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May 9, 2019, 3:20 PM
This Victory Day Remember Those Who Risked Most
If you were to ask a school class in London, New York, Moscow or Paris about the role played by Jews in the great struggle of World War II, the paramount battle between good and evil – what would...
Dec 6, 2017, 6:05 AM
The power and success of a magical Sunday
In November, I had the privilege to represent Genesis Philanthropy Group, a foundation co-founded by Mikhail Fridman and his partners to strengthen the Jewish identities of Russian-speaking Jews around the world, at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations...
Mar 2, 2017, 2:19 PM
The Jewish Future Has a Russian Accent
Ever since Pew’s 2013 survey of American Jewry presented the Jewish professional community with the alarming picture of corresponding trends of intermarriage and loss of interest in Jewish identity, the emphasis of the Jewish world at large has been...
Jan 25, 2017, 3:38 PM
“Never Again” and “Never Forget”
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, set by the United Nations to be recognized annually on the date of the 1945 liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviet troops has, in recent years, become an important event for many. And, yet, one...
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Ilia Salita is president and CEO of Genesis Philanthropy Group, a foundation supporting projects and institutions that develop and enhance a sense of Jewish identity among Russian-speaking Jews worldwide.