Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS

Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS
Founded August 1, 1997 (1997-08-01)[1]
13-3970940[2]
Legal status 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Location
Services Provides programming and funding to member Jewish umbrella organizations in fifteen countries through the former Soviet Union and United States.
Director
 David Mondshine[2]
Director
 Berel Lazar[2]
Director
 Shlomo Peles[2]
Revenue (2013)
$33,871,857[2]
Expenses (2013) $20,778,659[2]
Employees (2012)
8[2]
Mission To restore Jewish life, culture, and religion in the former Soviet Union.[2]
Website fjc.ru

Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS (FJC) is a Jewish organisation dedicated to restoring Jewish life, culture and religion in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the former Soviet Union. The FJC was founded on August 1, 1997.[1]

Current heads of the organization are:

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

FJC have a total of 454 affiliated member communities throughout the former USSR.[3]

Russia

The 171 member communities of FJC in Russia[4] are as follows:

Member Community Rabbi Local Leader
Abakan Grigory Pekhotnik & V. Adyanov
Achinsk Ilya Grinberg
Anapa Iosif Rogelberg & Tatiana Shaulova
Angarsk Roman Mattern
Arkhangelsk Vladimir Bovykin, Boris Litvak, Vadim Kalinin & Zhanna Bovykina.
Armavir Vladimir Armer
Arsenyev Vitaliy Nikitin, Isaak Myasnikov, Grigoriy Rosenblum, Elena Lazareva & Anton Zazontov.
Artem Boris Shlemov
Astrakhan Rabbi Shlomo Goldenberg Yuri Feldman & Larisa Russ.
Balakovo Dmitriy Adrianov
Balashov Vladimir Vendrov
Barnaul Rabbi Isroel Noah Kamenetsky Sergey Leonov & Mila Nezdatnaya.
Belgorod Yury Grisko, Lola Kolpina & Shtalman Elena.
Birobidzhan Rabbi Mordechai Scheiner Lev Toitman
Biysk Yan Ozornin
Blagoveschensk Valeri Malinovsky, Olga Ponyaeva & Konstantin Trusevich.
Borovichi Eduard Alexeyev, Ekaterina Isakova, Natalia Putzyp & Vasili Rubin.
Bratsk Sergey Gluzberg, Anastasia Spiritus & Yuriy Leiderman.
Bryansk Rabbi Mendel Zaklos Lev Linkov, Galina Komarova & Tatiana Roitman.
Buinaksk Rafik Pashaev & Karina Hudadatova.
Chebarkul Boris Goslavsky
Cheboksary Iosif Vinokur
Chelyabinsk Rabbi Meir Kirsh Abram Zhuk, Yosef Gotzkozik, Liza Zlutkina & Tatiana Bakalinskaya.
Cherepovetz Alexander Chernigov
Cherkessk Vitaliy Milikovsky & Eleonora Erchenko.
Chita Boris Eremin
Derbent Rabbi Ovadiya Isakov Meer Mishiev & Pangoda Shaulov .
Dmitrovgrad Grigoriy Liberman
Dubna Aleksandr Ksenofontov
Dzerzhinsk Rabbi Pinchas Klimash Roman Zitzer
Elista Igor Kononov
Engels Viktor Birbraer
Gelenjik Evgeny Skvortzov & Georgy Darov
Goryachy Klyuch Lev Shneiderman
Irkutsk Rabbi Aaron Wagner Vladimir Chazanov, Menachem Mendel Pikerski & Lena Feldman.
Ivanovo Ervin Kirshtein, Nadezhda Kochina & Roza Puhova.
Izhevsk Yakov Maltzev, Mark Goldin & Larisa Shekhter.
Kaliningrad Rabbi David Shvedik Zinoviy Yakobson, Vyacheslav Kaminsky & Olga Kozlovskaya.
Kaluga Vladimir Feldman & Svetlana Pruzhanskaya.
Kamensk-Uralsky Vladimir Chukhman
Kasimov Mikhail Lipkovker, Yuri Kosarev & Vladimir Akutin.
Kazan Rabbi Yitzchak Gorelik Alexander Velder, Iosif Beskin, Ludmila Sheina, Svetlana Russ, Anna Velder, Petr Grachev & Elena Frenkel.
Kemerovo Ilya Bondarenko & Leonid Rukman.
