2008 EVENTS

2008

                                        November 27- December 3, 2008

                         INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

"Jewish Migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Different National Contexts: The Case of Germany, Israel, & the United States"

Sussex, United Kingdom

Sam Kliger was invited to present a panel on “Russian-Jewish Immigrants in the U.S.: Identity and Challenges of Integration” at Sussex University in the United Kingdom.

For a copy of the program CLICK HERE.

 

 

November 10, 2008
Sam Kliger presented a lecture on Russian Jewish Community Affairs to the Russian Jewish community in Connecticut.
 

 

          November 9, 2008

 Russian Jewish Community Foundation Charity Ball and Award Ceremony in Boston
Sam Kliger awarded the Community Leadership Award.
To view photos from the event please CLICK HERE !


 David Harris, AJC Executive Director, Ary Rotman, President RJCF, Sam Kliger, AJC Russian Division


 

 


 October 2008

 Completion of Election Research Survey
 Conducted since August on Russian Jewish voters in NewYork.

 

September 25, 2008 

AJC Meeting
With Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov

 

August 2008

AJC Delegation trip to Azerbaijan
Meeting with the President of Azerbaijan and prominent leaders of the country.









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 June 17, 2008


AJC signed association accord with the Eurasian Jewish Congress in Washington D.C.

To learn more about the accord CLICK HERE  for a Draft of the Accord, CLICK HERE.

 

 

May 2008

 Trip to Israel  

Taking part in a conference on Jewish education.

 

 

May 1, 2008
 AJC Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Panel Discussion with Russian, Israeli and German representatives.




Pictured above: Sergey Lagodinsky, Larissa Remennick, Boris Gorbis, & Igor Branovan

 

 

April 2-13, 2008
 AJC Trip to FSU Countries
Estonia, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine
AJC signed agreement of association with the Estonian Jewish Community in Tallinn

 

 

February 28, 2008

 Benjamin Netanyahu meets Russian Leadership in New York.


 

 

February 22, 2008

AJC meeting with Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN, Yuri Sergeev.

 

    February 4, 2008

Leadership Training Program Graduation Ceremony
Presentation of program completion certificates at the AJC in New York.


Clockwise from LEFT:
Sam Kliger with a graduate, the ceremony room, Peretz Goldmachter speaks
with Igor Branovan on the left and David Harris on the far left, and Igor Branovan speaks at the podium.

 

 

January 9, 2008

 20th Anniversary of Freedom Sunday

More than 150 Russian and American Jewish activists, including former refuseniks and guests,
gathered at AJC to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Soviet Jewry Movement.