2014 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 ANNUAL REPORT NCSEJ: National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry

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All photographs are from the archives of NCSEJ except where otherwise credited. Cover photographs (left, right blocks) and pages 2–5, 6 (bottom left), 8 (top center and bottom left), 9 (right), 10 (bottom), 16–19, and 21, are by Ron Sachs/CNP and Mannie Garcia/CNP. TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 MISSION AND BACKGROUND

3 LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD STEPHEN M. GREENBERG, CHAIRMAN

4 NCSEJ AND THE NEW AGENDA ALEXANDER SMUKLER, PRESIDENT

5 NOTES ON THE YEAR MARK B. LEVIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

6 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR

12 CRISIS IN UKRAINE SPREADS TO THE REGION

16 BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETINGS

20 FEDERATION PARTNERS

21 FINANCIAL STATEMENT

22 DONORS, MEMBER AGENCIES, AND PROGRAM FUNDERS

25 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF MISSION AND BACKGROUND

MISSION organizational spokesperson for the To empower and ensure the security renaissance of Jewish communal life in the of Jews in the fifteen independent fifteen successor states to the Soviet Union. states of the former Soviet Union and In 2014, NCSJ became NCSEJ, the Eastern Europe; to foster cooperation National Coalition Supporting Eurasian among the U.S. government, U.S. Jewry, with an expanded mission to Jewish organizations, and the Jewish promote and protect the growing Jewish communities and governments of communal presence throughout Eurasia, the region; to facilitate international including Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic Jewish organizations’ access to Jewish states, and Eastern Europe. communities; to represent the organized NCSEJ’s activities now include the U.S. Jewish community, including the twenty-five countries of Eurasia that Jewish Federations of North America and together constitute the world’s second- its member Federations; and to collaborate largest Jewish diaspora. The region is with other organizations for the provision ethnically diverse and economically of humanitarian aid, social services, and challenged, with still-fragile democratic educational/communal development institutions. Confronting increasing assistance throughout the region. tensions and violence in the region, NCSEJ helps solidify relations with BACKGROUND government officials and local Jewish Founded in 1971 as a coalition of Jewish communities across sometimes-hostile federations and national agencies to borders and takes an active role in coordinate the growing Free Soviet Jewry defining, communicating, and defending Movement, the National Conference Jewish interests on behalf of the on Soviet Jewry evolved into the American Jewish community.

 Board member Gene Burd with Boston JCRC’s Ann Levin and Yana Tolmacheva

2 National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD STEPHEN M. GREENBERG, CHAIRMAN

It is hard to believe three years have passed since I became Chair of the NCSEJ board. They have been eventful years. We have faced new issues and demands, and we are today a stronger organization. The international crisis in Ukraine has focused our energy. Our expanding engagement with the countries of Eastern Europe, especially Poland, has broadened our reach and enriched our programming, and our work with the World Jewish Congress has provided an innovative model for the future. Nor have we ignored the domestic sphere. We have been part of the State Department and administration’s formulation of policy for Russia and Ukraine. Our testimony has been sought by Congressional committees and we have articulated Jewish interests in the region for diplomats in Washington as well as in foreign affairs ministries from Georgia to Lithuania. In a world where misinformation is a policy tool and rumor runs rife, accurate and reliable information is the front line of protecting Jewish communities and communal life. Having long honed our skills at news gathering and analysis, we have become the preeminent source of trusted information about Jewish affairs in Ukraine. "…information is Our electronic news updates, bulletins, and conference calls with the region’s Jewish the front line of leaders and with government officials in Ukraine and the U.S. are “must-have” sources protecting Jewish for our constituency. The crisis has affirmed our unique mission and value to the communities and federations and agencies that are our core members, and to the wide variety of Jewish organizations, political allies, and individuals that form our international community. communal life." This past year I attended the opening of the new Jewish museum in Warsaw, Poland. NCSEJ was invited to the celebration by Tad Taube, a strong NCSEJ supporter and the museum’s largest U.S. donor. It was an extraordinary occasion. The resurgence of Jewish life in Poland alone is worthy of celebration. The museum is much more than a tribute to the past; it is a reconsideration of Europe’s Jewish heritage. The exhibition makes clear that Jewish history from the Baltic Sea to the Danube River is inexorably intertwined with the larger history of the region. Its exploration of Ashkenazi culture and religious traditions contributes to a rich and inclusive history of Eastern Europe, which we welcome and applaud. Since I became Chair, NCSEJ’s long-term financial stability has never been far from my thoughts. Over the past several years we have developed a very successful annual Chanukah appeal. We regularly secure grants and receive support from a wide spectrum of Jewish philanthropies. In addition, in 2014 we began a fruitful collaboration with the World Jewish Congress. Our relationship is an innovative model for working with other sister organizations, which, in addition, can contribute to our financial well-being. If the past several years are an augur of the future, then I look forward to NCSEJ reaching new levels of activity and relevance. The international Jewish community will need better information, more careful analysis, wider knowledge, and greater understanding to win the fight for our security and our well-being. NCSEJ has never been more important or a better investment in the success of Jewish life in the world’s second-largest Jewish diaspora.

