2013 Annual Report | 3 REFLECTIONS by ALEXANDER SMUKLER, PRESIDENT

2013

Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT 2013 NCSEJ: National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry

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All photographs are from the archives of NCSEJ except where otherwise credited. TABLE OF CONTENTS

Mission and Background 2

Message from Stephen Greenberg, Board Chairman 3

Reﬂections by Alexander Smukler, President 4

A Note from Mark Levin, Executive Director 5

Highlights of the Year 6

Jewry in the New and Expanded NCSEJ Region 10

Federation Partners 12

Program Initiatives 12

Board of Governors Meetings 14

Financial Statement 18

Donors, Member Agencies, and Program Funders 19

Executive Committee Members and Professional Staff 21 MISSION AND BACKGROUND

MISSION language and life. Jewish identity remains fragile and To empower and ensure the security of Jews in many communities are struggling to rebuild Jewish the fifteen independent states of the former Soviet communal life and institutions. Union and Eastern Europe; to foster cooperation NCSEJ has taken an active role in the region since among the U.S. government, U.S. Jewish 1971, playing an important part in the rebirth of organizations, and the Jewish communities and Jewish consciousness during the final decades of the governments of the region; to facilitate international Soviet era. Today, NCSEJ’s central role in the growth Jewish organizations’ access to Jewish communities; of new, post-Communist Jewish institutions makes it to represent the organized U.S. Jewish community, a respected leader in all aspects of Jewish communal including the Jewish Federations of North America life, in Jewish relationships with the independent and its member Federations; and to collaborate with states of the region, and in relations between the other organizations for the provision of humanitarian countries of the region and the United States. aid, social services, and educational/communal In the U.S., NCSEJ collaborates with national development assistance throughout the region. agencies, Federations, and representatives from Jewish organizations working on behalf of the more BACKGROUND 1.5 million Jews that live in the post-Communist The systematic destruction of Jewish communal countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet institutions and the persecution of Jews, especially Union. NCSEJ and its partner organizations maintain Jews in public positions, left Jewish communities close relationships with key government officials without resources or infrastructure after the throughout the region, Israel, and the United States. collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and NCSEJ sponsors missions and maintains networks the Soviet Union. Although the post-Soviet states of communication through its elected Board of and the countries of Eastern Europe have laws Governors, whose members represent a wide array against state-sanctioned anti-Semitism, its popular of Jewish organizations from the United States and expression remains woven into the fabric of daily the region.

“Slowly, not only American Jews, but Christians, African Americans, and people from the arts and sciences joined our cause… this (was) a human rights issue. ”

—RABBI DAVID HILL ON THE SOVIET JEWRY MOVEMENT. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG ISRAEL’S VIEWPOINT MAGAZINE , Summer 5773/2013

2 | National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry MESSAGE FROM STEPHEN GREENBERG, BOARD CHAIRMAN

As I look back over my first full year as Chairman, I am amazed at how much we have accomplished. From the very beginning I intended that we would try new paths, and we have. We joined with Hillel and established an award honoring the late Senator Lautenberg. We have developed a mutually beneficial relationship with the World Jewish Congress that recognizes the value of NCSEJ’s unique expertise. The office is about to move and we have changed our name. We undertook these innovations in an already eventful year that repeatedly proved our worth. From elections in Georgia to unrest in Ukraine, NCSEJ has maintained contact with national Jewish communities, government officials and protesters, the U.S. State Department and the administration, and with diplomats in D.C. and abroad. We have kept the U.S. Jewish community alert with up-to-date reliable information about unfolding events. This year’s events have affirmed for me the importance of our name change. Although the Cold War is over, the battles for geopolitical power continue. The Ukraine crisis is all about the relationship of the fifteen independent states of the former Soviet Union (FSU) with Europe, America, Russia, and Israel. Not surprisingly, Jews play multiple roles, some pivotal to the region’s future. They are citizens, many in the forefront of democratic change, especially the younger generation. They assume important positions “[A] new stage in the wake of upheavals of established government. In Ukraine, two well-known Jewish in Jewish life in businessmen have become pro tem city leaders. They also reach out across arbitrary the region has political borders to the larger culture they share as Jews. The Krakow music festival emerged…” brings together musicians from Romania as well as Belarus. Historically, NCSJ began as the Free Soviet Jewry movement. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, NCSJ played a critical role in the renaissance of Jewish communities in the fifteen newly independent states. Recently, a new stage in Jewish life in the region has emerged, one that further erodes the territorial boundaries of the Cold War era. Jewish communities in Eastern Europe and the independent states of the FSU are increasingly reaching out to one another. As our member organization Project Kesher reports from the field, groups of young Ukrainian Jews are in touch with their Russian counterparts, even as Russia and Ukraine stand on the brink of hostilities. Similarly, Poland’s experience with democracy built on Solidarity, which wove a position against anti-Semitism into the fabric of the new state, is a nearby and powerful model for Ukrainian protesters. Jewish life has a long history of trans-nationalism. The fiery politics of the Bund and Zionism knew no territorial boundaries as they sparked debate in Jewish communities across the region before World War II. Now, as the 21st century marches on, filled with so many unknowns and uncertainties, we can celebrate the emerging return of a viable and visible Jewish presence throughout the region by updating our own geographical boundaries and becoming the National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry, NCSEJ.

