“We count on NCSEJ to represent the Federation system in confronting key challenges that the Jewish communities of the FSU continue to face in an evolving and sometimes threatening society.”

“This organization is terrific...Thank you all for your partnership and your commitment. Our work is ahead of us and I know we are up to the challenge.”

JONATHAN KATZ

USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator

STEVEN B. NASATIR

Jewish United Fund President

ELIOT ENGEL

U.S. House of Representative

“We work with NCSEJ, because we know the end of Communism did not mean the end to our problems in the region.”

“NCSEJ is back in business, now more than ever. With the political landscape in the former Soviet Union rapidly changing, I think that NCSEJ is becoming more and more important, becoming a bridge again, and dealing with subtle diplomacy.”

“The Jewish communities of Central and Eastern Europe...need the ability and support to rebuild and revive their communities, and they also have the right to emigrate. This organization done so much to help make both of these realities possible.”

ERIC RUBIN

U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria

JOSEF ZISSELS

World Jewish Congress Vice-President

RABBI PINCHAS GOLDSCHMIDT

Chief Rabbi of Moscow

“Thank you...for all that you have done over decades to promote the cause of Jews living in the former Soviet Union. We need you now more than ever.”

“Throughout Russia, Jews depend on the access and diplomatic skills of NCSEJ to promote and protect their well-being.”

“We rely on NCSEJ as our indispensable partner in the growth and security of the Ukrainian Jewish community.”

RABBI YAAKOV BLEICH

Chief Rabbi of Ukraine

CHRIS MURPHY

U.S. Senator

YURI KANNER

Russian Jewish Congress President

“There is no other organization like NCSEJ and there is no other person to turn to than Mark Levin. If you face an issue in Uzbekistan, in Ukraine, in Russia or any other place and you seem lost, a telephone call to NCSEJ and you know that there is a way to deal with a challenge.”

OFER GLANZ

JDC Chief Program Officer  

“Intolerance, from my perspective, seems to be growing louder and more vicious, and organizations like this one, therefore, in my opinion, become more important. And this organization's efforts to foster understanding and protect Jews in the region under siege are absolutely crucial.”

CORY BOOKER

U.S. Senator

“You made the voice of freedom heard. You let us join in that freedom, in that voice.” 

MARINA FURMAN

Former Refusenik

“NCSEJ has played a central role over the past 40 years in support of 1.5 million Jews that live in post-communist countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.”