Khabarovsk Rabbi Yakov Snetkov Mark Arshinsky, Sofia Levinzon, Roman Nazarenov, Stella Rud, Natalia Nedosekina, Natalia Nikolaeva, Inna Strelova, Yuli Ginsburg, V. Rud, Dina Aksman, Marina Ilyschenko, Emma Furland, Dmitriy Katzman, Eduard Mosin & A. Vainer.
Kineshma Vladimir Mladenov & Shlundina Ludmila.
Kirov Boris Yevlinsky
Kislovodsk Mihail Blayberg & Victoria Lanovaya.
Klintzy Max Pinsky, Ludmila Savchenko, Sofia Strobinskaya, Lev Veberov & Iosif Azarov.
Komsomolsk-on-Amur Viktor Ivanov & Grigoriy Leiserovich.
Korkino Semen Nukhimzon
Korsakov Leonid Mironov
Kostroma Rabbi Nison Ruppo Aharon Shtykov, Nyusya Goldshtein, Alexander Kochman, Ida Nechayeva, Larisa Shub, Galina Skarzhinskaya, Alla Ryzhanskaya, Sara Feyman, Mikhail Geidman, Yelena Tchaikovsky & Rafail Blumberg.
Krasnodar Rabbi Shneur Segal Yuri Teitelbaum, Mariana Kisaeva & Yevgeny Alexeyenko.
Krasnoturinsk Vladimir Loginov
Krasnoyarsk Rabbi Benyamin Wagner Yuri Livshitz, David Gershevich, Boris Vagner, Seray Shenberger & Evgeny Krivitckiy.
Kurgan Gary Dobrusin & Anneta Kasianova.
Kursk Rabbi Meir Hertzel Boris Diner, Alla Diner & Alla Volokhova.
Kuznetzk Mikhail Trabinovich
Kyshtym Semen Katz
Lipetsk Naum Shaknyuk
Lubavichi
Magadan Nikolai Matlakhov & Boris Levin.
Magnitogorsk Izya Kotlyar & Svetlana Kotlyar.
Mahachkala Shimi Dibyayev & Boris Izmailov.
Maikop Yakov Frenkel, Svetlana Sirenko & M. Vinnik.
Malakhovka Rabbi Moshe Tamarin Mikhail Glimcher & Borukh Fikh.
Miass Ilya Gershtein
Minusinsk Daniil Reznitzky
Moscow Rabbi Berel Lazar, Rabbi Boruch Kleinberg, Rabbi Shlomo Lediev, Rabbi Avraham Bekerman, Rabbi Avraham Elashvili, Rabbi Daniel Belyak, Rabbi Yosef Marzel, Rabbi Avraham Livshitz, Rabbi Yakov Fridman, Rabbi Yaakov Klein, Rabbi Nochum Leidiker, Rabbi Shmuel Kuperman, Rabbi Yosef Khersonsky, Rabbi Yosef Lipsker, Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Goldberg, David Mondshine, Mordechai Weisberg. Simona Mishulovin, Uri Spasky, Aaron Golovchiner, Dr Shaya Shafit, Yakov Leviev, Natan Morgunovsky, Meyeris Zatcepinskas, Alexander Boroda, Sergey Sladkov, Mihail Schypak, Zeyev Kuravsky, Anatoli Norshtein, Miriam Barenbaum, Caroline Polani, Yosef Verzub, Oleg Listenr, Evgenia Nazarova, Boruch Gorin, Alexander Lakshin, Alexander Tsaluk, Golda Tamarina, Vladimir Podolny, Manahim Manahimov, Liya Lyubovnaya, Leah Ratner, Emma Kostyukovskaya, Galina Evtushenko, Vladimir Davidov, Yehuda Bronfman & Avraham Grozman.
Mozdok Valeri Inotaev & Tatiana Nazarova.
Murmansk Ilya Raskin & Rudolf Dolgin.
Murom Yakov Sverdlov
Mytischi Rabbi Aaron Gurevich Gennadiy Kureneez
Naberezhnye Chelny Yevgeniy Kogan
Nadym Boris Kuperman
Nakhodka Aron Ladizhensky & Galina Konovalova
Nalchik Rabbi Levi Shabayev Boris Izgiyaev, Rafail Babaev, V. Perelgut & Gersil Rubinov.
Naryan-Mar Valeri Kononov
Nevinnomyssk Isak Bunimovich
Nizhnekamsk Arnold Miller
Nizhny Novgorod Rabbi Shimon Bergman & Rabbi Menachem Rabinovich. Eduard Chaprak, Marina Pashton, Susanna Turaeva, Ekena Derechinskaya, Zhanna Vitebskaya, V. Yankov, I. Serebro, Dvora Fisher, Oleg Sharno.
Nizhny Tagil Yakov Raizman, Olga Chausovchkaya, Elena Shmakova, Svetlana Timofeeva & Anna Dubnova.
Norilsk Mikhail Shusterman, Anna Suhinina & Sofia Gaznetskaya.
Novgorod Veliky Rabbi Gershon Paley Grigory Fainberg
Novocherkassk Alexander Stepanov, Boris Legran & Susanna Kulakova
