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World Congress of Mountain Jews
World Congress of Mountain Jews (WCMJ) is an active, international non-governmental organization that provides opportunities for Mountain Jews, who are dispersed worldwide. WCMJ seeks to bring together the Mountain Jew population to maintain and share traditions and cultural values through cooperation with international society. The organisation plays an integral cultural role for Mountain Jews globally, through official representation of their interests – which includes engagement with governmental and social bodies. It brings together the mountain Jews of Israel, United States, Russia, Canada, Azerbaijan, Germany, Austria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and other countries.
Since 2017, the WCMJ has a separated consulting statute at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
In 1996, the Moscow-based philanthropist Tair Ghilalovich Gurshumov established the foundation for the preservation and development of the mountain-Jewish culture and laid the first stone for the construction of a synagogue in Tirat Carmel, Israel. He decided to build a synagogue in honor of his mother Mirvori bat Hastil, but was unable to complete it before his own death. In memory of him, his sons Zaur and Akif Gilalov created an international fund for the preservation and development of mountain-Jewish culture and built a synagogue, naming it "Beit Talhum", after their father. On the eve of the congress, a synagogue was opened with the introduction of the Torah Scrolls. The guests of honor were the mayor of Tirat Carmel, the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, and the delegates to the congress.
WCMJ was established at the first constituent congress, held on 5–7 February 2003 in Tel Aviv, Israel, by businessman and public figure Zaur Gilalov, who made significant efforts to rally the mountain Jews communities around the world, continuing the work of his father.
The WCMJ's founders include: the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC), the Federation of Jewish Organizations and Communities – Vaad of Russia, the Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia (CJROAR), the Russian Foundation for the Preservation and Development of Jewish Culture, the Association of Caucasian Jews in Israel, the Moscow Jewish religious community (MJRC), the Moscow community of mountain Jews "Beit Talkhum", the community of mountain Jews of Pyatigorsk, Nalchik and Derbent (Russia), Baku and Quba (Azerbaijan), New York and Toronto, and other Jewish organizations.
In November 2003, Zaur Gilalov, having the mandate of the President of the WCMJ, made his first official visit to the White House and met with representatives of the American administration and with the President of the Council of the Largest Jewish Organizations of America, Ronald Lauder.
On March 5, Zaur Gilalov was killed in Moscow. After his brother's death, Akif Gilalov became chairman.
The mission of the Congress is to strengthen the links among the mountain Jews living in different countries and with all nations and progressive social organizations interested in strengthening peace, tolerance, progress, and cultural and humanitarian development.
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World Congress of Mountain Jews
World Congress of Mountain Jews (WCMJ) is an active, international non-governmental organization that provides opportunities for Mountain Jews, who are dispersed worldwide. WCMJ seeks to bring together the Mountain Jew population to maintain and share traditions and cultural values through cooperation with international society. The organisation plays an integral cultural role for Mountain Jews globally, through official representation of their interests – which includes engagement with governmental and social bodies. It brings together the mountain Jews of Israel, United States, Russia, Canada, Azerbaijan, Germany, Austria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and other countries.
Since 2017, the WCMJ has a separated consulting statute at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
In 1996, the Moscow-based philanthropist Tair Ghilalovich Gurshumov established the foundation for the preservation and development of the mountain-Jewish culture and laid the first stone for the construction of a synagogue in Tirat Carmel, Israel. He decided to build a synagogue in honor of his mother Mirvori bat Hastil, but was unable to complete it before his own death. In memory of him, his sons Zaur and Akif Gilalov created an international fund for the preservation and development of mountain-Jewish culture and built a synagogue, naming it "Beit Talhum", after their father. On the eve of the congress, a synagogue was opened with the introduction of the Torah Scrolls. The guests of honor were the mayor of Tirat Carmel, the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, and the delegates to the congress.
WCMJ was established at the first constituent congress, held on 5–7 February 2003 in Tel Aviv, Israel, by businessman and public figure Zaur Gilalov, who made significant efforts to rally the mountain Jews communities around the world, continuing the work of his father.
The WCMJ's founders include: the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC), the Federation of Jewish Organizations and Communities – Vaad of Russia, the Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia (CJROAR), the Russian Foundation for the Preservation and Development of Jewish Culture, the Association of Caucasian Jews in Israel, the Moscow Jewish religious community (MJRC), the Moscow community of mountain Jews "Beit Talkhum", the community of mountain Jews of Pyatigorsk, Nalchik and Derbent (Russia), Baku and Quba (Azerbaijan), New York and Toronto, and other Jewish organizations.
In November 2003, Zaur Gilalov, having the mandate of the President of the WCMJ, made his first official visit to the White House and met with representatives of the American administration and with the President of the Council of the Largest Jewish Organizations of America, Ronald Lauder.
On March 5, Zaur Gilalov was killed in Moscow. After his brother's death, Akif Gilalov became chairman.
The mission of the Congress is to strengthen the links among the mountain Jews living in different countries and with all nations and progressive social organizations interested in strengthening peace, tolerance, progress, and cultural and humanitarian development.