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Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Who we are The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) was founded in 1970 as a coalition of local grassroots "action" councils supporting freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union. Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Who we are www.fsumonitor.com /about.shtml

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Moldovan MP Denounces Dissemination of Antisemitic History Book Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Moldovan MP Denounces Dissemination of Antisemitic History Book Copyright 2004 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. In a November 13 speech to the parliament, Viktor Stepanyuk accused members of the nationalist Christian Democratic People’s Party of promoting the book—“The Red Week of June 28-July 3, 1940, or Bessarabia and the Jews”—which Mr. www.fsumonitor.com /stories/111703Moldova.shtml

UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union The site for daily news, opinion, and advocacy on Jews and human rights in the former Soviet Union--a project of UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Please feel free to direct any questions or comments regarding this website to webmaster@ucsj.com www.fsumonitor.com

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Who we are The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Who we are The Union of Councils (UCSJ) is an independent grass-roots organization dedicated to Jewish security, freedom, sustenance, and dignity & knowledge through human rights advocacy and its Yad L'Yad Partnership Program in the former Soviet Union. www.fsumonitor.com /join.shtml   (559 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Azerbaijan Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. He suffered damage to his kidneys, and for several days after the attack was afraid to go to a hospital.-Olga Bardokova's report to the American Association of Jews from the Former Soviet Union on October 15, 1995 Generally, antisemitism has not been as overt in Azerbaijan as in other regions of the former Soviet Union, but is manifested in a personal, street level form, or included in general hostilities towards all non-Azaris. www.fsumonitor.com /stories/asem1az.shtml   (559 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Zlata Razdolina - Composer, Author, Performer Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) is pleased to offer musical selections from the recently released CD, REQUIEM: 'The Song of the Murdered Jewish People.' This special offer is part of UCSJ's FSU Jewish Culture Page. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Zlata Razdolina - Composer, Author, Performer www.fsumonitor.com /stories/zlatahome.shtml   (559 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Ukrainians Cried "Heil" Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Ukrainians Cried "Heil" That was how Ukrainian nationalists greeted the vocal group named Who Is Going Down, which several times was called upon to perform the song "The Nakhtigal Bird". www.fsumonitor.com /stories/051100Ukr.shtml   (132 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Bigotry Monitor: Volume 5, Number 31 Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Published by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union Blears spoke after a representative of the British Transport Police said that young men from ethnic minorities were more likely to be stopped by the police. www.fsumonitor.com /stories/080505Bigotry.shtml   (2117 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Lithuanian Minority Groups Call for President to Resign Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Lithuanian Minority Groups Call for President to Resign In the midst of a political crisis, a coalition of groups representing several of Lithuania’s ethnic minorities has called for President Rolandas Paksas to resign, according to a December 19, 2003 report by the Baltic News Service. www.fsumonitor.com /stories/123003Russ2.shtml   (165 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Critics Fear Russian History Textbooks Overlook Soviet Crimes and Repression Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. A series of seminars for school history instructors held by the Holocaust Foundation showed that many schools resist telling students about the killing or imprisonment of Jews by the Nazis and the Soviets, said Alla Gerber, the head of the foundation. One textbook that did highlight crimes committed by the Soviet state was pulled from Russian schools late last year in a move critics said smacked of politics. www.fsumonitor.com /stories/081704Russ2.shtml   (721 words)

j. - Former refusenik sees conditions getting worse for ex-Soviet Jews The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the former Soviet Union is steadily rising, according to one expert, who says his former country "is not a good place for Jews. The small offices in the former Soviet Union are staffed by three to five workers each and aided by a network of 25 volunteers. The main function of the bureaus is to force the courts to hear human rights cases by publicizing them both in the former Soviet Union and in the West. www.jewishsf.com /content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/5588/edition_id/104/format/html/displaystory.html   (620 words)

UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union The site for daily news, opinion, and advocacy on Jews and human rights in the former Soviet Union--a project of UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Please feel free to direct any questions or comments regarding this website to webmaster@ucsj.com www.fsumonitor.com   (230 words)

Action for Post Soviet Jewry We are a member organization of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) based in Washington, DC, and we are a constituent agency of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (JCRC). Action for Post-Soviet Jewry, Inc. (APSJ) is a private, non-profit, human rights organization dedicated to helping Jews in the former Soviet Union (FSU) as well as participating in general human rights work and humanitarian aid projects. APSJ was founded in 1975 in response to the struggle of Jews in the Soviet Union to emigrate and to live freely as Jews. www.jcrcboston.org /action.htm   (230 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Union of Journalists of Russia Reprimands Newspaper for Antisemitic, Racist Article Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Union of Journalists of Russia Reprimands Newspaper for Antisemitic, Racist Article Copyright 2004 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Union of Journalists of Russia Reprimands Newspaper for Antisemitic, Racist Article www.fsumonitor.com /stories/041301Russia2.shtml   (230 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Who we are The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) was founded in 1970 as a coalition of local grassroots "action" councils supporting freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union. Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Who we are www.fsumonitor.com /about.shtml   (230 words)

Profiles of Jewish Charities: Union of Councils (Basic Info) Kislev 5760/November 1999 The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) was formed in 1970. to the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. Profiles of Jewish Charities: Union of Councils (Basic Info) Kislev 5760/November 1999 www.just-tzedakah.org /reports/UnionofCouncils/basicinfo.html   (230 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: ANTISEMITISM IN THE POST-SOVIET STATES Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: ANTISEMITISM IN THE POST-SOVIET STATES Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. The leaders of the former Soviet republics, and their academic, political and financial supporters in the West, have all been complicit in the failure of democracy and the economic crisis caused by the ponzi schemes and massive theft by governments, oligarchs and mafias alike. www.fsumonitor.com /stories/121098naftalin.shtml   (2221 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Envoys Protest Cemetery Desecration Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Envoys Protest Cemetery Desecration E.U. ambassadors to Minsk are expected to make the trip to Grodno on Wednesday, a day before the European Union is scheduled to make a statement in Vienna condemning Belarus for allowing the mass desecration of the 300-year-old cemetery, which is being excavated to allow the expansion of a soccer stadium. www.fsumonitor.com /stories/070303Belarus.shtml   (2221 words)

