Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS

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Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS was created in November of 1998 to unite efforts aimed at restoring Jewish life, culture and religion in the post-Soviet states. It is a Chabad organisation and elected the Chabad chief rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar on its foundation. Lazar still heads the movement.

Its headquarters are in Moscow, Russia, and it has an office in New York, United States.

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