ANNUAL REPORT focuses on the world’s second-largest in the twenty-five ethnically diverse and economically challenged countries of Eurasia. Confronting increasing tensions and violence in the region, NCSEJ helps strengthen fragile democratic institutions, advocates on behalf of Jewish communities with government officials, and promotes local Jewish life. On the international stage and with the American Jewish community, NCSEJ defines, communicates, and defends Jewish interests in the region.

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2 FROM THE CHAIRMAN Daniel Rubin, Chairman

3 FROM THE PRESIDENT Aleksander Smukler, President

4 FROM THE CEO Mark B. Levin, Executive Vice-Chairman & CEO

5 HIGHLIGHTS OF 2016 10 ULTRANATIONALISM

12 MEETINGS

16 FINANCIAL STATEMENT

18 DONORS, MEMBER AGENCIES AND PROGRAM FUNDERS

19 FEDERATION PARTNERS 20 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Last September, NCSEJ led an ambassadors from Azerbaijan, and Poland, and will keep you American Jewish delegation to the Baltic states, Georgia, updated as plans develop. the 75th commemoration of the Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. The work NCSEJ does is not Babi Yar massacres in Kyiv. The Mark Levin and I attended the very often “front page news,” commemoration was attended 20th anniversary of the Russian however, our quiet and behind- by thousands, and included Jewish Congress in Moscow and the-scenes negotiations and participation of government held very constructive meetings advocacy have a profound representatives from Europe, with American Ambassador John effect on policies that affect Israel, and the United States. We Tefft — a great proponent for the Jews in Eurasia and Eastern celebrated the renovation of the Jewish community of Russia and Europe. And the support we formerly dilapidated memorial a good friend of NCSEJ. receive from all of you in the site into a beautiful plaza, a On June 7, we will be honoring NCSEJ family is deeply appre- commitment by the Ukrainian ciated. government to promote our most recent past chairmen DANIEL RUBIN – Edward Robin, Richard Stone, Finally, the more time I spend CHAIRMAN Holocaust education, and the announcement of plans to build and Stephen Greenberg – at a with NCSEJ, the more admira- gala event in New York City. The tion I have for our extraordinary DEAR FRIENDS, a multimillion dollar museum of Jewish history in Kyiv. event will not only honor these staff led by Mark Levin and The past year has been a busy most deserving men, but will Lesley Weiss. Their commitment one for NCSEJ, and the coming However, our vigilance was also highlight the important work of is truly 24/7. They respond year promises to be just as filled tested, when a main boulevard NCSEJ. We hope you will all be to emergencies and events with challenges. in Kyiv was renamed after there! with speed and thoroughness, Stepan Bandera, an anti-Semitic Political change is sweeping whether they affect individuals nationalist from the 1940s. Even There is no doubt that the through the Western world or entire communities. more disturbing was the fatal coming year will continue to be and how new governments will beating of a rabbi in Eastern challenging for the Jewish com- We all look forward to working confront anti-Semitism is being Ukraine. NCSEJ works every munities we support. We are with you in the coming year carefully watched in Eastern day to confront these issues, committed to making sure that to continue to help assure that Europe and the former states of with government officials and none of them, no matter how our fellow Jews can live with the Soviet Union. Any signs of the local communities, to assure large or small, are forgotten. freedom, security, and dignity in weakness in the resolve to fight they do not go unpunished and We are planning a significant their homelands. anti-Semitism by the West could prevent future acts. mission to some of the more have catastrophic repercussions remote communities in the in less stable areas of the world. In Washington, we had very former Soviet region, Ukraine, productive meetings with the

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We constituted the best- This year, following the 25th NCSEJ critical for the future of educated generation in Soviet anniversary of the collapse of Jewish life in twenty-five coun- history. Our backgrounds in sci- the Soviet Union, we have com- tries, but we will also celebrate ence and technology made us pleted the English translation of our history. We will remember welcome in Silicon Valley and in Yuli Kosharovsky’s monumental our cause, our heroes, and Israel, where we played a critical We Are Jews Again (Syracuse our victory in the geopolit- role in the development of an University Press, 2017). Yuli ical struggle of the Cold War. advanced technology sector. Kosharovsky was one of the We will freely affirm “We are Our impact has also been felt in leading figures of the dissident Jews again,” against all odds. business and the arts. Our skills Soviet Jewry movement, and We can celebrate the role of the have given us an advantage in my friend and mentor. Edited National Conference on Soviet international trade, and singers, in English by Ann Komaromi Jewry, NCSJ, during those musicians, and artists with and condensed into one critical decades of struggle and Russian Jewish names and have volume from the four volume ALEKSANDER SMUKLER also look to the future. I am PRESIDENT become familiar across America, original, Kosharovsky recounts proud to be the President of Israel, and around the world. the stirring story of thousands NCSEJ. I know that my friend DEAR FRIENDS, The contributions of Russian who came together to form a Yuli looks over my shoulder and movement for our freedom to Three months after I immigrated Jews to their adopted coun- urges me onward to promote be Jewish. to the United States, the Soviet tries, especially in science and and protect Jewish communal Union came to an end. Growing technology, constitute a signif- Yuli Kosharovsky’s book will life throughout the region once up in the Soviet Union I could icant loss for Russia. The years be available at the June 7th controlled by the Soviet empire, not imagine that I would become spent nurturing and educating a event, and if Yuli had not died to support Israel, and to combat an American citizen or that the generation is a national invest- tragically three years ago, I am anti-Semitism in whatever form USSR would cease to exist. I was ment dissipated when millions sure he would be on a plane to or place it occurs. not alone. Four hundred fifty emigrate. Imagine if Sergey join me in New York on June thousand Russian Jews immi- Brin had not come to America 7th. It is an important occasion. grated to the USA and more with his parents in 1979, might Not only will we honor three than a million went to Israel. Google have been created in past chairmen — Ed Robin, Russia? I don’t think so but we Richard Stone and Steve Green- can never know. berg — whose vision has made

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If the situation in the region was forceful stand wherever, when- As an American Jewish organiza- not worrying enough, politics ever and in whatever guise tion, our advocacy enhances our here at home have also posed anti-Semitism appears. mission to inform and educate new challenges. It is important Historically, Jews and Jewish governments and citizens about to remember that NCSEJ is not communities have too often enlightened policies advanta- a partisan organization. How- been the target of direct geous to the advancement of ever, NCSEJ does stand for a set state-sponsored abuse. Today, Jewish life and communities in of principles. fortunately, that is not the case. the region. We are advocates, Our long history as Jews has NCSEJ monitors the implemen- protectors and leaders for a repeatedly demonstrated that tation of laws that protect the future in which Jews and Jewish we thrive best in countries with well-being of vulnerable com- communities thrive throughout a secure legal system and dem- munities in our region. Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, the Baltics and the Caucasus. MARK B. LEVIN ocratic government committed Our members include individ- EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN to the rights of all people. We & CEO uals and groups that hold a seek to reinforce the fragile wide array of political positions. democratic institutions charac- DEAR FRIENDS, For more than forty-five years teristic of the region. We seek we have worked together to This has been a challenging year. to facilitate the efforts of Jewish make the issues confronting Problems in Ukraine remain communities to engage their Jews in the region a bipartisan unresolved. The Russian Jewish governments and to exercise concern for Members of Con- community is thriving even their rights. gress. We have also successfully as U.S.-Russian relations have We recognize that anti-Semi- collaborated with the executive become more strained. Right- tism can assume many guises branch to ensure that the rights wing groups that only recently including anti-Zionism, which of Jews living in Eastern Europe were considered marginal, now targets the legitimacy of the and the Eurasian region are a hold elected seats in parlia- State of Israel. Our history has foreign policy priority. ments across Eastern Europe. taught us that we must take a

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NCSEJ 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 5 2016 HIGHLIGHTS Babi Yar menorah monument in Kyiv Meeting with Head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration Ihor Rainin and Chairman Vice-President Allen of Ukrainian National Kronstadt, Marilyn Investment Council Brody, and Prime Borys Lozhkin Minister Volodymyr Groysman Alla Straks, Larry Magid, President Aleksander Smukler, and UNIC Chairman Borys Lozhkin

