The VIII congress was organized by the European Association for Jewish Studies, the sole umbrella organization representing this field of university studies in the continent. The main aim of the Association is the encouragement and support of the teaching of Jewish studies at university level in Europe and to further an understanding of the importance of Jewish culture and civilization and of the impact it has had on European cultures over many centuries.

The International Center for Russian & East European Jewish Studies was the main local organizer of the VIII congress. The intention to organize the VIII congress in Moscow was realized with the help of our partners.

Partners:
Moscow Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization SEFER
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations
Russian Friends of the Hebrew University
Center for Oriental Literature of the Russian State Library
Geshrey Tarbut Association - Partner in Book Exhibition

EAJS Executive Committee
President – Prof. Rashid Kaplanov (Moscow)
Secretary – Dr. Sacha Stern (London)
Treasurer – Prof. Arkady Kovelman (Moscow)
Prof. Gad Freudenthal (Paris)
Prof. Mauro Perani (Ravenna)
Prof. Miguel Perez Fernandez (Granada)
Prof. Margarete Schlueter
Prof. Albert van der Heide (past president, Leiden/Amsterdam)
Prof. Martin Goodman (Oxford)

VIIIth EAJS Congress Committee
Prof. Rashid Kaplanov – President
Prof. Arkady Kovelman
Prof. Oleg Budnitskii
Maria Liberman – Congress Secretary

The organizers want to thank:

• The travel agency Ariadna that made a great work on visa support, accommodation and excursions along Moscow and Saint-Petersburg
• Members of the Organizing Committee:
  students of the Moscow Institutions:
  Alexej Zubov, Alla Blinkova, Anya Fljerova, Darja Kovaleva, Darja Nosonova, Diana Zingerman, Elena Krenzel, Gavriil Liberman, Irina Proshina, Jurij Parsamov, Lilija Zaks, Lubov’ Kon, Maria Kulikova, Maria Sabitova, Maria Zavorohina, Natalja Kireeva, Nina Zabolotskaya, Tatjana Ovsjannikova, Tatjana Soloduhina, Tatyana Fain, Vladislav Kurske and
  Maxim Zaveryaev, Alexey Zhalnin, Vladimir Paley
• The Russian Friends of the Hebrew University
• Department for Jewish Studies of Moscow State University