Russian Jewish Congress
Encyclopedia
The Russian Jewish Congress is a non-profit charitable fund and the largest secular organisation of Russian Jews. It was established in 1996 by the initiative group of the Jewish businessmen, active workers and religious figures for revival of the Jewish life in Russia. http://www.rjc.ru/eng/site.aspx?IID=158325&SECTIONID=157952
Russian Jewish Congress unites the most influential and prosperous Jews in Russia, high-standing state officers, businessmen, actors of science and culture.
, Mikhail Fridman
, Yevgenia Albats
, Vitaly Ginzburg
, Yuliy Gusman, Andrey Kozyrev
, Berel Lazar
, Henry Reznik, Vladimir Solovyov
, Gennady Khazanov, Mikhail Berger, Matvey Ganapolsky, Mikhail Zhvanetsky
and others (data of the late 2004).
Checkup committee is headed by the deputy CEO of RAO UES Yakov Urinson.
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In regard of RJC, its most close ally at the moment is the Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia
Russian Jewish Congress unites the most influential and prosperous Jews in Russia, high-standing state officers, businessmen, actors of science and culture.
Heads of RJC
Administrating bodies of RJC are the Presidium, Council of Directors and Public Council. Heads of the Congress include Vladimir ResinVladimir Resin
Vladimir Iosifovich Resin is a Russian politician who was the acting mayor of Moscow, appointed by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to succeed Yury Luzhkov on 28 September 2010. Resin previously served as the First Deputy Mayor under Luzhkov.- Biography :Resin was born on 21 February 1936 in Minsk...
, Mikhail Fridman
Mikhail Fridman
Mikhail Maratovich Fridman is a Jewish Russian businessman. Mr. Fridman graduated from Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys in 1986. In 1988 Fridman started his career in trading and financial services before founding Alfa Group Consortium in 1989...
, Yevgenia Albats
Yevgenia Albats
Dr. Yevgenia Markovna Albats is a Russian investigative journalist, political scientist, writer and radio host. As of year 2011, she workes as a chief editor of The New Times magazine.-Early life and education:...
, Vitaly Ginzburg
Vitaly Ginzburg
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg ForMemRS was a Soviet theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, Nobel laureate, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and one of the fathers of Soviet hydrogen bomb...
, Yuliy Gusman, Andrey Kozyrev
Andrey Kozyrev
Andrey Vladimirovich Kozyrev was the foreign minister of Russia under President Boris Yeltsin from October 1991 until his dismissal in January 1996. The son of a Soviet diplomat, he was born in Brussels, Belgium. Andrey Kozyrev graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations...
, Berel Lazar
Berel Lazar
Rabbi Shlomo Dovber Pinchas Lazar, better known as Berel Lazar, is an Orthodox, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He is presently Chief Rabbi of Russia, and chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities...
, Henry Reznik, Vladimir Solovyov
Vladimir Solovyov (journalist)
Vladimir Rudol'fovich Solovyov is a popular Russian TV and radio journalist. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys and completed post-doc position at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations...
, Gennady Khazanov, Mikhail Berger, Matvey Ganapolsky, Mikhail Zhvanetsky
Mikhail Zhvanetsky
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky is a famous Soviet and Russian satiric writer and stand-up comedian...
and others (data of the late 2004).
Checkup committee is headed by the deputy CEO of RAO UES Yakov Urinson.
Presidents of RJC
- 1996-2001 Vladimir GusinskyVladimir GusinskyVladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky is a Russian media baron, is known as the founder of Media-Most holding that included Most Bank, the NTV channel, the newspaper Segodnya and magazines.-Life and career:Gusinsky was born in Moscow....
- 2001-2003 Leonid NevzlinLeonid NevzlinLeonid Borisovich Nevzlin is a Russian-Israeli businessman. Nevzlin was a high ranking executive at Yukos, once a Russian oil firm before it was extinguished by the Russian government. That government is requesting his extradition due to hotly disputed criminal allegations against him and other...
- 2003-2004 Yevgeny Satanovsky
- 2004-2005 Vladimir Slutsker
- 2005-2009 Viacheslav Kantor
- since 2009 Yury Kanner
Congress and authorities of Russia
Despite many influential state officers, businessmen, actors of science and culture being members of RJC, since early 2000th, its authority before the Russian Government has been reducing, while the Government mainly supports Federation of Jewish Communities of RussiaFederation of Jewish Communities of Russia
Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia — Russian religious organization, unifying communities of «orthodox» Judaism, mostly of Chabad Hasidic movement...
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In regard of RJC, its most close ally at the moment is the Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia
Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia
The Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia was established in February 1993.CJROAR unites 100 Jewish organizations in 68 cities of Russia. This body possesses no administrative powers, but it performs consulting, coordinating and representative functions...
See also
- Federation of Jewish Communities of the CISFederation of Jewish Communities of the CISFederation of Jewish Communities of the CIS is a Jewish organisation dedicated to restoring Jewish life, culture and religion in the Commonwealth of Independent States , the former Soviet Union...
. - Union of Councils for Soviet JewsUnion of Councils for Soviet JewsUnion of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union is an umbrella organization of Jewish human rights groups working in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The UCSJ is based in Washington, D.C...