NCSEJ delegation to Ukraine with Prime NCSEJ delegation Minister Volodymyr to Ukraine with Groysman Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko

NCSEJ delegation to Ukraine with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch

NCSEJ intervened in incidents of anti-Semitism, con- delegation participated in the to Turkey, Egypt, and Israel, to sulted with heads of state and key members of state min- remembrance ceremony and discuss U.S.-Israel relations, Isra- istries, engaged with international treaty organizations, met with government leaders, el’s security, and the situation in including the President and the Middle East. led a successful mission to Russia and Ukraine, and par- Prime Minister. The commem- Lesley Weiss, NCSEJ Deputy ticipated in critical exchanges with the U.S. Department oration marked the first time Director and Chair of the U.S. of State and administration. Ukraine formally recognized and Commission for the Preser- honored its Jewish citizens as vation of America’s Heritage Overseas of the 1941 massacres at Babi the massacre’s primary victims. Abroad, traveled to Berehovo, A delegation of over twenty Yar. CEO Mark Levin was a NCSEJ leaders participated in Ukraine for a Holocaust memo- NCSEJ leaders traveled to member of the governmental the Conference of Presidents of rial dedication and to Uzhgorod, Kyiv, Ukraine to commemorate planning commission for this Major American Jewish Organi- where she met with the Uzh- the seventy-fifth anniversary event. Members of the NCSEJ zations annual overseas mission, gorod Hesed and Ukrainian

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NCSEJ delegation to Ukraine at Babi Yar ceremony American Jewish Committee’s Rabbi Andrew Baker, U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft and CEO Mark Levin at Moscow International Conference on Anti-Semitism

NCSEJ with Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Egypt Deputy Director Lesley Weiss with Romanian Jewish Deputy Director Lesley Weiss at a Holocaust community leaders in Bucharest memorial dedication in Berehovo, Ukraine government officials to discuss Will Foundation of Lithuania, sponsored by the Russian Jewish Nations Security Council to a proposal to build a Jewish where the Foundation met to Congress. NCSEJ urged Ukraine vote against UN Resolution memorial and a museum of determine how government to become a member of the 2334, which unjustly criticized Transcarpathian Jewry. funds would be distributed to International Holocaust Remem- Israel, and to vote against the As a member of the World Holocaust survivors for religious, brance Alliance, an intergov- UNESCO resolution that denied Jewish Restitution Organization, cultural, education, and health ernmental body that garners the Jewish people’s historical NCSEJ worked closely with care programs. political and social leaders’ sup- ties to . the governments of Russia, CEO Mark Levin co-chaired port for Holocaust education, remembrance, and research. NCSEJ participated in efforts the Baltic states, Ukraine, and a plenary forum in Russia on at the Organization for Security Poland regarding the restitution techniques to counter modern and Co-operation in Europe of Jewish communal property. forms of anti-Semitism at the Israel (OSCE) to establish a European CEO Mark Levin traveled to Vil- first Moscow International NCSEJ urged countries in the Parliament working definition nius as a member of the Good Conference on Anti-Semitism, Eurasian region on the United

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CEO Mark Levin moderating a Babi Yar memorial program at the United Nations in New York CEO Mark Levin at the annual AIPAC Policy Conference

Azerbaijani Ambassador Elin Suleymanov and CEO Mark Levin briefing Congressional staff

