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

10.03.2008 - Jerusalem Post: Global 'club' founded for Russian-Jewish MPs

A new international group of Russian-speaking Jewish parliamentarians is a sign of the growing organization and self-awareness of Russian Jewry worldwide

06.03.2008 - 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

This exhibition seeks to pay tribute to the memory of Holocaust victims and their liberators as well as to highlight the need for the true and undistorted comprehension of the outcome of World War II.

24.12.2007 - Boris Spiegel donated the Torah scroll to the Jewish Agency's Ben Yakir Youth Village

Boris Spiegel, the president of the World Congress of Russian Jewry, donated the Torah scroll to the Jewish Agency. The ceremony awarding the scroll took place at the village and was both festive and moving. The Chairman of the Jewish Agency Zeev Bielski attended the ceremony and the scroll was then handed over to the director of the Youth Village, Yossi Krauthammer.

05.11.2007 - Boris Shpigel elected first President of the World Congress of Russian Jewry.

Boris Shpigel is the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Federation Committee for Science, Education, Public Health and Ecology. He is known as a major philanthropist for Jewish causes in Russia and in Israel.

30.08.2007 - World Congress of Russian Jewry's open letter to Claims Conference Chairman Julius Berman appears in this issue of the NYC Jewish week

The Claims Conference should begin immediately to use the Russian language in its work with the Russian-speaking Jewish population, including the survivor population outside of the former Soviet Union.

12.08.2007 - Moscow Jews donate money for Jewish agency Sderot Summer camps

$9000 raised among the hundreds of Moscow Jewish families were wired to Jewish agency accounts. This amount will allow 30 children from Sderot to take 5-days off the danger in a summer camp in Merhavim regional council away from Kassams.

22.02.2007 - Open letter to US Representative Tom Lantos

As Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the World Congress of Russian Jewry, I would like to thank you for your initiative and desire to nullify the Jackson-Vanik Amendment.

25.12.2006 - WCRJ and Zentralrats cooperate on major Jewish cultural project in Berlin

The Central Council of Jews in Germany partnered with the Berlin branch of the World Congress of Russian Jewry on the Golden Hannukiyah Jewish Arts Festival

30.08.2006 - Russian Jews help Russian Israelis. Breaking new from the JTA

WCRJ is distributing donations among Russian-speaking families in Israel affected by the recent war against Hezbollah.

08.08.2006 - Appeal of the American Forum of World Congress of Russian Jewry

We, the Russian-speaking Jews of the American continent, wish to express our support and solidarity with the people and the State of Israel. We welcome the decisive actions of the United States, and all the governments of the world which are ready to oppose the radical Islamic terrorist movements with a strong economic and moral shield capable of protecting humanity from total destruction.

29.07.2006 - A Jewish Summer Camp in Germany began its work

The international Summer Jewish Camp organized by the World Congress of Russian Jewry and financed by the Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia, welcomed its first participants. More than 50 Jewish children from Israel, Russia and Germany are participating in the camp.

22.06.2006 - WCRJ Legal Hotline gives Russian Jews an instant access to legal aid and counseling in major centers of Russian Jewish life outside of the Former Sovi

Starting from December of 2005, the Moscow office of the WCRJ began conducting free monthly legal consultations with Russian-speaking lawyers and social workers from Israel, USA and Germany

07.05.2005 - New home to honor Soviet WWII vets

Russian Jews found 2nd-class status upon returning after war

04.04.2005 - Marking Victory Day in NYC - Daily News New York

The Russian-American Arts Foundation and the American Forum of World Congress of Russian Jewry have joined forces with other Russian and neighborhood groups to make this anniversary of the victory memorable for New Yorkers.

18.01.2005 - Family from Beslan are back home after treatment in USA

On Jan 16 Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar hosted a meeting in Moscow with the family of Anya Kadalayeva, a ten-year-old victim of the hostage-taking in Beslan who has just returned from three months of treatment and rehabilitation at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

18.01.2005 - Official opening ceremony of The Israeli Bridge in the Negev

December 22nd 2004, the Ben Gurion Heritage Institute witnessed the official opening ceremony of the pioneering program called "The Israeli Bridge in the Negev" arranged by 20 young Russian speaking Jewish people who had arrived here a month and a half ago.

28.10.2004 - “Golden Hanukkiah” Festival selection process extended till October 15

The annual “Golden Hanukkiah” Festival, which was created and conducted by the WCRJ, will be held for the second time in December 2004.

28.10.2004 - Persons Injured in the Terror Bombing Near the “Rizhskaya” Metro Station are Sent for Treatment to Israel

On September 19th, two persons who were badly injured in the terror bombing near the “Rizhskaya” Metro Station in Moscow will be transported to Tel-Aviv by Transaero Airlines.