2014 Annual Report 3 NCSEJ AND THE NEW AGENDA ALEXANDER SMUKLER, PRESIDENT

This has been the most unusual and intense year of my presidency. In 2014, NCSJ became NCSEJ. The change in name was not simply a rebranding of the organization but an important step into the future. It marked the end of the Soviet Jewry era. The new focus on Eurasian Jewry is more inclusive. A single Jewish community has become many Jewish communities with different histories, traditions, political environments, needs, and problems. After forty years of struggle, the success of the Free Soviet Jewry Movement was one of our great victories. The past decades have also included a largely unanticipated but extremely welcome renaissance of Jewish life throughout the region. However, little did we imagine how complicated the world would quickly become in the wake of our victory. The Jewish communities in the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe face challenges from different kinds of governments and economic conditions. They have different agendas, visions of their future, and unresolved problems from the past. Nor could we imagine how rapidly Western relations with Russia would chill. The Maidan revolution, changes in the government of Ukraine, and the country’s closer "We need to alignment with the West triggered a Russian response. Turmoil, economic chaos, war in Eastern Ukraine, and the annexation of Crimea have become our new reality. strengthen our The overwhelming majority of Ukrainian Jews support the new Ukrainian government shared Jewish and welcome the reforms and closer ties with the West. Some, however, caught in identity to the country’s economic freefall or by the violence in the East, are leaving for Israel. withstand the Emigration has tripled this past year. forces pulling In Russia, the Jewish community have differing opinions on the situation with us apart." Ukraine. There is concern about reports of extreme nationalism in Ukraine, and there is support for the Russian government. Some are asking Western Jews to approach their governments to lift the sanctions against Russia. Others fear the isolation of a new “iron curtain,” or have simply left Russia. NSCEJ has a new and enlarged agenda that reflects the changed reality facing Jewish communities in Russia, Ukraine, and throughout the region. Conflict may well be a major component of our engagement over the next years. We will strive to keep these disagreements peaceful and respectful. We need to strengthen our shared Jewish identity to withstand the forces pulling us apart. We need to remember that we all support Israel and that emigration to Israel is a precious right. We also need to recognize that in this region, the world’s second-largest Jewish diaspora, there are historical differences among countries and Jewish communities that shape fundamentally different understandings of the world around us.

4 National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry NOTES ON THE YEAR MARK B. LEVIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

It has been a busy and uneasy year. The international situation has taken a good deal of our attention. The Russian and Ukrainian Jewish communities have been affected by the crisis in Eastern Ukraine. Internal displacement in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia have further exacerbated problems and tensions. In addition, Russia’s exercise of military and economic might has left countries in the region uneasy with their powerful neighbor. Despite the pressures, NCSEJ has remained a partner with all the Jewish communities in the region, focusing our energy on the promotion and protection of Jewish communal life. We help American Jews and the U.S. government gain a better understanding of and craft appropriate responses to these changing events. Throughout the region, Jewish public opinions reflect the larger population’s diverse views. Jews suffer the same consequences as their fellow countrymen: hardships imposed by currency devaluation, soaring inflation, and economic sanctions. What they share as Jews is the desire to practice their faith and to live and work without discrimination based on ethnicity or religion. That is where NCSEJ is important. "The greater We have been especially attentive to any evidence of anti-Semitism. We have [international] researched every instance that has been reported or rumored to us, and we have not tensions... found any surge in incidents or attacks in the region. We believe that NCSEJ’s careful translate analysis and responsible reporting has helped calm tensions about anti-Semitism throughout the region. directly into NCSEJ has also been alert to the growing anti-Semitism in Western Europe. I increased participated in the preparatory meeting in Jerusalem of the Global Forum for Combating responsibility Antisemitism in July 2014 and the full meeting in May 2015. Deputy Director Lesley for NCSEJ." Weiss spoke about anti-Semitism at the Berlin meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in November 2014. We have taken seriously our obligation to inform the American Jewish community about the events, people, and government policies that affect Jewish lives and institutions in the region. With a staff person on the ground in Kyiv, we have been able to follow events far more closely than in years past. We have published interviews with young people in Eastern and Western Ukraine, and we held conference calls linking American Jewish leaders directly with political and religious leaders in the region. The greater tensions on the international stage translate directly into increased responsibility for NCSEJ. Fortunately our multi-lingual staff are able to handle the greater flow of information from the region and enable us to quickly alert our American community about events as they happen. I am proud of the work NCSEJ has done this year. I hope, however, that next year will bring greater stability to the region and that my friends and longtime colleagues from Russia to Lithuania and from Ukraine to Georgia will hear the voices of peace and security.

2014 Annual Report 5 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR

UKRAINE CRISIS community, and published a New York Responding to the dramatic events, Times Letter to the Editor alerting the political change, and violence in the East, American Jewish community and the NCSEJ had an extremely active Ukraine public at large to the misinformation focus in 2014. Beginning with the protests campaign. in 2013, NCSEJ watched for a potential The humanitarian services offered by a upswing in anti-Semitism, tracking leading international Jewish agency are incidents and potential threats against critical to Jewish communities in the Jewish communities. beleaguered parts of Ukraine. Late 2014 In the spring, NCSEJ met with the saw the successful resolution of a multi- Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox year civil dispute between this agency Church to promote interreligious and the Ukrainian government, in which harmony in the face of unrest; and in NCSEJ played an important mediating September, NCSEJ met with Prime role. Without this resolution, the agency Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and would have been severely hampered in Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin at the its critical ongoing humanitarian work. UN General Assembly in New York. NCSEJ has been providing ongoing NCSEJ has consistently and fairly assistance to the Jewish Community countered false propaganda Relations Council of Greater Boston on its about the conflict in Ukraine. Dnepropetrovsk Kehilla Project, including It has protested the use of the emergency support to ensure the security 1 misinformation to fan flames of a Boston group visiting Ukraine during of ethnic fear and nationalist the crisis. NCSEJ arranged meetings sentiment in the Russian Jewish with Members of Congress, the U.S.

▼ Past Chairman Richard Stone and Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Yaakov Bleich 2

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State Department, USAID, and Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. during a Boston JCRC leadership trip to Washington.

ADDRESSING ANTI-SEMITISM 4 NCSEJ’s careful monitoring and follow- on action in the region included: requesting a swift investigation of a desecration of the Babi Yar Holocaust memorial in Kyiv; petitioning Ukraine’s government to reverse the appointment of a neo-Nazi leader as head of Kyiv’s regional police; meeting with members of Ukraine’s parliament and foreign ministry; and gaining the Prime Minister’s direct assurances that any anti-Semitic incidents in Ukraine would be immediately investigated and dealt with as criminal acts. NCSEJ participated in the 10th Anniversary of the Berlin Conference on Anti-Semitism and in the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem.

1 Chairman Stephen Greenberg and National Federation/Agency Alliance Past Chair Jocelyn Krifcher at the JFNA General Assembly 2 Congressional staff brief NCSEJ and Boston JCRC on the Ukraine crisis 3 Milwaukee Jewish Federation CEO Hannah Rosenthal, Deputy Director Lesley Weiss, and Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights President Wade Henderson 4 Vice-President Allen Kronstadt, AIPAC International Affairs Director Stephen Schneider, former Ukraine Ambassador Oleh Shamshur, and Executive Director Mark Levin 5 Global Forum on Combating Antisemitism

Photo credit: Tal Vider/Knesset

2014 Annual Report 7 INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY Although Ukraine garnered a major share of NCSEJ’s attention in 2014, NCSEJ was active in a variety of international events 1 relevant to the region. In Poland, NCSEJ leaders were guests of the Taube and Koret Foundations at the opening of Warsaw’s new Jewish museum. NCSEJ hosted a delegation of Jewish and political leaders from Kazakhstan and maintained close contact with the Russian Jewish Congress and other Eurasian Jewish organizations. 2 NCSEJ consulted with diplomats from Russia’s neighboring states about increased tensions.

1 Chairman Stephen Greenberg, Executive Director Mark Levin, and Belarus Embassy Chargé d’affaires a.i. Pavel Shidlovsky 2 Kazakh leaders with Executive Director Mark Levin 3 Deputy Director Lesley Weiss and Belarus Jewish activist Galina Levina

 Executive Director Mark Levin and Israeli President Shimon Peres

8 National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry U.S. GOVERNMENT "NCSEJ has made a tremendous difference OUTREACH to our community…we have a voice here NCSEJ’s leadership was part of ongoing high-level U.S. government in Washington we know we can rely on." discussions at the State Department to develop strategies and policy in —RABBI YAAKOV BLEICH, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv response to the Ukraine crisis. In and Ukraine addition, NCSEJ briefed Members of Congress about events in the region and kept Members abreast of Jewish interests in Ukraine. NCSEJ also continued its efforts to secure for Poland the same visa status enjoyed by other EU countries and facilitated meetings with Members of Congress for NCSEJ stakeholders visiting Washington.

4 Chairman Stephen Greenberg, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, and President Alexander Smukler 5 Roundtable participants in a U.S. State Department forum on anti-Semitism

2014 Annual Report 9 ONGOING PROGRAMS This year our program for diplomats from the countries of the region had an unusual American twist—a Washington Nationals baseball game. The Nationals are the D.C. home team and they play in a new stadium in the Southwest, with the dome of the U.S. Capitol in the background. Everyone enjoyed themselves as we explained the intricacies of baseball, hotdogs with mustard, and the seventh- inning stretch! The relaxed atmosphere also provided us with a perfect opportunity to inform our guests about American sports and to address issues about Jewish life in their own countries. NCSEJ and Druzya DC, a community for 1 young Russian-speaking Jews from the former Soviet Union in the DC area, held a joint program at the Embassy of Israel. The event was the fourth in a series of joint NCSEJ/Druzya DC programs, aimed at fostering a new generation of Jewish leaders.

10 National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry Nearly fifty young Russian-speaking "I am proud of the work NCSEJ has done Jews listened to Eliav Benjamin, the Embassy’s Counselor for Political this year. I hope, however, that next year Affairs, discuss Israel’s foreign policy will bring [to the region]...the voices of priorities and give an overview of Israel’s relations with governments peace and security.” and Jewish communities in the region. NCSEJ Executive Director Mark Levin —MARK B. LEVIN, NCSEJ Executive Director observed that programs like this are “a great opportunity to foster a new generation of activists. These are young, energetic and talented people who have strong ties with former Soviet Union and given an opportunity can make a great contribution to Jewish life in this region, and around the world.”

1 Druzya DC Young Leadership Program Chairs Mark Lyubovitsky and Veronica Slootsker 2 Chairman Stephen Greenberg, Past Chairman Richard Stone, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rubin, and Executive Director Mark Levin 3 Executive Director Mark Levin, Georgian Ambassador Archil Gegeshidze, and Ukraine Embassy Chargé d’affaires a.i. Yaroslav Brisiuck 4 Israeli Embassy Political Counselor Eliav Benjamin

2014 Annual Report 11 CRISIS IN UKRAINE SPREADS TO THE REGION

"Almost all my life I have participated in Jewish activities in Russia, like summer camps, festivals, seminars, etc. Because of the situation with Ukraine, we feel that the Jewish community here is not so united. 3 Some of my friends are thinking of making aliyah, because it’s getting more and more difficult to earn enough to support your family." —LEV L., RUSSIA 4

"It is difficult to explain to 5 elderly people or parents that Ukraine isn’t an enemy, but a friend. I’m really waiting for the time I can visit Jewish camps in Ukraine again." —DAVID K., RUSSIA

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"The prospect of conflict in Transnistria has created a very difficult political situation. In June, we’ll have elections, and now our politicians talk about a rise in energy tariffs, which can hit lots of elderly citizens. Many old Jews among them receive help from our heseds [charity centers]." —ALEXANDER B., MOLDOVA

"It's really difficult to reconcile the two realities: peaceful life in Kyiv and hundreds killed in the east. I dream of making aliyah, but I'm a student now. I'm also really interested in U.S. Jewish communities. Their experience could help us 8 strengthen Jewish life here." —MELISSA K., UKRAINE

1–2 Belarus 3–4 Moldova 5 Simferopol 6 Luhansk 7–8 Russia

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"I moved from Belarus a year ago. I have seen dramatic changes in Ukraine. That 3 awful shooting on the Maidan was a huge shock. I thought the changes in government would bring economic reform and less corruption. Instead, we have war and economic collapse, and each day my salary is worth less." —ANASTASIYA B., UKRAINE

"Previously we had summer camps here in Ukraine, but because of the invasion and terror threats, parents from Russia and Belarus won’t send their hanikhim [campers] here. Prices for train tickets have risen more than seventy percent." —JULIA O., UKRAINE

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"I live in Minsk and work as a madrikh [counselor] for a Jewish youth club in the city. The number of young Jewish activists has decreased. The economic crisis has hit Jewish organizations, too. For some programs, we receive less support." —DARYA G., BELARUS

"The exchange rate has almost tripled. We are looking for jobs, but an average salary now only covers rent for a studio apartment in Kyiv, not even basic expenses for a young person. It is a big emotional stress for us." —DENIS B., UKRAINE

1–2 Mariupol 3 Odesa 4–6, 8 Donetsk 7 Kramatorsk

2014 Annual Report 15 BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETINGS

JUNE MEETING equality, talked about women’s efforts in On June 10, 2014, Chairman Stephen Ukraine to promote peace, tolerance, and Greenberg convened the annual civil society, and minimize conflict. Spring NCSEJ Board of Governors Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine Yaakov meeting, focused on NCSEJ’s increased Bleich identified community infighting engagement in Eastern and Central and establishing strict security measures Europe, and our work to counter for institutions as the next challenges widespread disinformation about the for Ukraine’s Jews. The conflict has Ukraine conflict. helped unify Ukrainian Jews, he said, but Karyn Gershon, Executive Director of membership and funding for institutions Project Kesher, which promotes Jewish has declined as Jewish professionals have community development and gender fled the war. Rabbi Bleich stressed that Jews

16 National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry are fully accepted in Ukrainian civil society, Georgian Ambassador to the United States and that anti-Semitism in Ukraine is rare. Archil Gegeshidze discussed the Ukraine Ukrainian Ambassador to the United crisis’ effects on the broader Eurasian States Oleksandr Motsyk emphasized region. He underscored the need for both the need for successful presidential Georgia and Ukraine to pursue greater elections, economic reconstruction integration with Western institutions, for Eastern Ukraine, and a workable including NATO and the European Union. peace plan. Regardless of any peace U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State deal with Russia, Ukraine would still for European and Eurasian AffairsEric seek European integration and refuse Rubin gave the meeting’s keynote address, to recognize Russia’s occupation of speaking off the record about the Ukraine Crimea, he said. crisis and U.S. policy in the broader region.

2014 Annual Report 17 DECEMBER MEETING Center for Children with Special Needs, as NCSEJ Chairman Stephen Greenberg well as a microfinance program. convened the Board of Governors Attending Physician of Emergency meeting on Tuesday, December 9. Medicine at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Participants included NCSEJ leadership Medical Center Dr. James Phillips spoke and representatives of member about his volunteer work with Boston JCRC organizations, Jewish Federations, and in Dnipropetrovsk. Dr. Phillips said that the diplomatic community. getting updated medical equipment and Ann Levin, Chair of the Dnepropetrovsk physician expertise to patients is critical Kehillah Project (DKP) of the Jewish during Ukraine’s current crisis. Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Kyiv Yaakov Greater Boston gave an overview of their Bleich briefed the Board about the latest sister-city partnership and the recent developments in Ukraine and their JCRC trip to the region. The DKP is part implications for the well-being of the of NCSEJ’s effort to link American Jewish Ukrainian Jewish community. communities with those in the former Keynote speaker U.S. Senator Cory Soviet region. The Boston JCRC DKP helps Booker (D-NJ) noted the importance of support numerous programs, including a

18 National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry non-governmental organizations like NCSEJ ANNOUNCES LESLEY WEISS NCSEJ in promoting democratic values AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR in the countries of Eastern Europe What a difference a few words and diplomatic expertise and the region. The Senator spoke make! Lesley Weiss has been she has garnered as Chair of about America’s struggle to eradicate an important part of NCSEJ for the U.S. Commission for the discrimination and emphasized his more than a decade. She has Preservation of America’s commitment to combatting all forms of been responsible for innovative Heritage Abroad. anti-Semitism. initiatives, including the This new position at NCSEJ is The Board also heard from U.S. Special ongoing program to familiarize part of NCSEJ’s increasingly Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti- diplomats from the region visible presence and forceful Semitism Ira Forman, who reported on with Jewish history and the voice in the region. Together current trends in Europe and elsewhere, American Jewish community. with Executive Director and the U.S. government’s work to Ms. Weiss is known and well Mark Levin, Lesley Weiss combat a disturbing rise in anti- regarded throughout the and her NCSEJ colleagues will Semitism. NCSEJ Deputy Director Lesley region. As Deputy Director, continue to strengthen NCSEJ Weiss reported on her participation in she brings to the position not and to promote and protect the OSCE Berlin Declaration on Anti- only her years of experience the renaissance of Jewish Semitism 10th Anniversary Conference. at NCSEJ but also the contacts communal life.

2014 Annual Report 19 FEDERATION PARTNERS

OUR WORK WITH FEDERATIONS

Board USAID Connection Briefings Members State Congress Department Cooperation Assistance Government Odesa Lviv Ukraine Beltsy Sister Israel Cities Kehilla

Moscow Advocacy Outreach Information Kyiv Washington DC Education Consultation Dnipropetrovsk Community Warsaw Discussion

Atlanta, GA FEDERATION OUTREACH Washington, DC Baltimore, MD NCSEJ is proud to be the voice of Jewish Federations across the United States on issues impacting Jewish communities San Francisco, CA Boston, MA in the Eurasian region, including the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. NCSEJ is a proud member of the National Palm Beach, FL Chicago, IL Federation/Agency Alliance of the Jewish Federations of North America. Federations Northern NJ Columbus, OH While maintaining contact with member federations, NCSEJ also actively facilitates federations’ access to New York, NY Dallas, TX resources in Washington, New York, and the Eurasian region. Metrowest NJ Houston, TX

20 National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry XXXFINANCIAL STATEMENT

NCSEJ INCOME 2014 NCSEJ EXPENSES 2014

10% 7% 11%

23% 12% 50% $876,403 52% $818,702

Advocacy 18% 17%

■ Contributions ■ Advocacy/Public Information/Education ■ Allocations from the National Federation/Agency ■ Community Liaising and Servicing Alliance and from other non-Alliance Federations ■ Leadership/International Consultations ■ Grants ■ Communications ■ Dues ■ Operating Costs

"The importance of NCSEJ is critical, in my opinion, in this moment, more than ever." —CORY BOOKER, U.S. Senator from New Jersey

2014 Annual Report 21 XXXDONORS, MEMBER AGENCIES, AND PROGRAM FUNDERS

BENEFACTORS ($25,000 and greater) ÌÌAnonymous ÌÌAlexander Smukler and ÌÌEuro-Asian Jewish Congress Alla Shtraks ÌÌStephen and Sandra Greenberg ÌÌWorld Jewish Congress ÌÌAllen Kronstadt ÌÌThe National Federation/ ÌÌEdward and Peggy Robin Agency Alliance of the Jewish ÌÌBoris Semberg Federations of North America

PATRONS ($10,000–$24,999) ÌÌ American Israel Public ÌÌ Jewish National Fund Affairs Committee ÌÌ Koret Foundation ÌÌ Anti-Defamation League ÌÌ Lawrence and ÌÌ B’nai B’rith International Millie Magid ÌÌ Stanley and Judy Frankel ÌÌ The Olhausen Foundation ÌÌ Allene N. Gilman Charitable Trust ÌÌ Herbert and Harriet Seif ÌÌ William and Susan Hess ÌÌ Richard Stone ÌÌ Jewish Federation of Greater ÌÌ Taube Foundation for Jewish Life Los Angeles and Culture

