About us
The Institute for Euro-Asian Jewish Studies (IEAJS), founded by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, is envisioned as an academic think-tank and platform for academic and professional exchange among leading experts that study Jewish communities of the Former Soviet Union, Balkan and Asian countries, as well as “transnational Jewish diasporas”—communities that are detached from their countries of origin.
The Institute will facilitate academic and applied studies that examine the current affairs and needs of Euro-Asian Jewish communities, their social and political standing in their host countries, as well as their relations with the State of Israel and other global and regional powers. It will also investigate Jewish migration processes and the historical, cultural and political heritage of these communities.
ОThe Institute will support original academic and applied research; facilitate conferences, seminars, presentations and other academic and public events; and provide a platform for academic publications.
Dr. Haim Ben-Yakov
Managing Director
Prof. Ze’ev (Vladimir) Khanin
Academic Chairman
Dr. Velvl Chernin
Director of Publications
Prof. Vladimir (Ze’ev) Khanin
Ministry of Aliya and Integration, Bar-Ilan and Ariel Universities – Academic Chairman
Dr. Velvl Chernin
Ariel University
Prof. Ya’acov Ro’i
Tel-Aviv University
Dr. Boris Morozov
Tel-Aviv University
Prof. Michael Chlenov
Maimonides Academy, Moscow
Prof. Valery Dymshits
St. Petersburg University and European University of St. Petersburg
Dr. Victoria Mochalov
“Sefer” Center, Institute of Slavic Studies, RASc
Prof. Alexander Shpunt
Moscow school of Economics
Dr. Eliezer (Albert) Feldman
Golda Meir Ukrainian-Israeli Institute for Strategic Studies
Dr. Vitaly Chernoivanenko
National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Dr. Igor Schupak
Ukrainian Holocaust Studies Institute “Tkuma” (Dnipro)
Dr. Sam Kliger
American Jewish Committee and Research Institute for News Americans (RINA)
Dr. Dmitry Schiglik
World Jewish Congress
Prof. Robert O. Freedman
Johns Hopkins University
Prof. Dov-Ber Kerler
Indiana University in Bloomington