Federation of Jewish Communitites of CIS, Russia
March 23 2006
Armenian Jewish Leaders at Mass Media Conference
Thursday, March 23 2006
YEREVAN, Armenia - The leadership of the Jewish community of Armenia
have just finished taking part in a publishing and public relations
conference in Georgia. The Conference of editors and founders of
Jewish newspapers and magazines was organized by the Center of
Knowledge and Information of Caucasus Jewish Communities and was
sponsored by the JDC. The event took place this week at the Jewish
Community Center in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Rabbi Gersh-Meir Burshtein, the Chief Rabbi of Armenia and one of the
founders of `Kohelet' newspaper, was joined by Yevgenia
Kazaryan-Pliner, the Chief Editor of the `Magen David' Magazine, at
this event.
The conference highlighted the numerous themes, including the role of
the Jewish press in the life of today's Jewish community.
Participants covered topics dealing with the mass media and the laws
of Torah, as well as addressing Jewish publications as a
community-building tool and many more topics of interest.
The Jewish leaders from Armenia took an active part in the ensuing
discussions. Participants in this conference also benefited from a
psychological training session entitled `Techniques of Effective
Communication', which was conducted by Lamara Ugulayeva.
The Jewish representatives from Armenia are hopeful that they will be
able to apply all that they have learned in advancing the continuous
development of Jewish life at home.
March 23 2006
Armenian Jewish Leaders at Mass Media Conference
Thursday, March 23 2006
YEREVAN, Armenia - The leadership of the Jewish community of Armenia
have just finished taking part in a publishing and public relations
conference in Georgia. The Conference of editors and founders of
Jewish newspapers and magazines was organized by the Center of
Knowledge and Information of Caucasus Jewish Communities and was
sponsored by the JDC. The event took place this week at the Jewish
Community Center in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Rabbi Gersh-Meir Burshtein, the Chief Rabbi of Armenia and one of the
founders of `Kohelet' newspaper, was joined by Yevgenia
Kazaryan-Pliner, the Chief Editor of the `Magen David' Magazine, at
this event.
The conference highlighted the numerous themes, including the role of
the Jewish press in the life of today's Jewish community.
Participants covered topics dealing with the mass media and the laws
of Torah, as well as addressing Jewish publications as a
community-building tool and many more topics of interest.
The Jewish leaders from Armenia took an active part in the ensuing
discussions. Participants in this conference also benefited from a
psychological training session entitled `Techniques of Effective
Communication', which was conducted by Lamara Ugulayeva.
The Jewish representatives from Armenia are hopeful that they will be
able to apply all that they have learned in advancing the continuous
development of Jewish life at home.