
Grants in Israel

Jerusalem Media Conference for Russian-speaking Journalists and Bloggers
- Grant period: 2014
- Grantee link: Mishkenot Sha’ananim
Popular leaders of the Russian-speaking media, with Jewish roots, who live and work in the FSU and in Europe, were invited to a conference which has aimed at exposing the participants to today's Israel.
Its various nuances, trends, and the reasons behind its accomplishments has enlightened them about the complex challenges which Israel had so successfully overcome, as well as those still waiting for her in the years to come.
Goals and objectives
- Encourage participants to rise in their blogs, TV and radio themes and content related tomodern Israel, its challenges and achievements as well as Jewish world dilemmas.
- Expose participants to the rich life of modern Israel and impress upon them the accomplishments as well as the challenges the Israeli society is facing in order to cultivate and promote the pride in their Jewish identity and culture.
- Offer participants an opportunity to meet and engage with Israeli colleagues, both Russian and non-Russian speakers, in order to develop professional and personal Jewish international network focused on Israel, the Jewish world and its challenges.
- Reach the participants' media platform's large community of unaffiliated Russian speaking Jews all over the world with topics focused on Israel and the global Jewish community.
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Past Grants
- Amuta 21C
- Assistance program for soldiers serving in the Israeli Defense Forces
- Beit Midrash for Journalists
- Beit Midrash Kushia
- Catalogue of educational materials on Jewish self-identification of Russian-speaking Jews
- Conference of European Jewish Leaders and Rabbis
- Conference on Informal Education in Israel
- Educational Project in Yemin Orde School
- Genealogy Project
- Israel’s New Impulse Project
- Jerusalem Media Conference for Russian-speaking Journalists and Bloggers
- Keitar
- Limmud FSU in Israel
- Machanaim: an educational program at Bar-Ilan University and the Effective Management, Effective Education project
- Mahut in Israel
- Meitar-Аshkelon
- Melitz, The Avraham Infeld Jewish Educational Venture Fund
- Open University of Israel: Online academic Jewish and Israel studies textbooks in Russian
- Phoenix in Knesset Israel
- Psifas Family Summer Camps
- Russian-language Section of the Hakhel Festival
- Seminar for Jewish Students in Berlin
- Socio-economic and Demographic Study of Russian-speaking Jews in Israel
- Sport L’Tsafon
- Taglit for Russian-Speaking Jews from Germany
- Tevel b'Tzedek: Tikkun Olam Service
- The Encyclopedia of Russian Jewry
- The IDF - a Different Look
- The Mikro Theater
- The MILI Program: Midreshet Yerushalayim
- Tikkun Shavuot Night –"Time 2 Love"
- Unifight for Southern Israel Children
- Women in Biblical Literature
- “Sea in Jerusalem” – An Art Festival produced by the Mystorin Theater