2013 Annual Report | 3 REFLECTIONS BY ALEXANDER SMUKLER, PRESIDENT

Every Russian Jew in my generation knew of NCSJ. It was our lifeline to freedom outside the Soviet sphere. I now have children the age I was when I immigrated to the United States. They are part of a very different world. I certainly do not want them to romanticize the past, but I do want them knowledgeable enough to reach into the history and culture of Russian Jewry to enrich their own lives and to inform their perspective about the past and the future. I am sure I am not alone. What I feel has probably been experienced by every immigrant generation to the United States, and is certainly felt by my contemporaries in the Russian-American Jewish community. My allegiance to my new country is unswerving. I am grateful and joyful for the opportunities, friendships, and security I have found. But as a businessman who travels frequently between Moscow and New York, I am also aware of the enormous changes in Russia and the problems and possibilities for its future. I have witnessed the rebirth of the national Jewish community in Russia, and at the synagogue I attend when I am in Moscow, of the Reform Jewish tradition. All the ambivalences I feel about transmitting Russian culture to the next generation came to the fore at our board meeting last spring, as I listened to the presentation of two young Jewish Russian-speakers. They are the leaders of a group of young Jewish Russian- “As president speaking professionals in Washington who are eager to explore their roots. I feel so proud that NCSEJ has reached out to them. These young people, American of NCSEJ, I in every way, are eager to embrace their past and to make it relevant to their lives. am deeply NCSEJ’s engagement with Jewish communities throughout the former Soviet Union concerned that (FSU) offers them a unique opportunity. They not only learn about the Jewish we nurture renaissance in the FSU over the past decades; through NCSEJ they get a meaningful way to contribute to the continued renaissance. the next I see in them the opportunity to meld the past and future. As president of NCSEJ, I am generation…” deeply concerned that we nurture the next generation of leadership. I am also intent that the next generation of leaders understand the history of the past half-century and what has made NCSEJ so important to the U.S. Jewish community and to Jewish communities across the FSU. These are the young people with the interest and the commitment to see to the future of an organization I have loved since my youth. I welcome them and look forward to witnessing their increasing participation and their outreach to similar young people around the country.

L to R Smukler with Young Leadership Program chairs Mark Lyubovitsky and Veronica Slootsky (Ron Sachs/CNP)

4 | National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry A NOTE FROM MARK LEVIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Change is in the air. We have changed our name to the National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry, moved our offices, and expanded the region we serve. At the same time, geopolitical changes affecting the development and security of Jewish communal life are taking place in the countries of Eurasia, from Poland to Georgia. Most disturbing is the civil strife in Ukraine, which has markedly increased the region’s instability and raised concern for the safety of more than 300,000 Ukrainian Jews. As NCSEJ, we are well-positioned to maintain close relationships within Ukraine and its neighbors. Our success rests on years of quietly and steadily nurturing relationships with Jewish activists, community leaders, and government officials throughout the region, and with our close friendships in the U.S. Jewish community among federations and agencies, with members of Congress and the administration. It is about the quieter times that I want to speak for a moment. During the quieter years, we build the coalitions that help when Jews face threatening circumstances. These are the times when unity is solidified by friendships, cordial exchanges, and increased trust. Only with this foundation can we be well-prepared to face national and international upheavals. Every day we are in direct contact with the leaders of Jewish communities in cities and towns across Ukraine and in neighboring countries—our friends and colleagues. Better than the Russian or Ukrainian press and even often better than our own press, we learn who feels safe or threatened, where violence is present or feared, and what is needed to continue to live a reasonably normal daily life. We also know what bank deposits have been frozen, where pension checks are late, which schools are open or closed, and in which towns or cities Jewish ritual observances continue or have been suspended. The information we collect and share has national and international significance. Every day we make this information available to our partner organizations, our friends in Israel, our own government, and to you, our members. We are a respected transmitter of reliable information. During periods of upheaval and confusion, this is a scarce commodity more valuable than gold. NCSEJ’s work is critical to providing the best protection for Jews and Jewish communities in the region. With accurate information we can be sure that Jews will not only survive during a crisis, but live to thrive, long after the current unrest has become history.

“NCSEJ’s work is critical to providing the best protection for Jews…”

2013 Annual Report | 5 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR

REACHING OUT host governments in the region, NCSEJ As part of expanding its geographical has intervened to facilitate agreements presence, the National Coalition Supporting and resolve disputes. As the year drew Eurasian Jewry has been active in the to an end, NCSEJ was pleased to learn ongoing renaissance of Jewish life in Poland . that its interventions were on the road to successful conclusions. This year, NCSEJ spoke at the European Jewish Heritage conference in Krakow, took part in the 70 th anniversary ADDRESSING ANTI-SEMITISM remembrance of the Warsaw Ghetto NCSEJ has been a major source of uprising, and attended the opening of the accurate information for the Jewish new Jewish History Museum in Warsaw. community about the turbulent politics in Ukraine . NCSEJ leaders met with Ukrainian Domestically, NCSEJ spoke at the MPs and party leaders to demand action annual assembly of U.S. Honorary against the anti-Semitic Svoboda party. Polish Consuls General and worked NCSEJ coordinated and chaired a meeting toward Congressional inclusion of for member agencies with Ukraine’s Poland in the U.S. visa waiver program. Minister of Foreign Affairs. NCSEJ published opinion pieces on the INTERVENTIONS dangers of ultranationalism, an Insider NCSEJ played a central role in several Letter on the proposed EU-Ukraine complex situations faced by independent partnership agreement, and regular Jewish NGOs in the region. As NGOs have been community and political updates. experiencing increased pressure from

“I would argue that it is vitally important for organizations like NCSJ to get the support that it needs…” —JOHN F. TEFFT Ambassador

6 | National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY U.S. GOVERNMENT OUTREACH NCSEJ co-chaired the working group NCSEJ frequently consulted with the on Eurasia and Eastern Europe at the U.S. State Department, on issues such Global Forum on Combating Anti- as religious freedom and Russia’s ban on Semitism in Israel. NCSEJ’s executive international adoptions. NCSEJ monitored director participated in the Conference and reported on ultranationalist and anti- of Presidents annual overseas mission minority rhetoric throughout the year. and was the resident scholar for the NCSEJ briefed Congress and the Helsinki Philadelphia Jewish Federation’s Commission about religious freedom Women’s Mission to Russia. and ultranationalism in the region; NCSEJ spoke about Russia and facilitated meetings for the international its relationship with Israel at the non-governmental organization (NGO) 2013 AIPAC Policy Conference, and “World without Nazism” with Members coordinated meetings with Foreign of Congress; lectured at the U.S. State Ministers at the Annual UN General Department’s Foreign Service Institute; and Assembly in September. regularly consulted with National Security Council senior staff. NCSEJ consulted with Conference of European Rabbis on kosher slaughter and NCSEJ also maintained a close working circumcision bans; co-authored a letter to relationship with State Department ofﬁcials, the U.S. Helsinki Commission expressing including the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor support for Azerbaijan , a strong partner and Combat Anti-Semitism, and the Special of Israel, and led an Executive Committee Envoy for Holocaust Issues. leadership mission to Azerbaijan and In January, NCSEJ Deputy Director Lesley Georgia shortly before the countries’ Weiss was named by President Obama national elections. as chair of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.

L to R Chairman Stephen Greenberg, Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, Patriarch Foundation President Lasha Zhvania, and President Alexander Smukler

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1 (l–r) Vice-President Allen Kronstadt, AIPAC Director of International Affairs Stephen Schneider, and former Ambassador of Ukraine to the U.S. Oleh Shamshur 2 Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw (Inigo Bujedo Aguirre) 3 Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Davit Usupashvili 4 President Alexander Smukler visits a Jewish day school in Azerbaijan on October NCSEJ Leadership Mission 5 Deputy Director Lesley Weiss, Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich, and Executive Director Mark Levin

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6 At Marina Roscha Synagogue in Moscow with Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia President Sherrie Savett and International Jewish Community of Moscow Director Rabbi Yaakov Klein 7 Executive Director Mark Levin with Kazakh Ambassador to the United States Kairat Umarov 8 Swearing-in of Deputy Director Lesley Weiss (center) and other new members to the U.S. PAHA Commission 9 (l–r) Philanthropist and Honorary Consul of Poland Tad Taube and Ambassador of Poland to the U.S. Ryszard Schnepf

2013 Annual Report | 9 JEWRY IN THE NEW AND EXPANDED NCSEJ REGION

Countries Major Cities with Jewish Communities

Armenia Yerevan

Azerbaijan Baku, Quba

Belarus Minsk, Bobruysk, Mogilev, Gomel, Vitebsk

Estonia Tallinn, Tartu

Georgia Tbilisi, Kutaisi St. Petersburg Tallinn ESTONIA Hungary Budapest, Debrecen, Miskolc Tartu

Kazakhstan Almaty, Karaganda, Shymkent Riga LATVIA Moscow

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek LITHUANIA Kaunas Vitebsk Latvia Riga Vilnius Minsk Mogilev

Lithuania Vilnius, Kaunas Bobruysk Warsaw BELARUS POLAND Gomel Moldova Chisinau, Tiraspol Lodz

Poland Warsaw, Kraków, Lodz Kraków Kyiv UKRAINE Kharkiv Romania Bucharest, Moldavia-lasi , Dnipropetrovs'k Miskolc Chisinau Russian Federation Moscow, St. Petersburg Budapest Debrecen Moldavia-Iasi, Odessa HUNGARY Tiraspol Tajikistan Dushanbe ROMANIA MOLDOVA

Turkmenistan Ashgabat Bucharest

Ukraine Kyiv, Odessa, Dnipropetrovs'k, Kharkiv

Uzbekistan Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara

Jewish Population

<1,000 1,000–9,999 10,000–49,999 50,000–99,999 100,000+

10 | National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Yekaterinburg Nizhny Novgorod Kazan

Samara

Karaganda

KAZAKHSTAN

Almaty

Kutaisi UZBEKISTAN Shymkent GEORGIA Bishkek Tbilisi Tashkent KYRGYZSTAN Quba ARMENIA Yerevan Baku Bukhara AZERBAIJAN TURKMENISTAN Samarkand

Dushanbe Ashgabat TAJIKISTAN

2013 Annual Report | 11 FEDERATION PARTNERS AND PROGRAM INITIATIVES

NCSEJ WORKS WITH FEDERATIONS from American University spoke about U.S. Jewish history and a representative from AND JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCILS the Anti-Defamation League discussed AROUND THE COUNTRY efforts to combat anti-Semitism. A second seminar took place at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and included Atlanta, GA diplomats from 11 countries. Participants Washington, D.C. Baltimore, MD toured the new Museum exhibit “Some Were Neighbors” about those who Quad Cities, IA Boston, MA helped Jews and those who were Nazi collaborators during the Holocaust. Dr. Vadim Altskan, USHMM, discussed Jewish Palm Beach, FL Chicago, IL community history in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Dr. Robert Williams, USHMM, moderated a discussion about the exhibit and Dr. Nadell discussed the Northern NJ Cleveland, OH history of anti-Semitism in the USSR and the Soviet Jewry movement.

