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COJECO Remembers Soviet Jewry Struggles

At their annual legislative breakfast last Friday at Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage, the Council of Jewish Émigré Community Organizations (COJECO) commemorated the 40- year effort of the Soviet Jewry movement, and celebrated the growth and vibrancy of New York’s Russian Jewish community. The gathering, aptly themed “The Struggle and the Splendor,” was attended by a broad spectrum of political and community leaders.... view full article 

 

  

 

COJECO принимает политиков
Виталий Орлов

Завтрак с законодателем, ланч у Тиффани, ужин с Президентом – ничего необычного в таком расписании для американского делового человека нет. Необычное появляется в том случае, если, например, завтрак с законодателями имеет название The Struggle and the Splendor. 

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HMO Honored for Community Work


Health Plus Receives Award From COJECO 

 


(from left) Roman Shmulenson, Tom Early, and Marty Markowitz, stand with the award presented to Health Plus for “Outstanding Community Service” on behalf of the Jewish community during COJECO’s Annual Legislative Breakfast.

New York, New York - January 15, 2008 — This past Friday, managed care organization Health Plus was one of a select few honored by the Council of Jewish Émigré Community Organizations (COJECO), during the group’s Annual Legislative Breakfast, held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan’s Battery Park City.... view full article 

 

 

February 19, 2006

Russian Jews learn new skills

BY SNEJANA FARBEROV
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Last week, the Jewish Agency for Israel, in cooperation with the Council of Jewish Émigré Community Organizations, the Jewish student organization Hillel and the Shaarei Emunah Center, launched an educational program called the Israel School of Leadership Development...  Read full article here

 

Нью-Йоркский симпозиум, ноябрь 2005

Американские впечатления – ноябрь – декабрь 2005 года
  
 
Свой первый полуофициальный визит в Нью-Йорк я совершил в 1998 году. Тогда мне просто повезло - меня и консервативного раввина Рувена Резника, работающего с новыми репатриантами из СНГ, пригласили выступить перед комиссией по еврейской идентификации UJAFederationofNewYork. Мы должны были рассказать членам комиссии о том, что происходит в Израиле в области еврейского образования для русскоязычных израильтян. Слушали нас внимательно, задавали много вопросов и, надо полагать, сделали выводы, оказавшиеся благоприятными для некоторых моих израильских коллег. Кроме того, гостеприимные хозяева решили нам показать, что делает местная община для просвещения «русских» и для приобщения их к общинной жизни....view full article

 

COJECO Adds a Russian Voice to American Jewry

Just about one year ago, UJA-Federation of New York helped establish a new organization to represent and advocate for Russian-speaking Jewish émigrés. Today that group, the Council of Jewish Émigré Community Organizations (COJECO), is the central coordinating body for New York’s Russian Jewish community and provides a united voice for its 25 member associations.... view full article

 

Binding Their Ties

Once-isolated, now vital Russian community is starting to meld with organized American Jewry. 

Inna Arolovich never expected to feel at home in the American Jewish organizational world, which she long saw as a less-than-friendly environment. 
A veteran activist within New York’s Russian-speaking community — in 1990 Arolovich co-founded an immigrant advocacy organization known as the American Association of Russian Jews (now the American Association of Jews from the former Soviet Union), and today serves as head of its New York chapter — she believed that her community was treated like an unloved stepchild by a patronizing and sometimes hectoring American Jewish establishment... view full article

 

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