Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS (FJC) is a Jewish organisation dedicated to restoring Jewish life, culture and religion in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the former Soviet Union. The FJC was founded in November 1998.
Current heads of the organization are:
- Lev Leviev, President of FJC of the CIS
- Rabbi Berel Lazar, chief rabbi of Russia, head of Union of Rabbis of CIS
Its headquarters is in Moscow, Russia, and it has an office in New York.
FJC have a total of 454 affiliated member communities throughout the former USSR.
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