in Russia and the awakening of Jewish identity among its participants.

• Online Course: Leading Shabbat – preparatory crash course for Shabbat leaders to learn about the culture of Shabbat in webinar format with the help of rabbis, cultural scientists and Jewish leaders. The two best participants, based on test results, will be rewarded with a trip to a Hillel of another city with the possibility of leading a Shabbat for local youth.

• Student initiatives, including tsevet and volunteering:

— Tsevet supports and gives new knowledge to active students of Hillel – madrichs or project coordinators.

— Volunteering – support program targeting volunteer initiatives. The project aims to support and develop the motivation of community activists in Russia.

• Professional Training – four-day conference for all Hillel Russia staff to increase knowledge in areas of work, exchange of experience and professional development.

• Jewish Holidays – student celebrations of the main Jewish holidays: Purim, Pesach, Rocha ha-Shanu, Hanukkah, etc. Each time the program includes something new: parties, picnics, seminars and lectures.

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]]> Sunday educational platform “JFuture” https://test.eajc.org/en/portfolio/sunday-educational-platform-jfuture/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:45:45 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?post_type=liquid-portfolio&p=9986
Region
Baku (Azerbaijan), Bobruisk, Minsk (Belarus), Tbilisi (Georgia), Mumbai (India), Tomsk (Russia), Kishinev (Moldova), Tokyo (Japan), Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Podgorica (Montenegro), Bukhara (Uzbekistan), Chernivtsi (Ukraine)
Website
j-future.org
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JFuture – Sunday educational platform with the use of new technologies and teaching methods, where children and parents will get new knowledge, take advices from professional specialists and can spend time productively in a warm family atmosphere.

Creating a JFuture – an educational platform to involve non-affiliated Jewish families and strengthen the Jewish heritage.

Principles:

  • Jewish heritage: studying the history and traditions of Jewish people
  • Novelty in learning: A system of unique, creative, and intellectual development that helps to open up and “unlock the potential”. Studying process based on STEAM approach stands for Science (Science), Technologies (Technology), Engineering (Engineering), Art (Art) and Math (Mathematics). All these components are related to the most promising and prospective sectors and areas of the future.
  • Global Jewish Network: the feeling of unity of the Jewish people, regardless of the place of living, a sense of belonging to the global Jewish community.
  • Warm family atmosphere: A platform where you can discuss topics of interest, learn, develop and feel like at home.

JFuture platform opens on the basis of a community center. The project involves weekly Sunday meetings for groups of children and parents.

Participants unite in age groups: J-fan 5–6 years old, J-lab 7–9 years old, J-prof 10–12 years old, parents. In each age group – from 6 to 15 people. Lessons are held in different formats: separately for children and parents and once a month for all groups together. Sunday platform includes 3 hours of productive classes for each age group. It is suggested to have 15-minute breaks for participants between classes (if possible).

Project programs are developed by leading experts and are based on best practices. They are interactive and focused on practical application. In each lesson we use multimedia equipment (interactive Smartboard, projector, etc.). Lessons are developed for three age groups, taking into account individual age features. For the smallest, we use lego-technology. This makes the lesson unusual, interesting, attracts children’s attention and allows them to better absorb the material.

For all questions related to the project, you can contact the EAJC Israeli branch:  info@test.eajc.org

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]]> Institute for Euro-Asian Jewish Studies https://test.eajc.org/en/portfolio/institute-for-euro-asian-jewish-studies/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:51:12 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?post_type=liquid-portfolio&p=9988
Website
institute.test.eajc.org
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The Institute for Euro-Asian Jewish Studies (IEAJS), founded by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, is envisioned as an academic think-tank and platform for academic and professional exchange among leading experts that study Jewish communities of the Former Soviet Union, Balkan and Asian countries, as well as “transnational Jewish diasporas”—communities that are detached from their countries of origin.

The Institute will facilitate academic and applied studies that examine the current affairs and needs of Euro-Asian Jewish communities, their social and political standing in their host countries, as well as their relations with the State of Israel and other global and regional powers. It will also investigate Jewish migration processes and the historical, cultural and political heritage of these communities.

