Jews Unite Without Rabinovych

For ten years about 300 (some sources say 500) Jewish organizations of Ukraine have been trying to form a united structure that would represent their interests vis-З-vis the Ukrainian authorities and abroad. Mr. Rabinovych's AJC was one such attempt. According to chairman of the Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations of Ukraine Yosyf Zisels, AJC merely became the 301st organization, abandoned any unifying function, and turned into a foundation to fund certain programs, none of which actually work. In the words of Ukraine's Chief Rabbi Yakiv Dov Bleich, AJC cares neither for 100,000 destitute Ukrainian Jews nor for 16 Jewish schools.

PS. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine Yakiv Bleich answered in the negative the question if there are today any persons or organizations authorized to represent all Ukrainian Jewry, for instance, the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress.