On July 24, an extraordinary General Assembly of the Eurasian Jewish Congress was held in Kfar Maccabia, with the aim of electing a new leadership and reorganizing the Congress.
Mikhail Mirilashvili was elected the new president of the EAJC, and he was still the first vice-president of this organization. The chairman of the board was businessman and investor, President of the Limmud CIS organization Aaron Frenkel.
Mikhail Mirilashvili (57), was born in Georgia, a pediatrician by training. Entrepreneur, patron of arts, public figure, vice-president of the RJC and president of the St. Petersburg branch of the RJC. He is concurrently deputy president of the World Jewish Congress and supports many Jewish and Zionist institutions and organizations, including the World Maccabi Movement, the Yad Vashem Museum, Peres Peace Center, Sohnut, Ichilov Hospital and Shiba Tel- Aviv University, the Musical Academy in Jerusalem and many others. In addition, Mirilashvili supports many public projects in the territory of the former USSR. Center for its activities in St. Petersburg.
"My goal, as well as the purpose of the EAJC, is the prosperity of Jewish communities in the Diaspora. We are obliged to support our communities everywhere and always. Not only in our interests, but in the interests of Israel, "said Mikhail Mirilashvili after his election.
In his speech, he condemned the terrorist attack in Halamis and referred to UNESCO's prejudice against Israel: "UNESCO resolutions declaring the Cave of the forefathers in Hebron as part of the cultural heritage of a non-existent Palestinian people, or denying the connection of the Jewish people with the Temple Mount, inspire false hope for the Palestinians and strengthen morale Terrorists, thereby exacerbating the already explosive situation in the Middle East. In this way, UNESCO actually supports terror. "
The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress was established in 2002 on the initiative of the leaders of the Jewish Congress of Kazakhstan, the Federation of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Russia (Vaada of Russia) and the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine (Vaada of Ukraine). The EAJC was established to protect the rights and legitimate interests of the Jewish people, as well as to help meet community interests and needs and protect the rights of the Jewish people. To date, the Jewish communities of the following states are full members of the EAJC: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine , The Philippines and Japan.
