Empowering Russian-speaking Jewish young adults to create their own community-building initiatives, with the support of a network of peers, educational workshops, one-on-one mentorship, and a mini-grants for project implementation.
Bringing Russian-speaking Jewish young adults on 10-day educational trips to Germany to explore the past and present of Jewish life in Germany, and to experience modern Germany first hand.
Executive course enabling American and Russian-speaking Jewish lay leaders to gain a deeper understanding of contemporary Jewish community issues, as well as to acquire the skills and knowledge to to steer the future development of Jewish life.
Free Jewish children’s books for Russian-speaking Jewish families with children ages 6 months to 8 years old. Mailed every month directly to each family’s home, these high quality books include suggested discussion questions and activities.
Providing informal Jewish experiences to Russian-speaking Jewish families who spend their summers at upstate NY cabin communities – dachas - through fun hands-on workshops for children during the week and immersive family activities during the weekends.
A customized, year-long family program for Russian-speaking Jewish parents and their children leading up to Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
We are happy to announce that starting this summer COJECO is bringing a number of its programs to Northern NJ. On Sunday, June 11th, in partnership with Nitzanim School, we celebrated Shavuot and the 50th anniversary of the Reunification The Jerusalem. Please check out our community calendar for the event updates.
Celebrate 17 years of COJECO uniting Russian-Speaking Jewish Community.
Her Journey is a 33 minute documentary film that features the stories of Russian speaking Jewish women who went through evacuation during World War II. The story line of the documentary has five segments; moment when war begins, the evacuation journey, life in evacuation, the return home, and lessons for future generations. Karina interviewed four (4) women for this project. She used the interviews with these women to recount this history in the five (5) segments. The documentary also includes historical facts about evacuation and footage and images such as of evacuee registration cards. The documentary includes digital animation of the routes these women traveled.
In addition to the documentary, Karina worked with another 2014-15 BluePrint Fellow Alex Pergament to create a photo exhibit of the 4 women featured in the documentary. The photo exhibit is a wooden book with four (4) photographs. The photo exhibit aims to reinforce the goal of the project which is to pass on this history to future generations.
The event took place on May 14, 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.
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Karina Weinstein Her Journey Karina Weinstein was born in Odessa, Ukraine and moved to New York when she was 11 years old. Karina graduated from Tufts University in 2002 with a Bachelor degree in International Relations and from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government in 2008 with a Master in Public Policy. Karina is passionate about local and global community development having worked with community organizations in India, Chile, Bolivia and Mexico. Karina is determined to raise her Mexican American Russian Jewish son with a strong sense of identity and commitment to improving the lives of others.
COJECO was formed in 2001 as an umbrella organization for grassroots community organizations of Russian-speaking Jewish immigrants in New York to make their voices heard and respected. Today we represent over 30 such member organizations, including young adult leadership groups, Holocaust Survivors, professional associations, arts & culture organizations, and social justice groups.
COJECO was formed in 2001 as an umbrella organization for grassroots community organizations of Russian-speaking Jewish immigrants in New York to make their voices heard and respected. Today we represent over 30 such member organizations, including young adult leadership groups, Holocaust Survivors, professional associations, arts & culture organizations, and social justice groups.
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