29 April 2007
Training session on Israeli Studies opens in Minsk region
A three-day training session on Israeli Studies opened in the Uzda district, Minsk region, on Friday.
Funds for the event were provided by the Jewish Agency for Israel (Sochnut). The training was arranged at the initiative of Veranika Rusakova who works at the Museum of the History and Culture of Belarusian Jews and historian Dzmitry Shemelyow.
Around 70 students studying in Minsk-based universities and young researchers are taking part in the session conducted by professors of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The program includes lectures on the history of Zionism and Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, among other subjects.
Ms. Rusakova and Mr. Shemelyow intend to open a school of Israeli studies in Belarus where training would be conducted by Belarusian and foreign professors.
Currently, there is no association of Israel researchers in Belarus, a country with a big Jewish community. //BelaPAN
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