Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS

Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS
FoundedAugust 1, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-08-01)[1]
13-3970940[2]
Legal status501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Location
ServicesProvides programming and funding to member Jewish umbrella organizations in fifteen countries through the former Soviet Union and United States.
Director
David Mondshine[2]
Director
Berel Lazar[2]
Director
Shlomo Peles[2]
Revenue$33,871,857[2] (2013)
Expenses$20,778,659[2] (2013)
Employees8[2] (2012)
Websitefjc-fsu.org

Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS (FJC) is a Jewish organisation dedicated to restoring Jewish life, culture and religion in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the former Soviet Union. The FJC was founded on August 1, 1997, with sponsorship of Ohr Avner Foundation.[1]

Current heads of the organization are:[citation needed]

Its headquarters is in Moscow, Russia, and it has an office in New York City in the United States.

FJC have a total of 454 affiliated member communities throughout the former USSR.[3]

In 2009 there were 171 member communities of FJC in Russia.[4]

Haaretz and several other sources maintain that it is a pro-Putin organization, established to counter the Russian Jewish Congress formed by Vladimir Gusinsky in 1996, which was sometimes critical of Putin.[5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS, Inc." Division of Corporations. New York State Department of State. Accessed December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS. Guidestar. July 31, 2013.
  3. ^ "Lag B'Omer Across the Former Soviet Union". Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "Russia communities". Fjc.ru. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  5. ^ Melhman, Yossi (December 11, 2005). "No love lost". Haaretz. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Крутов, Марк (Krutov, Mark) (November 8, 2018). "Конец "алмазного короля". Арестованы родственники друга Путина и Трампа" [The end of the diamond king. Relatives of a friend of both Putin and Trump is arrested]. Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved December 6, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Leviev Lev (Africa - Israel Group)". Rough-Polished website. November 24, 2009. Archived from the original on December 24, 2011.

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