of anti-Semitism, and to include commemorate the anniversary gress, the administration, and the chairs Ukraine’s reforms council, language on how anti-Semitism of the Babi Yar massacre. Sev- Department of State. Notable to discuss reform proposals and relates to criticism of Israel. eral hundred people attended, Washington meetings included: implementation. including diplomats and com- Ñ Russian Ambassador Sergey Ñ Amb. Tedo Japaridze, CEO Mark Levin addressed two munity leaders. sessions at the annual AIPAC Kislyak, at his residence, with chairman of the Georgian parlia- Policy Conference on the issue NCSEJ regularly met with and NCSEJ Executive Committee ment’s Foreign Relations Com- of Russia and the Middle East. advised U.S. Special Envoy to members, to discuss the state of mittee, and Zurab Abashidze, Monitor and Combat Anti-Sem- Russia’s Jewish community. personal representative on Russia NCSEJ and Azerbaijani Ambas- itism Ira Forman and U.S. for the Prime Minister of Georgia, sador Elin Suleymanov briefed Ñ Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko, Special Envoy for Holocaust to discuss building a Holocaust to affirm Georgia’s commitment Congressional staff, discussing Issues Thomas Yazdgerdi about to strengthening democratic the country’s strong ties with museum and memorial in Kyiv developments in the region. and the welfare of Ukraine’s institutions and ties to the West, the United States and Israel. while cautiously rebuilding rela- Azerbaijan, a predominantly NCSEJ set up consultations with Jewish community. Eurasian embassies in Wash- tions with Russia. Muslim country, is a key strategic Ñ President of Azerbaijan Ilham partner for Israel. ington for American Jewish Aliyev, during the 2016 Nuclear Ñ Current and former Chairmen Joint Distribution Committee Security Summit, for a frank of the Foreign Affairs Committee (JDC) leadership. of Estonia’s Parliament Sven United States exchange about the strategic rela- Mikser and Marko Mikhelson, CEO Mark Levin moderated a NCSEJ also arranged meetings tionship between United States, in Washington for Federation Israel and Azerbaijan. and Estonian Ambassador to the program at the United Nations U.S. Eerik Marmei. Issues dis- General Assembly in New York, leaders, national Jewish orga- Ñ Deputy Head of the nization representatives, and cussed included Estonian Jewish sponsored by the Ukrainian, Presidential Administration of community welfare, the country’s Israeli, and U.S. Missions, to Jewish leaders from the region Ukraine Dmytro Shymkiv, who with representatives of Con- relations with the U.S. and Israel,

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NCSEJ and other American Jewish organizations meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev

NCSEJ and Jewish leaders with senior Estonian diplomats Deputy Director Lesley Weiss and government officials and CEO Mark Levin meeting with senior Georgian diplomats and government officials

and the ongoing challenges Ñ A Holocaust-era massacre site Communications affect Jews and Jewish life in stemming from Russia’s actions in Kaunas, Lithuania was used as NCSEJ supports a focused the region. NCSEJ staff research in the Eurasian region. a venue for outdoor festivities. communications program and write country reports that Ñ Lithuanian Vice-Minister ÑAn armed assailant attacked that provides the American highlight Jewish conditions in Mantvydas Bekešius, to discuss the Moscow Choral in Jewish community, including specific countries, a unique and Russia. issues important to the Lithua- the Federation system, and useful resource. nian Jewish community. Ñ The Kyiv city government communities abroad with Over the past several years renamed streets after Ukrainian up-to-date electronic and hard NCSEJ has also researched all NCSEJ has become an nationalists who killed Jews copy coverage of news and important source of reliable reported incidents of anti-Sem- during the Holocaust. analysis. NCSEJ’s multi-lingual itism in the region to assess information in crisis situations, Ñ Vandals burned an Israel staff in Washington and repre- their validity and to establish for the U.S. and other govern- flag at the Babi Yar Holocaust sentative in Kyiv monitor major the facts. In all verified inci- ments, international organi- memorial in Kyiv. websites and newspapers and zations, Jewish communities dents, NCSEJ protested vig- other news sources, and speak orously to the governments in Ñ Desecration of a Jewish abroad, and the American cemetery in Ivano-Frankivsk in directly with local leaders and Jewish community. NCSEJ question, demanding investi- government officials. gations and criminal charges. Western Ukraine. produces and distributes alerts NCSEJ distributes a weekly about breaking newsworthy Cases in 2016 included: Ñ Ultranationalist Waffen-SS roundup of important news events, and tracks incidents of Ñ A Holocaust-era massacre site supporters marched in Riga, anti-Semitism. Its briefs are a in Kovel, Ukraine was used to Latvia. articles to Federations, national host a zoo and a circus. agencies, and policymakers respected source for accurate Ñ A synagogue desecration in that provides background and information in rapidly changing Ñ The desecration of the Orgiev (Orhei), Moldova. information about develop- circumstances, when conflicting gravesite of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, in Uman, Ukraine. ments across the globe that reports are common.

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In the past year, we have seen an increase in ultranationalism, xenophobia, and popular anti-Semitism in the Eurasian region. This increase reflects a populist trend that has shaken Europe and poses a potential threat to the future well-being of Jewish communities throughout the region. In some countries like Poland and Hungary, right- wing governments are in power. Poland in 2015 elected the populist Law and Justice party leader Andrzej Duda as president and Viktor Orbán, of the conservative Fidesz party, rules Hungary. Other countries are glorifying extreme nationalists. In Ukraine, the Kyiv city council renamed a prom- inent boulevard in honor of Stepan Bandera, a nationalist Nazi era collaborator. In the Baltic region, veterans of Waffen SS units and their supporters continue to hold annual gatherings. Russia has been accused of disinformation cam- paigns, cyberattacks on political parties and public institutions, and financial support for radical and far-right groups. This new kind of international interference, accompanied by restrictions to pro- tect against terrorism, have further restricted NGO and civil society activists. Hungary’s Fidesz party has become an outspoken advocate against the European Union. In Poland, the president has appointed partisan judges and enacted a law that limits judicial independence.

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NCSEJ 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 11 M TINGS

12 NCSEJ 2016 ANNUAL REPORT NCSEJ 2016 SPRING BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING

LEFT TO RIGHT: Daniel Rubin, Chairman; Yasha Moz, Director of Global Relations at ; Elena Berkovich, Georgian Jewish community leader; Marina Lekartseva, Moldova Jewish community representative; Faina Kukliansky, Lithuanian Jewish community leader

NCSEJ 2016 Annual Several leaders from Jewish Board of Governors communities in the region Meeting spoke. Yasha Moz, Director TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016 of Global Relations at Hillel WASHINGTON D.C. International, discussed Hillel’s On Tuesday, June 7, Chairman twenty years of working in Daniel Rubin convened the Ukraine. Elena Berkovich from Reuven Azar, Israeli Spring NCSEJ Board of Gover- Georgia reviewed her commu- Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission; nors meeting with representa- nity’s history and its current Karen Moss, Executive Valeriy Chaly, tives of member organizations, circumstances, underscoring Committee; Neil Moss, Ambassador of Jewish Federations and National the long tradition of toler- Board of Governors Ukraine to the United States; Agencies, and members of the ance and peaceful coexistence Daniel Rubin, diplomatic community. between Jewish and non-Jewish Chairman; Mark B. Stephen Greenberg, Georgians. Levin, Executive Mr. Rubin addressed the issue of Marina Lekartseva Past Chairman; Vice-Chairman political uncertainty in Ukraine, discussed the history of Jews Joel Schindler, Past and CEO in Moldova, and the challenges President; Daniel especially the conflict in the Rubin, Chairman East and the economic crisis of confronting anti-Semitic that threatens to destabilize the vandalism, issues of Jewish country. In Russia, he noted the property restitution, and inad- Michael Adler, equate legislation and enforce- Executive adverse effects of an economic Committee downturn. He concluded with ment of hate crimes. Lithuanian a review of the rise in far-right Jewish community leader Faina groups and populist political Kukliansky gave an overview of Rolandas Kriščiūnas, Lithuanian Ambassador to actors in Eastern Europe. the community’s revival after the the United States; Dr. Judith L. Wolf, Executive country’s independence. Committee; Lesley Israel, Past President

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Bridget Brink, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; Kathleen Kavalec, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT)

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secre- against any aggression or viola- NCSEJ 2016 German occupation. tary of State for European and tion of borders in the region. Annual Board of Lithuanian Deputy Speaker of Governors Meeting Eurasian AffairsBridget Brink U.S. Senator Chris Murphy Parliament Gediminas Kirkilas addressed the current situa- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2016 (D-CT) discussed Congressional WASHINGTON, D.C. spoke about his role in Lithua- tion in Ukraine. She noted that support for Ukraine and for com- nia-Israel relations and efforts while there have been some batting Russia’s aggression. He The NCSEJ Board of Governors to provide restitution or com- vital reforms, corruption and the also spoke about the vital impor- held its annual meeting on pensation for properties taken lack of an independent judiciary tance of NCSEJ bringing attention December 6. Chaired by Daniel during the Holocaust era. continue as areas of concern. Rubin, the meeting included to the region and safeguarding Lithuanian Member of Parlia- She concluded her remarks by Jewish communities in Eurasia. NCSEJ leadership, represen- underscoring continued U.S. tatives of member organiza- ment Emanuelis Zingeris, a commitment to Ukraine. Executive Vice-Chairman and tions, Jewish Federations, and Jewish community advocate, CEO Mark Levin discussed praised Lithuania’s vote against U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of national agencies, and members plans for commemorating the of the diplomatic community. the UNSECO resolution on State for European and Eurasian 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar Jerusalem holy sites. AffairsKathleen Kavalec spoke Chairman Rubin reported on massacre in Ukraine that took Lithuanian Ambassador about the growth of nation- place in September 2016. He NCSEJ’s successful mission to alism, xenophobia, anti-Western Kyiv and on the commemo- Rolandas Kriščiūnas high- detailed the Ukrainian govern- lighted the importance of rhetoric, and increasing pressure ment’s engagement and the ration of the 75th anniversary on the political opposition, as well of the Babi Yar massacres. He working with Israel and the NCSEJ delegation to the com- Jewish community. as the shrinking of freedoms and memoration. He stressed the praised the Ukrainian govern- human rights in Russia. She also significance of the event, which ment’s public acknowledge- NCSEJ Executive Vice- discussed the U.S. administration’s may have been among the last ment of Jewish deaths and Chairman and CEO Mark Levin strategies to continue to engage opportunities to hear the per- the suffering of the Ukrainian and Carnegie Endowment with Russia, while standing firm sonal testimony of survivors. Jewish community under for International Peace Senior

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Gediminas Kirkilas, Deputy Speaker of Lithuanian Parliament; Emanuelis Zingeris, Member of Parliament and Lithuanian Jewry advocate; Rolandas Kriščiūnas, Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States; Ambassador James F. Collins, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Senior Fellow; Ira N. Forman, U.S. Department of State Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism; of Ukraine Yaakov Bleich; Eliot L. Engel, U.S. Representative (D-NY)

Aleksander Smukler, President; Lesley Weiss, Deputy Director; Eliot L. Engel, U.S. Representative (D-NY); Irene Weiss

Fellow Ambassador James F. Bleich presented an assessment Collins discussed U.S. foreign of Ukraine and Ukrainian Jewish policy in the new adminis- communities that concluded Daniel Rubin, tration. Ambassador Collins what is good for Ukraine is Chairman; Stephen Greenberg, Past talked about Vladimir Putin’s good for its Jews. Rabbi Bleich Chairman; Michael presidency, options for Presi- expressed pleasant surprise Adler, Executive dent-Elect Donald Trump, and at the Ukrainian government’s Committee; Edward Robin, Past Chairman the state of Western institu- approach to the commemora- tions. When asked about Syria, tion at Babi Yar, but noted that Ambassador Collins said that Ukraine still has to address its the U.S. and Russia want similar own history. outcomes in Syria but differ on U.S. Representative Eliot L. President Assad’s role. Engel (D-NY) was the keynote U.S. Department of State speaker. He discussed his sup- Special Envoy to Monitor and port for the House of Repre- Combat Anti-Semitism Ira N. sentatives’ bill to deter Russian Forman explained differences aggression in Ukraine and to in contemporary anti-Semitism assist Ukraine’s democratic tran- in Western and Eastern Europe. sition, and combating anti-Sem- He discussed his support itism on college campuses. He for the working definition of also spoke about his continued anti-Semitism at the OSCE and close relationship with NCSEJ Anne Molloy, World Union for Progressive urged its adoption. and of his proud ties to the Judaism; Bill Hess, Executive Committee Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Yaakov Jewish community.

NCSEJ 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 15 FINANCIAL STAT MENT

16 NCSEJ 2016 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENT

NCSEJ INCOME 2016 NCSEJ EXPENSES 2016

$870,000 $890,000

53% 18% 16% 13% 52% 18% 12% 11% 7% Contributions Allocations from the Grants Dues Advocacy/ Community Leadership/ Communications Operating National Federation/ Public Information/ Liaising and International Costs Agency Alliance Education Servicing Consultations and from other non-Alliance Federations

*Estimated

NCSEJ 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 17 BENEFACTORS PATRONS DIPLOMATS $25,000 AND GREATER $10,000–$24,999 $5,000–$9,999 Anonymous (1) American Israel Public American Jewish Committee Anonymous (2) Affairs Committee Alan Franco B’nai B’rith International Anti-Defamation League Betsy R. Gidwitz Euro-Asian Jewish Stanley and Judith Frankel Hadassah Congress Allene N. Gilman William and Susan Hess Charitable Trust Allen Kronstadt HIAS Edward and Peggy Robin Stephen and Sandra Greenberg Seth and Lisa Greenberg and The National Federation/ David and Michelle Hirsch Jewish National Fund Agency Alliance of the Jewish Federation of Jewish Federations Lawrence and Millie Magid Greater Houston of North America The Ohlhausen Foundation Jewish Federations Daniel Rubin and of North America Eileen Prusek Orthodox Union Aleksander Smukler Herbert and Harriet Seif and Alla Straks Constance Smukler Richard Stone

DONORS MEMBER PROGRAM AGENCIES FUNDERS

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CONSULS POLICY MAKERS SUPPORTERS AND ADVOCATES $1,000–$4,999 $500–$999 $100–$499 Central Conference of Howard Blatt Jack and Meryl Abel Halina and Martin Igel David Rosenblatt American Rabbis Denis and Sarah Braham Peter Alter Tamara Igel Amb. Peter R. Rosenblatt, Esq. Arlene and Daniel Fisher Foundation Frank and Bunny Brodsky Alan and Karen Asman Muriel Ives James and Cyndi Rosenthal Morton and Amy Friedkin Jonathan and Faith Cookler Ira Bartfield Jewish Federation of Sheldon and Linda Rubenfeld Philip and Rosa Friedman Andrew and Jan Groveman Howard L. Berman Central New York Stephen L. Schwartz Roger and Cheryl Gelder Larry J. Hochberg Martin and Berit Bernstein Ronald and Judith Kabrins Pearl Seiden Stanley Gold Scott Kellman Ross and Wendy Born Joseph and Joy Kaplan Steve Shapiro Martin and Roberta Goldstein Laurence and Celia Kirsch Richard and Barbara Braun Leonard Kleinman Martin and Carol Shulman Jewish Council for Public Affairs S. Lee Kohrman Daniel and Sharon Brener Samoil K. Kofman Steven Shulman and Robert Klutznick Mel Levine Mark and Roni Chasin Mike and Susan Kopen Debra Yanofsky Mark and Eleanor Lainer Gerald and Sherry Merfish Daniel Cole Richard and Sally Krugel Bart Shuster Harold and Debra Luks Russell and Leslie Robinson Bernard and Lana Dishler Luis and Lee Lainer Stuart Sloame and Ellen Seeherman Robert J. Meth Fred and Gail Rollman Jason Epstein Randi Levinas Tara Slone-Goldstein Anne Molloy and Henry Posner Joseph Rubach Rabbi Leonid Feldman David Levine and Sherrie Zacharius Rabbi Mark N. Staitman Karen and Neil Moss Anthony and Sheila Sauber Marvin and Debra Feuer Mark Levine and Sara Imershein Susan and Joel Stern David and Inez Myers Foundation W. James Schiller Steven and Sandra Finkelman Michael and Rita LeVine Robert and Susan Stone Martin and Reva Oliner Bruce and Susan Turnbull Judy Fisher and Julie Ryan Norman Levine and Barbara Mack Slava Sverdlov and Ina Sverdlova Gerald Platt Liliane Willens Michael and Suzette Fisher Mildred Lewis Daniel and Ellen Trachtenberg Garry Rayant and Kathy Fields-Rayant Keenan and Orna Wolens Terry and Dennis Fisher Barry and Leilane Mehler Ben Tysch and Rachel Andres David and Marian Rocker Terry and Shifra Gardner Richard Meth Irina Vayndiner Howard and Kathy Sachs Bernard and Melanie Gero Henry and Lynn Meyers Richard and Marcia Volpert Richard and Ellen Sandler Daniel and Cecelia Goldschmidt Marta Miller Roberta Weil Joel M. Schindler Martin Doris Goldstein Rabbi James Morgan Gail and Harvey Weiner The Schoenbaum Family Foundation Betty Golomb Wayne Morse and Nancy Howard N. Weiner Highlet-Morse Max and Lynn Schrayer Jerry Goodman Philip Weiss and Gabrielle Julia I. Mykytyn Kleinmann Mark and Susan Sisisky David Gordon and Donna Richard and Merry Slone Schwarzbach Anne B. Roberts and Wayne Neiman Ronald Weiss Robert and Marcie Orley Martin Wenick and Alice Tetelman Shelby Tauber NCSEJ regrets any omissions Susan Green Union for Reform Judaism Edward A. Grossmann Gilda G. Paul Don Wertleib and Lorre or errors in these donor lists. To Beth Polinger Margo Volftsun correct a listing, please contact Tina Guberman Gary and Esther Polland Barry and Frances Wildstein Mark and Jane Wilf NCSEJ at 1120 20th Street NW, Richard Hoffenson Martin and Barbara Pollock Suite 300N, Washington, DC Ben and Janice Reznik Dolores Wilkenfeld Judith L. Wolf 20036, phone (202) 898-2500, Gerard J. Igel World Union for Progressive Judaism or email [email protected].