DIPLOMATS ($5,000–$9,999) ÌÌ AJC: Global Jewish Advocacy ÌÌ Hadassah ÌÌ Michael Duvidzon ÌÌ Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society ÌÌ The Franco Family ÌÌ Jewish Federation of Greater Houston ÌÌ Betsy R. Gidwitz ÌÌ Jewish Federations of North America ÌÌ Martin and Roberta Goldstein ÌÌ Anthony and Miraldina Meyer

22 National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry CONSULS ($1,000–$4,999) ÌÌ Denis and Sarah Braham ÌÌ Scott Kellman ÌÌ David and Marian Rocker ÌÌ Michael and Anne ÌÌ S. Lee Kohrman ÌÌ Daniel Rubin Chorches ÌÌ Barry and Jill Lafer ÌÌ Howard and Kathy Sachs ÌÌ Arlene and Daniel ÌÌ Mark and Ellie Lainer ÌÌ The Schoenbaum Fisher Foundation ÌÌ Janet Lehr Family Foundation ÌÌ Roger G. Gelder ÌÌ Jonathan and Jill Lerner ÌÌ Skip and Lynn Schrayer ÌÌ Samuel and Grace ÌÌ Robert J. Meth ÌÌ Mark Sisisky Gorlitz Foundation ÌÌ Anne Molloy and ÌÌ Constance Smukler ÌÌ Jerome Gottesman Henry Posner III ÌÌ Shelby Tauber ÌÌ Seth and Lisa Greenberg ÌÌ Karen and Neil Moss ÌÌ Lewis E. Topper ÌÌ Rabbi David Hill ÌÌ David and Inez ÌÌ Union for Reform Judaism ÌÌ David and Michelle Hirsch Myers Foundation ÌÌ Margo Volftsun ÌÌ Lesley and Fred Israel ÌÌ National Council of ÌÌ Richard L. Wexler ÌÌ Jewish Council for Jewish Women ÌÌ Mark Wilf Public Affairs ÌÌ Richard M. Rappaport ÌÌ Judith L. Wolf ÌÌ Jewish Federation of ÌÌ Garry Rayant and ÌÌ World Union for Central Alabama, Inc. Kathy Fields-Rayant Progressive Judaism

POLICY MAKERS ($500–$999) ÌÌ Ameinu ÌÌ Laurence and Celia Kirsch ÌÌ Ron Rubenstein ÌÌ American Zionist Movement ÌÌ Leonard L. Kleinman ÌÌ Joel M. Schindler ÌÌ Sandra and Marshal ÌÌ Mel and Connie Levine ÌÌ Bruce and Susan Turnbull Goldberg ÌÌ Richard Meth ÌÌ Liliane Willens ÌÌ Larry J. Hochberg ÌÌ Fred and Gail Rollman

SUPPORTERS AND ADVOCATES ($100–$499) ÌÌ David and Sandy Abrams ÌÌ Daniel and Sharon Brener ÌÌ Michael and Suzette Fisher ÌÌ Robert and Judith Amdur ÌÌ Frank and Bunny Brodsky ÌÌ Larry and Lois Frank ÌÌ Alan and Karen Asman ÌÌ Mark and Roni Chasin ÌÌ Terry and Shifra Gardner ÌÌ Ira Bartfield ÌÌ Betty Chrustowski ÌÌ Nina and Sol Glasner ÌÌ Toby D. Bernstein ÌÌ Freddy and Rochelle Cohen ÌÌ Robert I. Glimcher ÌÌ Ross and Wendy Born ÌÌ Jason Epstein ÌÌ Daniel and Cecelia Goldschmidt ÌÌ Richard and Barbara Braun ÌÌ Jack and Sandra Fine ÌÌ Doris and Martin Goldstein