Religious - Jewish - The Caucasus Mountains Region and Surrounding Areas From UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. The Unexpected Discovery of Vestiges of the Medieval Armenian Jews. IRAN: Life of Jews Living in Iran Iran remains home to Jewish enclave. learning.lib.vt.edu /slav/relig_jew_caucasus.html   (492 words)

NCSJ - Post-Soviet States Respond to Anti-Semitism In the Republic of Belarus, the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews does the monitoring of xenophobia and anti-Semitism. Back in the 1980s, I used to visit the Soviet Union and its republics and meet with Jewish refuseniks and other people who were being persecuted, and advocated on their behalf with the officials of the government. State anti-Semitism stopped to be one of the elements of social force, but we still have some acts by state officials. www.ncsj.org /AuxPages/101403Roundtable.shtml   (4385 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Russian Government's Official Newspaper on Ukrainian Extremist Parties' Alliance Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Russian Government's Official Newspaper on Ukrainian Extremist Parties' Alliance Following the tapes scandal, Leonid Kuchma's position is worse than when he was a candidate: when he first ran for president in 1994, half the country was behind him. www.fsumonitor.com /stories/013101Ukrain.shtml   (1019 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Grodno: Christian Crosses at a Synagogue Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Grodno: Christian Crosses at a Synagogue Nevertheless, the question regarding the return of one or more synagogues to the Jewish community meets with great difficulties because almost all the former synagogues in the town have been preserved and used for different needs (for example, one serves as a local visa and registration department). www.fsumonitor.com /stories/120899bel.shtml   (1019 words)

Religious - Jewish - The Caucasus Mountains Region and Surrounding Areas From UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. The Unexpected Discovery of Vestiges of the Medieval Armenian Jews. IRAN: Life of Jews Living in Iran Iran remains home to Jewish enclave. learning.lib.vt.edu /slav/relig_jew_caucasus.html   (1019 words)

Russian Ethnic Relations, Jews - Johnson's Russia List 1-17-03 Antisemitism, Xenophobia and Religious Persecution in Russia's Regions 2001 (UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, September 2002). While the primary focus is on the situation of Russian Jews, information is also provided on persecution of other ethnic and religious minorities -- especially Armenians and Meskhetian Turks (in southern Russia), Chechens, Roma, non-white foreigners (mainly students), and various unorthodox Christian confessions. Changes over time in the number of antisemitic incidents (e.g., beatings and harassment of Jews, arson attacks on synagogues and Jewish property, desecration of Jewish cemeteries) seem to bear some relation, though not a very close one, to shifts in economic conditions. www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/7022-7.cfm   (1019 words)

Russian Ethnic Relations, Jews - Johnson's Russia List 1-17-03 Antisemitism, Xenophobia and Religious Persecution in Russia's Regions 2001 (UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, September 2002). While the primary focus is on the situation of Russian Jews, information is also provided on persecution of other ethnic and religious minorities -- especially Armenians and Meskhetian Turks (in southern Russia), Chechens, Roma, non-white foreigners (mainly students), and various unorthodox Christian confessions. Changes over time in the number of antisemitic incidents (e.g., beatings and harassment of Jews, arson attacks on synagogues and Jewish property, desecration of Jewish cemeteries) seem to bear some relation, though not a very close one, to shifts in economic conditions. www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/7022-7.cfm   (699 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Bigotry Monitor: Volume 4, Number 4 Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. His conservative party, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), has a large parliamentary majority that is expected to approve the measure, even though some party members have expressed their reservations. The memorial honors Jews shot in the nape of the neck and thrust into the Danube by members of the pro-Nazi Arrow Cross movement. www.fsumonitor.com /stories/013004BM4.shtml   (2353 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Lithuanian President calls Bill Angering Jews a Mistake Copyright 2005 by UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus has described as a "mistake" the bill which recognizes the validity of the 23rd June 1941 act on the restoration of Lithuania's independence passed by the leaders of an anti-Soviet uprising on that day. This date is generally associated with the start of pogroms against Jews in Lithuania and the beginning of the tragedy of thousands of Lithuanian Jews. www.fsumonitor.com /stories/091800Lith.shtml   (429 words)

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Russia's Mountain Jews support war in Chechnya, but are eager to get out Most of the Jews who have left, many of whom fled before the first Russian-Chechen war in 1996, have emigrated to Israel or America, or moved to Moscow. The first Mountain Jews, who currently constitute more than 50 percent of the roughly 25,000 Jews of the North Caucasus, came from Persia to the North Caucasus not later than the eighth century. Shubayev and other Mountain Jews here say the Chechen war and the atrocities committed by the Chechens and other "ethnic gangs," including the kidnapping of Jews, has destroyed the tenuous multicultural balance that has served as the underlying fabric of life in this region. www.fsumonitor.com /stories/030200jta.shtml   (959 words)

Internships: Union of Councils for Soviet Jews The intern will assist with the Antisemitism Research Documentation Project by researching, compiling and translating documents and reports of incidents of antisemitism and human rights violations in the former Soviet Union. The program pairs U.S. synagogues with Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union in a sister city-like partnership. The intern will also assist with the distribution of the documentation to asylum attorneys, the State Department, and other relevant government agencies. www.hrusa.org /field/internships/ucsj.shtm   (959 words)

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