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VIDEO: Redeeming the Captives —
Commemorating the 40th Anniversary
of the Soviet Jewry Movement

Redeeming the Captives —  Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Soviet Jewry Movement

Books by David Harris

Russian Jewish Affairs Committee

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2009

 

      

  • September 22- October 1, 2009: Diplomatic Marathon

     

    From September 22 to October 1, 2009, American Jewish Committee delegation met with a number of  Foreign Ministers from the countries of the  Former Soviet Union, who arrive to New York for the opening of the General Assembly of the United Nations.  AJC met with Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.  At these meetings, matters of importance to the world and Jewish communities were discussed, including Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Israel and Middle East issues, anti-Semitism and other areas of concern addressed.

     

    С 22 до 27 сентября  делегация Американского Еврейского Комитета встретилась с Министрами иностранных дел стран бывшего  Советского Союза, которые прибыли в Нью-Йорк на открытие Генеральной Ассамблеи ООН.   АЕК  встретился с Азербайджаном, Эстонией, Грузией, Казахстаном, Латвией, Литвой, Россией, Украиной и Узбекистаном.  На этих встречах обсуждались вопросы, беспокоящие мировое сообщество и еврейские общины, в том числе ядерные амбиции Ирана, проблемы безопасности Израиля и мира на Ближнем Востоке, рост антисемитизма и другие вопросы.   

  •  September 24, 2009


  •  The AJC protests against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's
    presence at the United Nations:

     

  • September 9, 2009

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  • Russian Language Bill Signing Ceremony


  • Governor David A. Paterson invites you to attend the

    Russian Language Bill Signing Ceremony

    (518) 474-2150

     

    The Russian Language Bill directs the New York City Board of Elections

    to furnish voting materials in Russian as well as English.


    10:30 AM

    Shorefront Y

    3300 Coney Island Avenue

    Brooklyn NY


     

  •   September 2, 2009

     

    AJC Meeting with European Azerbaijan Society

     

    On September 2, 2009, Dr Samuel Kliger, Aaron Jacob, and Doug Lieb of the American Jewish Committee met with the delegation of the European Azerbaijan Society at its request to discuss the society’s activities in Europe and in the U.S.   The EAS seeks to provide information about Azerbaijan to Americans, facilitate mutual understanding, and raise awareness of the economic opportunities for western countries working with Azerbaijan.  The society also wants to promote the Azerbaijani connection to the Jewish community, and to build its presence in Israel.  EAS is willing to cooperate with AJC on a wide range of political and social issues and human rights issues.

  • 2 сентября 2009, Сэм Клигер, Арон Джекоб, и Даг Либ из Американского Еврейского Комитета встретились с делегацией Европейского Общества Азербайджана, по их просьбе, чтобы обсудить деятельность общества в Европе и в США. ЕОА будет предоставлять Американцам информацию об Азербайджане способствовать взаимопониманию, и возможностям экономического сотрудничество с западными странами. Общество также хочет также развивать отношения с еврейской общиной в США и сотрудничать с Израилем.  ЕОА также надеется сотрудничать с АЕК по широкому спектру политических и социальных вопросов и проблем прав человека.

  • July 7, 2009:      

    TELE BRIDGE; MOSCOW --- > NEW YORK
  • 7ого юля в Общественной палате в Москве прошол видеомост Москва-Нью-Йорк.

    Вместе с американскими общественниками члены ОП обсудили вопросы как; роль общественных организаций в вопросах взаимоотношений между государствами? развитие российско-американские отношения после встречи двух Президентов в Москве и т.д. В Москве участовали члены Общественной палаты РФ Александр Брод, Мария Слободская, Петр Шелищ, Александр Соколов, Сергей Ряховский. В Нью-Йорке участвовали: писатель, публицист Давид Гай; социолог Сэм Клигер; адвокат Игорь Додин; историк Светлана Данилова; редактор газеты «Форум» Михаил Немировский, а также представители американских НПО.

The American Jewish Committee remarks through their media updates:

AJC Co-Hosts Video Conference on Obama Moscow Visit

"AJC's Russian Division, in cooperation with the Moscow Bureau of Human Rights and the Public House of the Russian Federation, co-hosted an international video conference on President Obama's visit to Moscow. Sam Kliger, director of AJC's Russian Division, and Alexander Brod, director of the Moscow Bureau of Human Rights, who co-hosted the two-hour event, focused discussion on the role of non-governmental organizations in strengthening U.S.-Russian relations."

 

 

  • May 7, 2009: The Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C. -- "Russian Jewish Immigrants to the United States: Identity and Integration Challenges"

Dr. Sam Kliger was invited to examine the identity and integration difficulties encountered by the Russian Jewish Immigrants to the US. In an attempt to continue existing as a distinct socio-cultural group (though heterogeneous within itself) in a multi-cultural American society and as a part of a global Russian-Jewish community, Russian-Jewish immigrants in the U.S. encounter various economic, political, and cultural challenges as well as numerous well-organized and long-established American Jewish groups and institutions with their own issues and identity quests. It examined Russian-American Jewish immigrants as a social group in terms of their socio-economic status, identity, religion, ideological and political views, and social and political engagement.

 

          April 13, 2009: Managing Religious Diversity in Kazakhstan

        Dr. Sam Kliger AJC's Russian Division Director and Aaron Jacob, AJC's Director of International Affairs, met with Mr Alexandr Klyushev, President of the Association of Religious Organizations of Kazakhstan (AROK) and Carmen Ess, Program Officer of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to the United States Department of State and discussed the religious diversity in Kazakhstan.

 

  • March 26, 2009: American Jewish Historical Society -- "Gorbachev-Shultz Reunion"

David Harris AJC's Executive Director was invited to give substantive opening remarks at a historic reunion between former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, moderated by Charlie Rose. Gorbachev publicly praised it as an “outstanding speech” that, he said, helped him gain a new understanding of the Jewish community’s view of Russian and Soviet Jewish history.

 

  • March 24, 2009: AJC ACCESS NYC -- "Russia Today"

 

Meeting with a new generation of Russian diplomatic leaders (Ruslan Bakhtin, Chief of Press, Information and Public Relations, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN).