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Stanford University - Moscow Student Leadership Program Stanford University - Moscow Student Leadership Program Станфорд – Москва Поездка Студентов Лидеров March 23-30, 2009 PROGRAM REPORT Lesley Weiss, NCSJ Director of Community Services and Cultural Affairs Program Coordinators Lesley Weiss, Director of Community Services and Cultural Affairs, NCSJ Dmitry Maryasis, Director, Moscow Hillel Anna Ermanok, Public Relations Director, Moscow Hillel Sam Berrin Shonkoff, Jewish Student Life Coordinator, Hillel at Stanford University Student Participants Stanford University Moscow Hillel Shira Beery Anton Babich Julia Greenberg Masha Filimonova Helen Helfand Lilly Gaydukova David Kessler Lidya Khessed Mariya Kupershmidt Svetlana Lerman Matthew Levy Galina Petrenko Miriam Marks Marina Purmel Amanda Mener Ilya Tsarfin Introduction From March 23-30, 2009, students from Stanford University traveled to Moscow and joined with students from several Russian universities in a select student leadership program focused on advocacy and cross-cultural dialogue. The program, developed and coordinated by NCSJ in collaboration with Stanford University and Moscow Hillels, is supported by the Koret Foundation, Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture, and the Jewish Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties. The eight-day seminar brought together Jewish students from America and Moscow. The Stanford and Moscow students were paired as roommates, allowing them to informally interact and develop friendships with one another. The major themes addressed during the week included Jewish religious and organizational life, Jewish identity, anti-Semitism, and democracy-building. NCSJ, an advocate for Jewish communities in the successor states of the former Soviet Union (FSU) for over thirty years, provided the program with a unique and critical perspective about government and community-level Jewish life and institutions. Stanford University Hillel provided professional staff assistance in selecting and preparing the American students while Moscow Hillel helped to coordinate the program in Moscow. Program participants in Red Square The project is an important part of NCSJ’s ongoing mission to link Jewish communities in the U.S. and former Soviet Union, as well as to develop a new generation of activists. The trip was preceded by two in-depth orientation sessions at Stanford. Dr. Steven J. Zipperstein, the 3 Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History, discussed the history of Jews in the Soviet Union. Lesley Weiss, the project director, led a discussion about the goals, expectations, and details of the program. Moscow students met for an orientation with Moscow Hillel staff. Program Highlights Meeting at Russian Foreign Ministry Briefings at the U.S. Embassy and the Israeli Cultural Center Meetings with Euro-Asian Jewish Congress and the Russian Jewish Congress representatives Lunch with Chief Rabbi of Russia, Adolf Shayevich, and Russian Jewish Congress President, Yuri Kanner, at the Choral Synagogue Shabbat lunch with Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, at Marina Roscha Synagogue and Jewish Community Center Meeting with media representatives Meeting with NCSJ leadership Discussions on anti-Semitism in Russia and the United States Visits to home-bound elderly and JDC’s Chesed Chamah Discussions on democracy, media freedom, and Jewish identity Home hospitality and touring Meeting with Genesis Philanthropy Group Meeting with Progressive Rabbi Alexander Lyskovoy Visit to Moscow Jewish Children’s Home and Etz Chaim Day School Meeting with Project Kesher Kabbalat Shabbat with Jewish Agency for Israel Views of Moscow during the eight-day visit 4 REPORT MOSCOW JEWISH LEADERSHIP MEETINGS Dr. Mikhail Chlenov is the General Secretary of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC), which defends the rights and interests of the Jewish people and officially represents the Jewish communities of the Euro-Asian region. Dr Chlenov discussed the history of the Russian Jewish community and its current state, as well as described the revival of Russian Jewish life as a “secular culture with its own religious traditions.” Chief Rabbi of Russia, Adolf Shayevich, hosted the group at the Choral Synagogue. He discussed his life and work at the oldest and largest synagogue in Moscow during Soviet times through the present. He spoke about the history of the Jewish community in Moscow, and the renewal of Jewish life in Russia. Moscow participant Galina Petrenko said, “It was wonderful to meet Rabbi Shayevich because he is one of the people who saved Jewish culture during Soviet times and revived community life in Moscow after the USSR collapsed…he is still a kind of hero for all the Soviet Jews.” Yuri Kanner, President of the Russian Jewish Congress (l.-r.) Rabbi Adolf Shayevich, Moscow participant Galina Petrenko and RJC President Yuri Kanner (RJC), discussed the role of the RJC in rep- resenting the interests of the whole spectrum of modern Russian Jewry, and the movement toward self-organized and self-financed community projects. He also spoke about his work in protecting and memorializing the massacre sites of the Holocaust. Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, discussed his work with the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS (FEOR), whose mandate is to restore life, culture, and religion throughout the former Soviet Union by providing assistance, educational support, and funding to member communities. During Shabbat lunch at the Marina Roscha Synagogue and Jewish Community Center, Rabbi Lazar spoke about his interaction with Russian government officials on behalf of Jewish communities and his work in developing and managing the Jewish communities of FEOR. American participant Amanda Mener liked visiting the Chabad center and “witnessing their vibrant and all-encompassing community.” EMBASSY BRIEFINGS Eric Rubin, Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States Embassy in Moscow briefed the group about U.S.-Russian relations, human rights, anti-Semitism, press freedom, and the Moscow Jewish community. Mr. Rubin discussed changes in U.S.-Russian relations following the conflict in Georgia last summer. He noted that both the U.S. and Russia have reduced inflammatory rhetoric and that the Obama Administration hopes to further improve the bilateral relationship. Additionally, the 5 United States would like to partner with Russia and address pressing world problems. While the new administration recognizes that there may be disagreements, they hope to focus on areas of agreement. American participant Matthew Levy observed that “the speakers at the Embassy were incredibly knowledgeable as to the historic and socioeconomic issues of the U.S.-Russia relationship, as well as the plight of the Jews.” At the U.S. Embassy in Moscow Yuval Fuchs, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Israel, described his country’s bilateral relations with Russia as positive and improving. He spoke about Russia’s participation in the Group of Six concerning Iran and nuclear weapons and Israel’s concerns about Iran and Syria. He also spoke about then- President Putin’s visit to Israel in 2005, and the frequent subsequent visits of other Russian officials to the Jewish state. American participant Shira Beery observed that this meeting “gave a different dimension to the U.S.-Russian relationship and more clearly established the place of the Russian Jewish community in the mix.” Moscow participant Anton Babich said “The most free and honest [speaker] was the diplomat from the Embassy of Israel.” Yuval Fuchs MEDIA BRIEFINGS Alexei Venidiktov, Editor-in-Chief of Echo Moskvy Radio, met with students at the radio station. He spoke about the realities of broadcasting in Russia and maintaining a balance between Russian government approval and press freedom. He stressed his independence and observed that if he pleased everyone, then he was doing something wrong. He described his radio station as not oppositional or liberal, but as a professional place of discussion where the public can become experts because all (l.-r.) Shira Beery, Julia Greenberg, Lilly Gaydu- kova, Alexei Venidiktov views are represented, with the exception of fascists. 6 This meeting was particularly exciting for the Moscow students, most of who regularly listen to the radio broadcast. “For us in Russia, he is clearly an icon in the media,” said Moscow participant Galina Petrenko. Yonatan Pomrenze (right), Field Producer for NBC News, Grant Slater (center), Moscow Correspondent for Jewish Telegraph Agency, and free-lance journalist Miriam Elder (left) provided a Western perspective on covering Jewish interest stories and other news in Russia. American participant Mariya Kupershmidt noted that “the freedom (or lack thereof) of the press is one of the greatest and most important differences…between our two countries.” RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT MEETING Our meeting with Igor S. Neverov, Director of the North American Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took place during the Ministry’s preparations for the meeting between Presidents Medvedev and Obama in London. Mr. Neverov provided an overview of Russian-U.S. bilateral relations starting from the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, when he said then-President Putin offered unprecedented cooperation with the United States. For the first time, U.S. bases were located on Russia’s border and there was a strong anti-terrorism alliance. Then the focus of the U.S. administration shifted from anti-terror to weapons of mass destruction
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