Novokuibyshevsk Aron Bergal
Novokuznetsk Yuri Medovy
Novorossiyisk Dmitry Bekker & L. Saraf.
Novosibirsk Rabbi Zalman Zaklos Semion Osherov, Yefim Zingel
Novouralsk Oleg Kornechug & Anatoliy Kandalov.
Novozybkov Vladimir Reznikov & Svetlana Chichelanova.
Obninsk Zakhar Ser
Omsk Rabbi Osher Krichevsky Leonid Khait, Ilya Edelshtein, S. Sosnitskaya, Sara Batushanskaya, Yana Shivelina, Yakov Birlyant, Roman Simakhov & Galina Vatrushkina.
Orenburg Rabbi Goel Mayers Zinoviy Eidlitz, Igor Savilizon, Lyudmila Fokina & Svetlana Nudelman.
Orsk Boris Bruk
Oryol Semion Livshitz, Igor Trusov, Evgenia Stemouhova, Ludmila Livshitz, Tatiana Tretiakova & Anna Krylova.
Ozersk Anatoliy Feldman
Partizansk Yevgeny Grunberg & Svetlana Khristenko.
Perm Rabbi Zalman Deutch & Rabbi Boruch Kabarnovsky. Aron Zismanov, Svetlana Baranova, Efraim Benyaminov, Igor Ternavskiy, Konstantin Dolganovsky & Ludmila Zakharova.
Pervouralsk Aleksandr Narbutovskikh
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Sergey Kurbatov, Evgenia Latman & Felix Grinberg.
Petrozavodsk Dmitry Tsvibel, Natalia Kuzmenko, Alexander Modylevskiy & Igor Plugatavenko.
Polevskoy Mikhail Benkovsky & Bronislava Rovinskaya
Priozersk Yakov Slobitker
Prokopyevsk Sergey Senchurov
Pskov Roman Kagan, Leonid Eiberman, Anna Yuryeva, Irina Konvershikova & Oleg Fedorov.
Pushkino, Russia Michail Masluk & Roman Ragimov.
Revda Boris Rebitzky & Olga Dryagina.
Roslavl Viktor Goryachkin
Rostov-on-Don Rabbi Chaim Fridman Yuri Rubinov, Svetlana Kreneva, Ludmila Rubinova, Tamara Popova & Anna Knysh.
Ryazan Leonid Reznikov, Elena Shvalb, Mastbaum Mihail & Valeria Reznikova.
Rybinsk Leonid Berkovsky & Irina Falevich.
St Petersburg Rabbi Menachem Mendel Pewzner, Rabbi Tzvi Pinski, Rabbi Meir Kozlovskiy & Rabbi Chaim Tolochinsky. Mark Grubarg, Avrohom Arshinov, Valeri Stolov, Iosif Razran, Tamaz Sepiashvili, Barukh Finkelshtein, Masha Arshinova, Arina Sominsky & Regina Shmidt.
Salavat Grigory Yurovsky
Samara Rabbi Shlomo Deutch Mikhail Safronchik, Evgeniya Krasnitskaya, Maya Borzova, Svetlana Grishkina & Irina Fainberg.
Sarapul Anatoly Rusinov
Saratov Rabbi Yakov Kubichek Boris Berzon, Margarita Karlysheva & Mark Khosh.
Sarov Alexander Matushkin
Serov Vladimir Ratnovsky
Severodvinsk Mikhail Simkin, Olga Behter, Lia Popova-Furie & Yana Nortina.
Shakhty Isaak Mindlin
Sharya Oleg Vilensky
Smolensk Rabbi Levi Mondshine Zinovi Agranat, Marianna Volkomorova, Galina Tcurieva, Tatiana Petunina & Margarita Raiskina.
Sochi Rabbi Arye Edelkopf Isaak Shvartzburd, Borislav Yegudin & Stas Liubransky.
Spassk-Dalny Lev Baskin & Lidia Baskina.
Sretensk Alexander Yakobson & Viktor Yakobson
Stavropol Efim Fainer & Vladimir Shif.
Sterlitamak
Surazh Mikhail Gusakov
Surgut Igor Zhivotikov
Svetly Yar Aron Gandelman, Natalia Evseeva & Inna Motornaya.
Syktyvkar Leonid Zilberg & Olga Moiseevich.
Syzran Lev Kushner
Taganrog Tankha Oterstein & Olga Urshanskaya.
Tambov Arkady Farba, Mikhail Kliot, Yaroslava Starostenko, Galina Mechkovskaya & Yuri Shpilberg.
Togliatti Rabbi Meir Fisher Alexander Nagelberg, Zoya Prischepova & Yana Zavaltovsky.
Tomari Vladimir Bystritzkiy
Tomsk Rabbi Levi Kaminetsky Yuriy Zelvensky & Baruch Romatsky.
Troitzk Shulya Shehtman & Elisaveta Shehtman.
Tuapse Yakov Naruzhniy
Tula Lev Raikhlin & Evgenia Raihlina.
Udomlya Grigoriy Gringlaz
