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   BULLETIN
 Volume 2, Issue 3
Monday, August 10, 2015
25 Av, 5775
Summary of the Spring NCSEJ Board of Governors Meeting
June 2   

  

Keynote Speaker Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rubin; Amb. Eerik Marmei, Embassy of Estonia; Amb. Elena Poptodorova, Embassy of Bulgaria; Jonathan Katz, U.S. Agency for International Development; Ofer Glanz, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and David Feinman, World Jewish Restitution Organization gave an update on the region, addressed property restitution, and discussed Jewish needs in the region. Read the summary   

 
Farewell lunch for Lithuanian Ambassador 
Lithuanian Ambassador Zygis Pavilionis, Deputy Director Lesley Weiss, Rabbi Andrew Baker, B'nai B'rith International's Daniel Mariaschin
June 15   
  
NCSEJ leader attended a farewell lunch for Lithuanian Ambassador Z ygimantas Pavilionis. 
It was an opportunity for NCSEJ and other organizations to thank Ambassador Pavilionis for his many years of service, to review the state of US-Lithuanian relations, and to discuss issues affecting the Jewish communities in his country.

  
NCSEJ briefing for the Jan Karski Institute for Holocaust Education
 
Lesley Weiss and Jan Karski in the 1990s 
July 17   
  
NCSEJ Deputy Director Lesley Weiss addressed participants at the Jan Karski Institute for Holocaust Education briefing at the State Department on Holocaust issues, cultural preservation, and anti-Semitism. She joined colleagues from the Office of the Special Envoy on Holocaust Issues and Ira Forman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.
NCSEJ Research Coordinator co-chaired JDC Entwine event
Lana Alman, Anna Chukhno and Alexandra Shklar
July 20   

  

Alumni and young leaders from DC's Russian-speaking Jewish community met at Hillel International for a JDC Entwine event "From the Shtetl to Selfie: The Changing Face of Eastern European Jewry". The event featured JDC professional Alexandra Shklar. 

   
NCSEJ meets with former Odesa Mayor Eduard Hurvitz 
Rachel Levitan, Mark Levin, Eduard Hurvitz, Gene Burd and Lesley Weiss
July 22   

  

NCSEJ and its member agencies met with former Odesa mayor and former member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) Eduard Hurvitz to discuss current developments in Ukraine and issues of importance to the Jewish community.
 

   

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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