FEDERATION OUTREACH NCSEJ is proud to be the voice of Jewish Federations across The National Federation/Agency Alliance of the the United States on issues impacting Jewish communities in Jewish Federations of North America is a major the Eurasian region, including the former Soviet Union and supporter of NCSEJ. The Alliance is a partnership Eastern Europe. While maintaining contact with member of twenty-eight Federations that promotes deeper federations, NCSEJ also facilitates federations’ access to relationships and creates synergy between the resources in Washington, New York, and the Eurasian region. Federations and national Jewish agencies.

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CHAIRMAN EXECUTIVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEE Daniel Rubin Mark B. Levin Michael Adler EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN & CEO PRESIDENT Dr. Betsy Gidwitz Lesley Weiss DEPUTY DIRECTOR Aleksander Smukler Susan Green David S. Shulman VICE-PRESIDENTS William Hess SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER Martin Goldstein Leonard L. Kleinman Anna Chukhno RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY Rabbi David Hill Hon. Mel Levine OUTREACH COORDINATOR Allen Kronstadt Karen Moss Anna Bondareva Herbert Seif Dr. Judith L. Wolf EVENT COORDINATOR Yury Terekhov ATLAS CORPS/KRONSTADT TREASURER RESEARCH FELLOW Max R. Schrayer Ilya Bezruchko KYIV REPRESENTATIVE

HONORARY COMMITTEE

Ambassador Morris B. Abram* Fabian Kolker* Howard E. Sachs Denis C. Braham Burton S. Levinson Rabbi Herschel Schacter* Shoshana S. Cardin Stanley H. Lowell* Joel M. Schindler, Ph.D. Eugene Gold Harold Paul Luks Rabbi Mark N. Staitman Jerry Goodman Richard Maass* Richard B. Stone Stephen M. Greenberg Theodore R. Mann Lewis H. Weinstein* Lesley Israel Robert J. Meth, M.D. Martin A. Wenick Charlotte Jacobson* Rabbi Israel Miller* Richard L. Wexler Edward B. Robin *Deceased

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