2014 Annual Report 23 ÌÌ Jerry Goodman ÌÌ Norman Levine and Barbara Mack ÌÌ Martin and Carol Shulman ÌÌ David Gordon and ÌÌ Barry and Leilane Mehler ÌÌ Steven Shulman and Donna Schwarzbach ÌÌ Edward and Sue Meltzer Debra Yanofsky ÌÌ Susan Green ÌÌ Marta and Franklin Miller ÌÌ Bart Shuster ÌÌ Marvin Greenberg ÌÌ Wayne Morse and ÌÌ Joel and Susan Stern ÌÌ Ronald and Sarah Hirsen Nancy Highlet-Morse ÌÌ Jules and Lila Stern ÌÌ Gerard J. Igel ÌÌ Julia I. Mykytyn ÌÌ Robert and Susan Stone ÌÌ Tamara Igel ÌÌ Ronald and Cheryl Nagel ÌÌ Sy and Pat Strongin ÌÌ Jewish Federation of ÌÌ Adrienne Nassau ÌÌ Slava Sverdlov and Ina Sverdlova Central New York ÌÌ North Suburban Synagogue ÌÌ Ben Tysch and Rachel Andres ÌÌ Ronald and Judy Kabrins Beth El ÌÌ Richard and Marcia Volpert ÌÌ Joseph and Joy Kaplan ÌÌ Rob and Marcie Orley ÌÌ Abraham and Thelma Wadler ÌÌ Jerry and Patricia Kaye ÌÌ Owen Z. Perlman ÌÌ Ben and Joy Warren ÌÌ Robert Klutznick ÌÌ Elaine Pittell ÌÌ Paul and Roberta Weil ÌÌ Samoil K. Kofman ÌÌ Esther and Gary Polland ÌÌ Howard N. Weiner ÌÌ Mike and Susan Kopen ÌÌ Martin and Barbara Pollock ÌÌ Stephen and Lisa Weingrad ÌÌ Irwin and Rita Kopin ÌÌ Amb. Peter R. Rosenblatt ÌÌ Dr. Philip Weiss and ÌÌ Constance Kreshtool ÌÌ James and Cyndi Rosenthal Gabrielle Kleinmann ÌÌ Scott and Robyn Krieger ÌÌ Melvin and Anita Salberg ÌÌ Ron Weiss ÌÌ Richard and Sally Krugel ÌÌ W. James Schiller ÌÌ Martin Wenick and Alice Tetelman ÌÌ Luis and Lee Lainer ÌÌ Susan and Ray Schoenbaum ÌÌ Don Wertleib and ÌÌ Joseph and Betty Levin ÌÌ Stephen L. Schwartz Lorre Beth Polinger ÌÌ Randi Levinas ÌÌ Michael and Greta Schwarz ÌÌ Barry and Frances Wildstein ÌÌ Michael and Rita LeVine ÌÌ Steve Shapiro ÌÌ Keenan and Orna Wolens

The National Federation/Agency Alliance of the Jewish Federations of North America is a major supporter of NCSEJ. The Alliance is a partnership of twenty-eight Federations that promotes deeper relationships and creates synergy between the Federations and national Jewish agencies. NCSEJ regrets any omissions or errors in these donor lists. To correct a listing, please contact NCSEJ at 1120 20th Street NW, Suite 300N, Washington, DC 20036, phone (202) 898-2500, or email [email protected].

24 National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF

CHAIRMAN HONORARY COMMITTEE Stephen M. Greenberg Amb. Morris B. Abram* Denis C. Braham PRESIDENT Shoshana S. Cardin Alexander Smukler Eugene Gold VICE-PRESIDENTS Jerry Goodman Martin Goldstein Lesley Israel Rabbi David Hill Charlotte Jacobson* Allen Kronstadt Fabian Kolker* Herbert Seif Burton S. Levinson Stanley H. Lowell* TREASURER Max R. Schrayer Harold Paul Luks Richard Maass* SECRETARY Theodore R. Mann Karen Moss Robert J. Meth, M.D. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rabbi Israel Miller* Dr. Betsy Gidwitz Edward B. Robin Betty Golomb Howard E. Sachs Susan Green Rabbi Herschel Schacter* William Hess Joel M. Schindler, Ph.D. Leonard L. Kleinman Rabbi Mark N. Staitman Dr. Stephen Kutner Richard B. Stone Hon. Mel Levine Lewis H. Weinstein* Daniel Rubin Martin A. Wenick Susan Turnbull ex officio Richard L. Wexler Dr. Judith L. Wolf *Deceased PROFESSIONAL STAFF Mark B. Levin, Executive Director Lesley Weiss, Deputy Director David S. Shulman, Senior Program Officer Anna Chukhno, Research and Community Outreach Coordinator Anna Bondareva, Event Coordinator

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