Communities, organizations included in the EAJC and Congress partners can assist in researching and collecting materials, selecting authors for publications, developing proposals and ordering projects (including their co-financing). Moreover, they can help organizing presentations of the Institute’s materials.

The institute, in partnership with colleagues from the countries of the former USSR, has launched a large-scale sociological study “Jewish communities of the post-Soviet space: the current state and the dynamic trends”. The study includes a survey of the Jewish (in the broad sense of the word) population of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Moldova in order to understand the development of the Jewish and other ethnic identities of these communities better, as well as to observe the current trends in the formation of Jewish communities. Additionally, the survey will help to evaluate the preferred mechanisms of joining the Jewish community by non-Jewish and mixed origin individuals. Moreover, it will help to examine migration dynamics, socio-economic status of various groups of Jews of these countries and their relationship to Israel.

The institute will be happy to assist communities in organizing this survey, and will provide them with the results of this study, which, in our opinion, should help in their future work planning.

  

Contact

Prof. Zeev (Vladimir) Khanin – Chairman of the Academic Council of the Institute
z.khanin@eajc.com

Dr. Haim Ben-Yaakov – Director of the Institute
haim@test.eajc.org

Dr. Velvl Chernin – Director of Publishing Projects
Velvl1@yandex.ru
v.chernin@test.eajc.org

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]]> Support of the Sefer Center https://test.eajc.org/en/portfolio/support-of-the-sefer-center/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 12:04:42 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?post_type=liquid-portfolio&p=9992
Region
FSU
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The International Public Organization “Sefer” is an association of researchers and university lecturers of Judaica which exists since 1994. This organization supports students, graduates and academic workers in all areas of Judaism studies, contributing to the development of scientific research in this field.

Today, “Sefer” is the largest organization in the post-Soviet space, which unites all those who are involved in the research of Jewish civilization, its heritage and studies of the current situation of Jewish communities. The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress supports the activities of «Sefer» and assists in the implementation of large-scale international conferences, publishing activities and youth programs.

Center “Sefer” contributes to the establishment of the intercultural and interreligious dialogue in the post-Soviet space and the development of interest in Jewish studies, history and culture. Moreover, it focuses on the improving the quality of teaching Judaism in the universities.

Sefer’s activities are not limited to academic frameworks: the project plays a huge educational role in Jewish communities, preserving the memory of traditions and the life structure of the Jews in the Eurasian region.

Sefer’s conferences are the most important platform for the meetings of Jewish scientific organizations’ leaders, where people can share their experience. In 2018, in Moscow was held the 25th Anniversary International Conference of Judaica, where a special place was given to the State of Israel, its history, modernity and ties with Diasporas. Another important event was the International Conference from the cycle “The Culture of Slavs and the Culture of Jews: Dialogue, Similarities, Differences».

Sefer’s schools play a significant role in the preparation of the young professionals who are interested in studying Jewish cultural heritage, history and etc. The ethnographic and epigraphic areas of field work allow closer acquaintance with the traditions and family history of Jewish communities.

Sefer’s publishing activity is one of the main sites for research publications in the field of Jewish civilization. The project provides such publications as a yearbook for young researchers “Tirosh”, a yearbook on studying the interaction of Slavic and Jewish culture, a periodical Judaic-Slavic Journal and materials on the results of field studies.

Additionally, educational activities of “Sefer” are highly developed – they include webinars and video lectures for the general public in order to open up a worldwide access to communication with the leading experts and to give more possibilities of familiarization with the latest results of their researches.

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]]> Theatrical Competition “Memory of the people” https://test.eajc.org/en/portfolio/theatrical-competition-memory-of-the-people/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:11:51 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?post_type=liquid-portfolio&p=9994
Region
Russia

The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, in conjunction with the Youth Parliament under the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, held a theater festival-contest dedicated to the memory of Holocaust victims – “The Memory of the People” in order to preserve the memory of the events of the Holocaust tragedy. The organizers and partners of the contest were also the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, the Russian Peace Foundation and Russian Union of Jewish Students.

The competition involved youth creative teams of Russia; it consists of two stages, regional and federal. Participants presented their work to the regional organizing committee, the best teams showed their performances in Moscow.