28.10.2004 - Family Album

The World Congress of Russian Jewry is conducting a project focusing on discovering the world’s best Jewish family photos that evoke a memorable story.

28.10.2004 - WCRJ Israeli Branch Stands In Solidarity with Victims of Terror

On September 14, at the initiative of the WCRJ Israeli Branch and the Committee for Support of Israel, an outdoor rally entitled “Repatriates Against Terror” took place in Jerusalem.

28.10.2004 - Israeli Bridge in Negev

The World Congress of Russian Jewry presents an unforgettable year for Russian-speaking youth from all over the world, an opportunity to participate in a rich and diverse study program.

13.10.2004 - Money raised among the Russian Jews are wired to Beslan

The Moscow branch of the WCRJ has sent its first monetary donations to individual bank accounts of families whose loved ones were victims of the horrific terrorist attack in Beslan.

13.10.2004 - Helping Victims in Beslan

Mikhail Schneerson, Chairman of the WCRJ Coordinating Council and the president of the cosmetics firm Dr. Nona International announced the decision to dispatch Dr.Nona's anti-burn ointment “Solaris” free of charge to children of Beslan.

11.10.2004 - Moscow Jews injured in the Bombing near the “Rizhskaya” Metro Station are Sent for Treatment to Israel

Igor Leybe, 31, his mother, Zoya Butman, and his daughter, Yelizaveta, were seven meters away from the spot at the Metro station where the bomb blast occurred.

03.06.2004 - AJC honored Tatyana Sapunova with its first Moral Courage Award

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) honored Tatyana Sapunova with its first Moral Courage Award during the AJC’s 98th annual conference in early May, a program focused on interfaith relations and the ongoing global war on terror. Ms. Sapunova, a native of Moscow, was seriously injured when she removed a booby-trapped anti-Semitic sign from the edge of a Moscow road in 2002

19.01.2004 - Another “Modification” to “Snow White” Installation in Stockholm

As reported, the “Snow White” piece includes an image of a female suicide bomber floating on a pool of red liquid made to look like blood. The Russian-Jewish artist floated another image in the pool, that of Mijailo Mijalovic, the murderer of Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh.

19.01.2004 - Another “Modification” to “Snow White” Installation in Stockholm

As reported, the “Snow White” piece includes an image of a female suicide bomber floating on a pool of red liquid made to look like blood. The Russian-Jewish artist floated another image in the pool, that of Mijailo Mijalovic, the murderer of Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh.

08.07.2003 - WCRJ raise money for terror victims

The primary goal of the campaign, launched a month ago, is to raise money to help Russian Israelis who have suffered injuries and psychological trauma in Palestinian terrorist attacks. The campaign´s second goal is to give ordinary Russian Jews a chance to contribute to an important Jewish cause. The campaign is a pioneering venture as never before Jewish community in the post-Soviet Russia started the fundraising for Israel.

23.05.2003 - AJC appoints coordinator of Russian Jewish affairs

Dr.Sam Kliger - member of the Presidium of the WCRJ appointed to be the first American Jewish Committee's Coordinator of Russian Jewish Affairs. The new position reflects AJC's commitment to active outreach to the sizable communities of Jews from the former Soviet Union.

22.05.2003 - National Great Power Party Loses Registration

The National Great Power Party of Russia (NDPR) was stripped of its official registration by the Ministry of Justice on May 19. The NDPR has thus lost its right to participate in parliamentary elections, where it was not expected to do well, and permits for the party to hold public demonstrations may now be harder to obtain.

27.04.2003 - Exhibition Children against the terror

28 April 2003 - 10 May 2003 Gallery Art'el, Russian house of the science and culture Friedrichstrasse 176-179 Berlin, Germany

04.04.2003 - "Doctors Against Terrorism"

International Conference "Doctors Against terrorism", April 6-7, 2003 New YorkCONFERENCE PROGRAM

01.03.2003 - "Doctors Against Terrorism"

The First International Conference "Doctors Against Terrorism" will unite physicians and medical professionals in a Worldwide Social Movement establishing an international framework for medical, psychological and financial assistance to benefit the victims of terrorism and their families.

30.01.2003 - NDPR rally in front of WCRJ office in Moscow

On January 26 approximately 70 activists (though the allowed number should not have overcome 50 people) of the National Great Power Party of Russia (NDPR) held a rally outside the office of the World Congress of Russian Jewry (WCRJ) in the center of Moscow...

25.01.2003 - PRESS RELEASE (UCSJ)

ANTISEMITIC PARTY TO HOLD PROTEST AGAINST MOSCOW JEWISH GROUP UCSJ Calls for Revoking NDPR’s Registration