Ufa Rabbi Dan Krichevsky Semen Livshitz, Alevtina Yakimova, Igor Zaydenberg, Vadim Nesterov, Mark Skundin, Boris Brondz, Boris Fridlyand, Alevtina Yakimova, Semen Spivak, Klavdiya Kiseleva, Marina Kolabukhova, Raisa Rubashkina, Valentina Lukianova, Ella Senderovich & Shoshana Tzirelson.
Uglegorsk Grigoriy Krumer
Ukhta Alexander Persidsky
Ulan-Ude Vladimir Balandin, Evgeny Chistiakov, Nina Babenko & Vladimir Petushkeev.
Ulyanovsk Rabbi Yosef Morozov Mikhail Livshitz, M. Engavatyh & V. Chapanina.
Unecha Vladimir Bolotin
Ussuriysk Leonid Kaplan
Velikie Luki Alexander Kunitza, Anatoliy Marchenko, Anna Rehiashvili, Olga Ivanova & Margarita Simonovich.
Verkhnyaya Pyshma Boris Kaufman
Vladikavkaz Mark Petrushansky, Alexander Kravetz & Natalia Karlova.
Vladimir Lev Shamaev
Vladivostok Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein Gregory Klebanov & Vladimir Yanklevich.
Volgograd Rabbi Zalman Yoffe Erlich Aronov, Valentina Grimalovskaya, Yelizaveta Bulgacheva, Yelena Abramova, Yelena Nikitina, Irina Karnakova, Vera Kuznetsova, Inna Chizhikova, Ludmila Tolstykh, Yelizaveta Bulgacheva, Yuri Karnakov, Olga Khoroshilova & Miriam Maximova.
Vologda Semen Nakhmanovich
Volzhsky Gary Tarlovsky & Sofia Kotliar.
Vorkuta Vitaliy Velikovsky & Grigoriy Sushansky.
Voronezh Stanislav Nezhelsky
Vyazma Vladimir Krepkanovich & Lidia Chinareva.
Vyborg Lev Kreimer, Abel Shlozberg & Olga Pozdniakova.
Yakutsk Alexander Gommershtadt & Sara Lifshitz.
Yekaterinburg Rabbi Zelig Ashkenazi Yakov Soskin, Elvira Babich, Yulia Uster, Vladimir Raputov, Sergey Usov, Anna Savelyeva, Alexander Savelyev, Yaffa Barkan, Yekaterina Lapinskaya, Ludmila Gitelman, Isaak Soskin, Boris Weisberg & Irina Tsyvyanova.
Yeletz Igor Levin
Yoshkar-Ola Mark Aron & Vil Khayet.
Yurga Mikhail Kaplan, V. Makarovskiy & Svetlana Kaplan.
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Veneslav Kotman
Zadonsk Alexander Gomenyuk
Zelenograd Yuri Yuranov
Zhukovsky Efim Shoikhet
Zlatoust Ilya Yudovich, Evdokia Krohina & Svetlana Biketova.

EnerJew

EnerJew is a Jewish youth movement that was created in the year 2013. This movement is active in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, its activities are aimed at creating a deep bond between Jewish teenagers and their cultural heritage. EnerJew has grown at a considerable pace and by the year 2015 had 1,800 teenage members between the ages of 13 and 18 in 25 cities in various countries in the region. EnerJew aims to make young people an active and integral part of the Jewish community. EnerJew develops activities for young people and promotes the practice of Judaism so that they gradually become integrated into the community. EnerJew provides young people with the necessary knowledge and skills to train future leaders of the communities. The movement focuses on three key areas: connection, continuity and initiative.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS, Inc." Division of Corporations. New York State Department of State. Accessed December 17, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS. Guidestar. July 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Lag B'Omer Across the Former Soviet Union". Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Russia communities". Fjc.ru. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
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