Board of Governors Meeting - 06.17.2008

Summary:

		Chairman Edward B. Robin opened the June 17, 2008 NCSJ Spring  Board of Governors meeting in Washington, D.C., welcoming the Board members, ambassadors and embassy representatives and other guests.
		Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Yaakov Bleich discussed the state of Ukraine's Jewish community.
		Rabbi James Morgan, Director of International Partnerships for the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston presented a clip from the upcoming film “From Boston to Dnepropetrovsk: A Story of Jewish Renewal”, which discusses the two cities' relationship, embodied by the Dnepropetrovsk Kehillah Project.
		NCSJ interns Cheryl Saferstein (American University) and Tracey Jacobowitz (The George Washington University) recounted their experiences during their Student Mission to Moscow with NCSJ in March 2008.
		President Lesley Israel  talked about NCSJ's recent leadership mission to Moldova and Belarus.
		The Georgian Embassy, represented by Ambassador Vasil Sikharulidze (right) recognized Mahnaz Harrison, of the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh as an "Honorary Consul".
		Special honoree Alexander Machkevitch, President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, received NCSJ's Torch of Liberty award  for outstanding service to the Jewish community. (l.-r.) Machkevitch, NCSJ Chairman Ed Robin and Executive Director Mark Levin.
		William Joseph Burns, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and former Ambassador to the Russian Federation discussed the U.S.-Russia bilateral relationship.

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