19.05.2008 Over 5,000 Muscovites celebrate 60th anniversary of Israel ’s creation

Russian and Israeli pop singers gave a concert at Moscow's Ostankino Park on Sunday to mark the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. Over 5,000 Muscovites and guests attended the open air concert

18.05.2008 General Assembly of the World Congress of Russian Jewry, May 21 - 22 ICC, Jerusalem
On May 21, 2008, the General Assembly of the World Congress of Russian Jewry dedicated to the Israel’s 60-th Anniversary will take place at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem. Leaders of the state of Israel are among the honored guests.

16.05.2008 Global Russian Jewry congratulate Israel on 60th independence anniversary
President of the World Congress of Russian Jewry and member of Russia's Federation Council Boris Shpigel has congratulated Israel on the 60th independence anniversary.
            

15.05.2008 Boris Spiegel has condemned the recent missile attack from Gaza that hit the Ashkelon shopping mall in Israel.
"On these days all Russian Jews are sympathizing with the residents of Ashkelon, a city where every third person speaks Russian, and the entire people of Israel," he told Interfax on Thursday.

10.03.2008 JTA: Jewish Russian-speaking legislators formed a parliamentary club.
More than 20 lawmakers from Israel, the United States, Ukraine and Russia met March 6-7 in Kiev to establish the body, under the auspices of the World Congress of Russian Jewry

04.03.2008 World Congress of Russian Jewry in Kiev to create a Parliamentary Club of Russian-speaking Jewish legislators from around the globe
Fifteen Russian-speaking Jewish members of Parliaments will meet for two days on March 6-7 in Kiev to establish a new body, which will represent at parliament level Russian Jewish interests ccross the globe.

07.02.2008 WCRJ President Boris Shpigel visited Kiev
On 4 February, the World Congress of Russian Jewry President Boris Spiegel visited Kiev as the guest of honor of the Jewish Agency's leadership meeting in the Ukrainian capital.

17.01.2008 Memorial Drawings: Remembering the Holocaust Victims and Their Liberators, exhibition at United Nation HQ
On 17 January 2008 at 6:00 p.m. the exhibition «Memorial Drawings: Remembering the Holocaust Victims and Their Liberators» by Gennady Dobrov, Honored Artist of Russia, Honorary Member of Russian Academy of Arts, will open at the United Nations Headquarters (1B neck gallery, near the Vienna café). Organized by the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN in cooperation with the UN Information Centre in Moscow and sponsored by the World Congress of Russian Jewry, the exhibition is held in observance of United Nations Holocaust Remembrance Week 2008.