New York, NY Columbus, OH NCSEJ Young Leadership Program In collaboration with Druzya, an MetroWest NJ Dallas, TX independent group of young, Jewish Houston, TX Russian-speakers in Washington, NCSEJ sponsored a series of events in 2013 designed to foster a new generation of Jewish community activists. NEW PROGRAM INITIATIVES NCSEJ Young Diplomats Program NCSEJ held events at its Washington offices and at the Embassy of the Republic With support from the MZ Foundation of Azerbaijan. One program featured in California, NCSEJ inaugurated a former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven semi-annual seminar to educate young Pifer, who discussed the current political diplomats from the former Soviet region situation in Ukraine and Russia. The about Jewish life and anti-Semitism, Jewish event at the Azerbaijan Embassy featured history, Jewish organizations, and Jewish Ambassador Elin Suleymanov, who spoke issues in the former Soviet region and the about Azerbaijan’s relations with Israel and United States. with its Jewish community. Diplomats from Azerbaijan, Belarus, NCSEJ has invited the Young Leadership Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Program’s co-chairs, Veronica Slootsky and and Ukraine attended the first seminar at Mark Lyubovitsky, to serve on the NCSEJ NCSEJ’s offices. Professor Pamela Nadell Board of Governors.

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1 Young Diplomats Program participants tour a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit 2 Presentation to Young Diplomats Program by American University Prof. Pamela Nadell 3 NCSEJ Young Leadership Program event 4 Druzya and YLP members at the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan with Amb. Elin Suleymanov and Executive Director Mark Levin (right), and Research and Community Outreach Coordinator Anna Chukhno (far right)

2013 Annual Report | 13 BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETINGS

JUNE MEETING DECEMBER MEETING On June 11, 2013, Stephen M. Greenberg, Board Chairman Stephen Greenberg Chairman of the Board of Governors, convened NCSEJ’s semi-annual Board convened the semi-annual meeting of the of Governors meeting on Wednesday, Board in Washington. December 4th in Washington. The meeting included an update on Ambassador Paul Jones, Principal Deputy the Global Forum on Combating Anti- Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau Semitism by NCSEJ Deputy Director of European and Eurasian Affairs, spoke Lesley Weiss. She was followed by Mark “off-the-record” about the region. Lyubovitsky and Veronica Slootsky who Longtime NCSEJ supporter Susan Turnbull reviewed the recent activities of Druzya, reported on the Bolechow Jewish Heritage a young leadership program. Society’s efforts to restore the main Matvey Chlenov, Deputy Executive Director synagogue in Bolechow, Ukraine. Anne of the Russian Jewish Congress, spoke Molloy, NCSEJ’s Board representative to the assembled group about RJC’s from the World Union for Progressive programs, and Dr. Brenda Shaffer, from Judaism, reported on the opening of the the University of Haifa and a Visiting Progressive movement’s new synagogue Researcher at the CERES center of and community center in Kyiv. Georgetown University, offered an informed The NCSEJ Ambassadors Forum featured and informative exploration of Jewish Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis from history and experience in contemporary Lithuania and Chargé D’Affaires Oleg Azerbaijan and the Caucasus. Kravchenko from Belarus. Voice of America A lively Ambassadors Forum chaired by reporter Inna Dubinsky presented the executive director Mark Levin included trailer for VoA’s “History of the Soviet H.E. Marina Kaljurand from the Embassy Dissident Movement” documentary. of Estonia and H.E. Kairat Umarov from the NCSEJ presented its 2013 Torch of Liberty Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Award to Amb. John F. Tefft, a long-time Daniel A. Russell, the U.S. Deputy friend, a strong supporter of the Jewish Assistant Secretary of State for European community, and a former U.S. Ambassador and Eurasian Affairs, concluded the to Ukraine. The award recognizes meeting with a luncheon keynote address “visionary leadership in foreign affairs and that emphasized the continuing importance principled promotion of human rights and of Eurasia in geopolitical affairs. religious freedom.” Ambassador Tefft noted that “…We can’t “The Torch of Liberty Award forget about our relationships in Eastern Europe. If we needed any reminder that the recognizes dedication to work is still to be done, we just need to look principles of freedom and at the streets of Kyiv today… I would argue honor that are at the core that it’s vitally important for organizations like NCSJ to get the support that it needs of NCSEJ.” from all of you, and from others in the —MARK B. LEVIN NCSEJ Executive Director community, to do the work that’s there.”

