Natan Sharansky: Party leader and founder
Born 1948 in Russia
Immigrated to Israel in 1986
Married, Two children
Residence: Jerusalem
Email: sar@moch.gov.il
Education: Institute of Physics, Moscow, graduated in Mathematics
Languages: Hebrew, Russian & English
Political History in the Knesset: Knesset Member since 1996
Member of Knessets: 14,15 - Yisrael B`Aliyah;
Functions in Fifteenth Knesset: Member, Constitution, Law and Justice
Committee; Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee (alternate);
Roles in the Government
Functions in Fourteenth Knesset:
27th Government: Minister of Industry and Trade
Functions in Fifteenth Knesset:
28th Government: Until 11/7/2000, Minister of Internal Affairs
Roles in the Current Government: Minister of Housing and Construction,
Deputy Prime Minister
Public Activities
Spokesman of the Jewish and Refusnik Movement in Moscow
Former Prisoner of Zion (9 years)
Former President of the Zionist Forum
Contributing Editor, "Jerusalem Report"
Member, Board of "Peace Watch"
Chairman of the Yisrael B’aliya Party
Publications
Book: "Fear no Evil"
Yuli Edelstein: Member of Knesset
Born 1958 in the Former USSR
Immigrated to Israel in 1987
Married, Two children
Residence: Alon Shvut
Email: yedelstein@knesset.gov.il
Education: Teacher's Training Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Profession: Educator
Military: Corporal
Languages: Hebrew, Russian & English
Political History in the Knesset: Knesset Member since 1996
Member of Knessets: 14,15 - Yisrael B`Aliyah;
Functions in Fifteenth Knesset: Member, Internal Affairs and Environment
Committee; Committee for Immigration, Absorption, and the Diaspora; The
Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women; Knesset Committee;
Parliamentary Inquiry Committee for the Location and Restitution of Property
of Holocaust Victims; Education and Culture Committee;
Current Functions: Member, Constitution, Law and Justice Committee
(alternate);
Roles in the Government
Functions in Fourteenth Knesset:
27th Government: Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Roles in the Current Government: Deputy Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Public Activities: Former "Prisoner of Zion"
Worked for immigration from the former USSR
One of the founders of the Zionist Forum in Israel
Gennady Riger: Member of Knesset
Born 1948 in U.S.S.R.
Immigrated to Israel in 1990
Married, One child
Residence: Kfar Saba
Email: griguer@knesset.gov.il
Education: Second Degree, Engineering
Profession: Engineer
Languages: Russian, Hebrew, and English
Political History in the Knesset: Knesset Member since 1999
Member of Knesset: 15 - Yisrael B`Aliyah;
Functions in Fifteenth Knesset:
Member, Constitution, Law and Justice Committee; The Anti-Drug Abuse
Committee;
Current Functions:
Member, Education and Culture Committee; Labor, Welfare, and Health
Committee; The Committee for Foreign Workers; The Committee for Public
Petitions; Committee for Immigration, Absorption, and the Diaspora.
Marina Solodkin: Member of Knesset
Born 1952 in USSR
Immigrated to Israel in 1991
Married, Two children
Residence: Ashkelon
Email: msolodkin@knesset.gov.il
Education: Ph.D., Economic & Social History, Moscow University
Profession: Scientist
Languages: Hebrew, Russian, English & French
Political History in the Knesset: Knesset Member since 1996
Member of Knessets: 14,15 - Yisrael B`Aliyah;
Functions in Fourteenth Knesset: Chairperson, The Committee for the
Advancement of the Status of Women
Member, Immigration and Absorption Committee; The Committee for the
Advancement of the Status of Women;
Functions in Fifteenth Knesset: Member, Immigration and Absorption
Committee;
Current Functions: Member, Knesset Committee; The Committee for the
Advancement of the Status of Women; Internal Affairs and Environment Committee;
The Anti-Drug Abuse Committee; Constitution, Law and Justice Committee;
Parliamentary Inquiry Committee for the Location and Restitution of Property
of Holocaust Victims; Special Committee for School Dropout Rates; Special
Committee for Discussion of the Security Service Law.
Roles in the Government
Functions in Fifteenth Knesset:
28th Government: From 5/8/1999 until 11/7/2000, Deputy Minister of
Immigrant Absorption
Public Activities: Member, Organization of Immigrant Scientists
Publications
Books: Dictionary of Economic History, Moscow, 1995 (in Russian)
Civilization Discomfort. Soviet Jewry in Israel in the 90-s, Tel Aviv,
1996 (in Russian)
Not another "Generation of the Wilderness" (in Hebrew, in print)
Articles in Hebrew and Russian Newspapers
YBA STAFF
Eli
Kazhdan: Executive director
Born in Moscow, Russia in 1969.
Immigrated with his family
to the United States in 1975.
Immigrated to Israel in
1991.
Married, one child.
Residence: Jerusalem
Languages: English, Russian, Hebrew
Education: BA in International Relations from Harvard University
LLB from Hebrew University
Worked with the olim community from the Former Soviet Union, working
at the Soviet Jewish Zionist Forum, a non-profit advocacy group serving
the needs of the immigrant community.
1996-1999, Eli served as the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Industry
and Trade, Natan Sharansky. In 1999-2000, he served as the Chief
of Staff in the Ministry of Interior. During these years, Eli Kazhdan was
intimately involved with the policy development of these two ministries,
was a member of many official delegations abroad, and served on a number
of Interministerial committees. In 2001, was honored by "Shir Hadash"
for "infusing politics with integrity and Jewish values."
Dov
Rabinowitz: Head of YBA Anglos-Jerusalem
Born 1972, USA.
Immigrated to Israel 1987
Married, two children
Residence: Jerusalem
Languages: English, Hebrew
Education:
1994-1998 Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan. LLB.
1994-1998 Institute of Torah Studies, Bar Ilan University, Ramat
Gan.
Military: Artillery Corps
Experience:
2001: Director, YBA Anglos, Yisrael B'Aliya.
1998-2000 Executive Director, Ma'avak BaTabak - Struggle Against
Tobacco.
1997: Economic Advisor, I.A.S.P.S. Knesset Fellowship, Nissim
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