The winner of the contest in 2018 and the winner of the prize for “Best Performance” was the only Russian theater studio organized in the orphanage. The performance “Memory”, presented by the theater-studio “Children’s Island” of the Ivanovo Special (Correctional) Children’s Home Rainbow, received the majority of the jury’s votes. The organizers and partners of the “Memory of the People” contest announced that the contest will be held every year.

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]]> Publication of the book “The popular history of Bukharian Jews” https://test.eajc.org/en/portfolio/publication-of-the-book-the-popular-history-of-bukharian-jews/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:20:45 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?post_type=liquid-portfolio&p=10000
Region
Russia
Year
2019

“Popular History of Bukharian Jews” was recently published, with a support of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress. The authors, Ilya Dvorkin and Markel Fazylov, have covered a rich history of Bukharian Jews for almost 2600 years:  from the Persian Empire period (6th century B.C.) through the Bukhara Khanate foundation (16th century) to Russian Empire (19-20th centuries), including the Soviet period.

The purpose of the book is to present the history of Bukharian Jews in a comprehensible and lively manner. The book refers to little-known pages of history. Of particular interest is investigation of Jewish communities in the Central Asia settlements. Through thoughts and memories of particular people, the reader can see the changes in the authorities’ policy towards the Jews, and the effect it had on their legal and economic state. Important to note, the history of Bukharian Jews is shown in a book not only on the basis of statistics and archival documents.

Along with the opinions of scientists and travelers, the book contains reasonings and judgments of the Bukharian Jews themselves, which is extremely important for a deep understanding of nation’s culture and ethnography.

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]]> Support of educational project “Taglit” https://test.eajc.org/en/portfolio/support-of-educational-project-taglit/ Sun, 25 Nov 2018 17:50:56 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?post_type=liquid-portfolio&p=8137
Region
FSU
News

Taglit-Birthright Israel connects young Jews to the State of Israel as well as to their Jewish identity through a free ten-day educational tour of the country. Over the past 18 years, Taglit-Birthright Israel has opened the eyes of hundreds of thousands of trips participants to the people and the land of Israel. The trip aims to build an understanding, friendship, and lasting bond with the land and people of Israel and to reinforce the solidarity of the Jewish people worldwide.

Taglit-Birthright Israel is considered the most successful and largest Zionist project in the Jewish world. Taglit-Birthright Israel has a unique, historical and innovative partnership between the Government of Israel, thousands of individual donors and private philanthropists, and Jewish communities around the world.

Since its inception in 1999, over 600,000 Jews from over 66 countries have participated in the free 10-day educational tour of Israel. Of these over 90,000 young Israeli soldiers (from prestigious units of the IDF) and students have joined various groups on their tours.

The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress announced the support of the Taglit project in 2018. Thanks to this decision, hundreds of Jewish boys and girls from these communities will have the opportunity to visit Israel free of charge as part of the educational visit. Many of them will have the opportunity to visit Israel for the first time. Cooperation between the EAJC and the Taglit organization will significantly increase the number of participants from Eastern Europe and Asia already this year.

Mikhael Mirilashvili, president of The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, said: “As the President of The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, I am glad for the opportunity to take part in this important event, bringing together the State of Israel and young Jews from the diaspora. Birthright Israel’s participants get a special glimpse into our historic homeland, its rich past and promising future. Whether this trip remains a brief experimentation or becomes a meaningful part of their being and identity– is up for each participant to determine on his own. What matters is that every Jew, wherever he may be, will have a place reserved in his heart for Israel and for his connection with his people. Our vast heritage and unique culture are the shared basis we can build our individual and collective future on”.

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]]> Mahar Conference in Montenegro https://test.eajc.org/en/portfolio/mahar-conference-in-montenegro/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:37:44 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?post_type=liquid-portfolio&p=10004
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Montenegro
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Mahar conference is held every year in Chernogoriya. Each year more than 300 people participate in the conference, representing the communities of Jews of Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia. The conference is organized by the Montenegrin Jewish community under the patronage of the EAJC.

First of all, Mahar is a platform for acquaintance of Jews living in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. These communities are weak and sometimes feel cut off from the great Jewish world. The annual conference gives these communities a sense of belonging to the global Jewish community and strengthens them. In addition, the Mahar conference is a unique opportunity to enjoy a diverse cultural program.

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