A conference of the Russian Jewish Congress opened with calls for local donors to increase their contributions. Leaders of the group, which is one of Russian Jewry’s leading charity and umbrella organizations, also called Monday on local donors to help create a network of Jewish organizations in the provinces similar to the North American system of Jewish federations.
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