Mission Statement

The mission of NCSJ: Advocates on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States & Eurasia is to safeguard the individual and communal political rights of Jews living in the former Soviet Union and to secure their religious and political freedoms. NCSJ, as mandated by the organized American Jewish community, seeks to assure the right of Jews to emigrate from the former Soviet Union without impediment, monitors and combats anti-Semitism in the successor states, and aims to assure full access to Jewish tradition, education, culture and communal life for Jews who remain in the former Soviet Union.

Based on the traditional belief that Jews everywhere are responsible for one another, NCSJ pursues the fulfillment of its mission through the following:

1. Collection and dissemination of timely information on conditions facing Jews living in the former Soviet Union (FSU)
   
   
2. Development and implementation of policy initiatives and programs
   
   
3. Consultations with government officials in the United States, Israel, and the countries of the successor states
   
   
4. Ensuring that the foreign policy of the United States and other Western governments acknowledge the continuing need to speak and act on behalf of Jews and Jewish communities in the successor states
   
   
5. Representation of the American Jewish community in support of FSU Jewry in international forums
   
   
6. Coordination of travel to the successor states
   
   
7. Establishment and support of links between the Jewish communities of the United States and the former Soviet Union
   
   
8. Provision of advocacy services to American Jewish Federations, community relations councils, and a broad spectrum of national Jewish organizations