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1 Estonian Ambassador Maria Kaljurand 2 Russian Jewish Congress Deputy Director Matvey Chlenov 3 University of Haifa’s Dr. Brenda Shaffer 4 U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Daniel A. Russell 5 Chairman Stephen Greenberg, Executive Director Mark Levin, and Young Leadership Program chairs Mark Lyubovitsky and Veronica Slootsky 6 Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Yaakov Bleich and Past Chairman Richard Stone 7 Executive Committee member Daniel Rubin, Vice-President Martin Goldstein, Chairman Stephen Greenberg, and Past Chairman Richard Stone (all photos Ron Sachs/CNP) 2013 Annual Report | 15 2 3

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1 Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States Žygimantas Pavilionis 2 NCSEJ Board member from the World Union for Progressive Judaism Anne Molloy 3 Voice of America reporter Inna Dubinsky 4 U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft, Executive Director Mark Levin, and President Alexander Smukler 5 Young Diplomats Program participant Fakhraddin Ismayilov (all photos Ron Sachs/CNP)

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6 Chairman Stephen Greenberg and University of Haifa’s Dr. Brenda Shaffer 7 Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States Žygimantas Pavilionis, Republic of Belarus Chargé d'affaires ad interim Oleg Kravchenko 8 U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Paul W. Jones and Executive Director Mark Levin 9 NCSEJ Executive Committee member from the Jewish Council for Public Affairs Susan Turnbull 10 Board meeting attendees (all photos Ron Sachs/CNP)

2013 Annual Report | 17 FINANCIAL STATEMENT

NCSEJ INCOME 2013 NCSEJ EXPENSES 2013 $971,366 $931,923

7% 7%

8% 10%

9% 10% $ 45% $ 57%

19% 11%

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 Freedom 25* Freedom 25* Operating Costs

*25th anniversary year-long celebration of the “Freedom Sunday” 1987 March on Washington for Soviet Jewry

18 | National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry DONORS, MEMBER AGENCIES, AND PROGRAM FUNDERS

BENEFACTORS Jewish Federation of Joel M. Schindler $25,000 and greater Greater Houston Schoenbaum Family Jewish Federations of Foundation Anonymous North America Skip and Lynn Schrayer Euro-Asian Jewish Congress Microsoft Corporation Robert A. Schulman Stephen and Sandra Greenberg Project Kesher Constance Smukler Hillel International Stanley and Elaine Reichel Shelby Tauber Mark Shabad Judith L. Wolf Lewis Topper Alexander Smukler and Union for Reform Judaism Alla Shtraks CONSULS Margo Volftsun The National Federation/ $1,000–$4,999 Richard Wexler Agency Alliance of the Jewish World ORT Federations of North America Leonid Bard World Union for Gene M. Burd Progressive Judaism PATRONS Michael and Anne Chorches ZS and M Wilf Foundation, Inc. $10,000–$24,999 Michael Duvidzon Roger and Cheryl Gelder American Israel Public POLICY MAKERS Affairs Committee Samuel and Grace Gorlitz Foundation $500–$999 Stanley and Judy Frankel Seth R. Greenberg American Zionist Movement Allene N. Gilman Denis and Sarah Braham Charitable Trust Rabbi David Hill Jacob and Lorraine Hill C D Foundation Jewish National Fund David A. Hirsch Shoshana Cardin Allen Kronstadt Lesley and Fred Israel Jonathan and Faith Cookler Lawrence Magid Jewish Council for Public Affairs Lois and Larry Frank Edward and Peggy Robin Jewish Federation of Central Brian Scott Frons Joshua Schein Alabama, Inc. Sandra and Marshall Goldberg Herbert and Harriet Seif Scott Kellman Martin Goldstein Boris Semberg S. Lee Kohrman Betty Golomb Richard Stone Mark and Eleanor Lainer Larry J. Hochberg Taube Foundation for Jewish Howard and Irene Levine Laurence and Celia Kirsch Life and Culture Robert J. Meth Mel E. Levine DIPLOMATS Anne Molloy and Henry Harold and Debra Luks Posner III Richard Meth $5,000–$9,999 Karen and Neil Moss Michael and Dale Nissenson American Jewish Committee David and Inez Fred and Gail Rollman Anti-Defamation League Myers Foundation Debra L. Roth The Franco Family Martin and Reva Oliner Melvin Salberg Betsy R. Gidwitz Richard M. Rappaport Bruce and Susan Turnbull Martin and Roberta Goldstein David Rocker Keenan and Orna Wolens Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Daniel Rubin Women’s League for William and Susan Hess Howard and Kathy Sachs Conservative Judaism

