Russian Jewish Community Foundation (RJCF) is a grassroots all-volunteer charitable organization.
The RJCF mission is to preserve and enhance Jewish identity among Russian Jews and to support Israel.
The RJCF mission is to preserve and enhance Jewish identity among Russian Jews and to support Israel.
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Let Our People Go - Voices of Gratitude Double click to see in full screen |
Professor Elie Wiesel accepts RJCF award Double click to see in full screen |
Special Event: meet Mark Steyn on Wednesday, June 5, 2013
 International best selling author and human rights activist, Mark Steyn presents"My Dagestani Brother's Keeper: Jihad, Welfare and the Western Death Wish" When: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 Where: Ahavath Torah Congregation, 1179 Central Street, Stoughton, MA 02072 Time: VIP Meet and Greet with Mark from 6-7PM ($100 per person, advanced registration required). General Admission at 7:30PM ($20 per person in advance, $25 at the door). Michael Graham is a Special Guest Announcer. Book Signing to follow. 
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Gala 2013 - review
 Nearly 400 people gathered at the RJCF annual Gala on Sunday. This year’s event was in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the “Freedom Sunday” march, when 250,000 Americans marched on the National Mall in Washington D.C. to pressure USSR Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to free the millions of Soviet Jews behind the Iron Curtain. The gala was dedicated to the thousands of participants and key figures who led and influenced the “Let My People Go” movement.
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RJCF and HIAS collaborate on "My Family Story" essay competition
 RJCF is excited to announce collaboration with HIAS in conducting an essay contest, "My Family Story.” Several years ago, HIAS started a national project to collect stories from Soviet Jews. HIAS’ website now contains thousands of stories with contributors including the talented singer, Regina Spektor and award-winning author, Gary Shteyngard. You can read these stories at mystory.hias.org. Now, you can be part of this historic project by submitting your own family story to RJCF! [Read More...] |
Providing a safe haven for war's youngest victims
 An article in Boston's "The Jewish Advocate" newspaper on January 18th, 2013RJCF works to ensure children of Sderot get reprieve from violence When the qassam rockets were raining down on Sderot - an Israeli town less than a mile away from the Gaza Srip - during Operation Pillar of Defense, Svetlana Sheetrit, who runs the Children of Sderot program in Israel, knew whom to call for help. [Read More ...] |
Thank you all for your overwhelming response to the situation in Sderot.
 We, the community has raised over $30,000 and 50 kids were taken to a Kibbutz near Haifa where they visited the zoo, the movies, and the science museum. Unfortunately the rockets will not stop falling on Sderot overnight and there is a lot of emotional damage that needs to be repaired. The children know that you immediately came to their aid, and perhaps that is more important than anything.
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Pro-Israel Rally on Copley Square in Boston on Nov 20, 2012
 by Alex Koifman and Louisa GorbatovOn November 20, 2012 the Boston Jewish community stood up in action at the Pro-Israel Rally in Copley Square. The group included over fifty participants ranging from our community's youth to their grandparents. The Russian Jewish Community will continue to stand with Israel to help fight terrorism and stop rocket attacks from Gaza!
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Svetlana Shitrit - Director of the Children of Sderot program
 Dear community,At this point many of you know about the situation of the last three days. Sderot has faced the worst barrage of missiles it’s seen in 11 years. Since the start of Operation Pillar of defense 1,113 rockets have been fired at Israel. People have been stranded in their homes, terrified to take a step out of their bomb shelters. In this environment, Svetlana Shitrit, our Israeli director of the Children of Sderot program, managed to evacuate 50 children...
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Report from Israel: quick update (Nov 18th, 2012)
 by Rostic GorbatovDear members of our community, I would like to briefly update you all on the status of our children in Sderot. This morning Sveta picked up 50 kids and 4 adults from Sderot and drove them North...
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Our community supports Sderot: moving children away from rockets to Haifa
 Volunteers and Sderot officials organized the transportation to send children out of the war zone. On Sunday, November 18th, the head of Boston-Sderot Community Center, Svetlana Shitrit moved to the North 50 children, 8-15 years old. The Community Center was funded 7 years ago by Russian Jews of Boston.
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Urgent help needed to move Sderot children away from rockets to Haifa
 by Masha Rifkin (a letter to her friends on Nov 17th, 2012)Dear friends, old and new, I'm writing to ask for your help. As some of you know, I became involved with Sderot, Israel five years ago. At the time, Sderot had been suffering under seven years of thousands of missile bombardments. The majority of the residents and children suffered from fairly severe PTSD, and most of the children were developmentally delayed as school had to be so frequently cancelled.
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