SAVE THE DATE!

The Power of Peoplehood: The Soviet Jewish Journey

An International Conference

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary since the Collapse of the Soviet Union

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

1:00pm - 7:00pm

At the Headquarters of American Jewish Committee

165 East 56th Street, New York, NY

Organized and Sponsored By:

American Association of Jews from the Former USSR

 American Jewish Committee

Jewish Agency for Israel

In Cooperation with:

COJECO, JCRC of NY, NCSJ, and ASF

With special thanks to the Consulate of Israel, New York City

Opening Remarks: David Harris

 Keynote: Natan Sharansky

The first panel will focus on the activism of Soviet and Western Jews that helped create a "peoplehood moment".

The second panel will address the lessons taught by the generation that spawned the Soviet Jewry movement.