2013 Annual Report | 19 SUPPORTERS David Gordon and Robert and Marcie Orley Donna Schwarzbach AND ADVOCATES Owen Z. Perlman Susan Green Elaine Pittell $100–$499 Gerard J. Igel Esther and Gary Polland Ameinu Tamara Igel Martin and Barbara Pollock Alan and Karen Asman Jewish Federation of Central Irwin and Bonnie Reich New York Ira Bartﬁeld Edwin and Beverly Robbins Ronald and Judith Kabrins Elaine Berke Marc D. Sachs Joseph and Joy Kaplan Toby D. Bernstein Elizabeth Schrayer and Bruce and Teri Bialosky Jerry and Patty Kaye Jeffrey Schwaber Sara B. Klompus Ross and Wendy Born Stephen L. Schwartz Samoil and Irina Kofman Richard and Barbara Braun Steve Shapiro Richard and Sally Krugel Sharon and Daniel Brener Steven Shulman and Luis and Lee Lainer Debra Yanofsky Frank and Bunny Brodsky Cheryl R. Lehman Bart Shuster Mark and Roni Chasin Magda Leuchter Gilbert and Judith Solomon Eliot and Judith Cohen Randi Levinas Susan and Joel Stern Freddy and Rochelle Cohen Daniel Mann Robert and Susan Stone Lana and Bernard Dishler Barry and Leilane Mehler Martin and Susan Ungar Betty Ehrenberg Edward and Susan Meltzer Marcia and Richard Volpert Jake and Janet Farber Marta and Frank Miller Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt Rabbi Leonid Feldman Richard C. Mitchell and Harvey Weiner Steven and Sandra Finkelman Susan Kupferberg Howard N. Weiner Judy Fisher and Julie Ryan Wayne Morse and Nancy Stephen and Lisa Weingrad Michael and Suzette Fisher Highlet-Morse Philip Weiss and Amy and Mort Friedkin Adrienne Nassau Gabrielle Kleinmann Terry and Shifra Gardner Anne Roberts and Martin Wenick and David and Elaine Gill Wayne Neiman Alice Tetelman Sol and Nina Glasner North Suburban Synagogue Donald Wertleib and Lorre Doris and Martin Goldstein Beth El Beth Polinger Betty Golomb Michael Novick Barry and Frances Wildstein

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-nine 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 20 th Street NW, Suite 300N, Washington, DC 20036, phone (202) 898-2500, or email [email protected] .

20 | 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 Harold Paul Luks Max R. Schrayer Richard Maass* SECRETARY Theodore R. Mann Karen Moss Robert J. Meth, M.D. Rabbi Israel Miller* EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Edward B. Robin Alan Ades Howard E. Sachs Dr. Betsy Gidwitz Rabbi Herschel Schacter* Betty Golomb Joel M. Schindler, Ph.D. Susan Green Rabbi Mark N. Staitman Leonard L. Kleinman Richard B. Stone Dr. Stephen Kutner Lewis H. Weinstein* Hon. Mel Levine Martin A. Wenick Daniel Rubin Richard L. Wexler Robert G. Sugarman ex ofﬁcio Susan Turnbull ex ofﬁcio PROFESSIONAL STAFF Dr. Judith L. Wolf Mark B. Levin, Executive Director Lesley Weiss, Deputy Director *Deceased David S. Shulman, Senior Program Associate Anna Chukhno, Research and Community Outreach Coordinator Maksym Beznosiuk, Research Fellow Anna Bondareva, Event Coordinator

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