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Andrés Spokoiny (born 1968) is an Argentine Jewish activist, now living in New York City, and is the President and CEO of the Jewish Funders Network.Jewish Week, "Think Twice Before Blaming Federation UJA-Fed of NY has work to do, but 'punishing' UJA only penalizes those who depend on its support" Feb 2, 2015 http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/opinion/think-twice-blaming-federation
He and his younger brother were raised by their divorced mother, who still lives in Buenos Aires. His childhood coincided with tough economic times, and the local Jewish community center was a refuge for his family. He grew up in a strong Jewish home and, with assistance from the local community, attended Jewish schools, saying that he "...knew the names of the streets of Haifa before I knew those of Buenos Aires."
At his bar mitzvah, he discovered that being Jewish involved religion as well as culture, and entered a Conservative seminary of Masorti movement, though he was never ordained Rabbi. He received an MBA degree equivalent for Jewish education studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and studied Business Administration from the University of Buenos Aires.
Spokoiny is fluent in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew and Yiddish. Andres Spokoiny Bio
While working at the JDC, a Jewish American NGO known for supporting Jewish communities around the world, in Paris, Spokoiny served as the JDC's Regional Director. He was on the frontline of the Limmud, the Baltic states and parts of Russia after the fall of communism and also involved in other projects to develop communities internationally for Northeast Europe.
Spokoiny has, concurrently, been Director of Leatid Europe, the leading training institute for Jewish lay and professional leaders in Europe. on this work, he said that "Rebuilding Jewish communities that had basically been wiped out by Nazism and communism was like taking revenge on history. It was fascinating, but daunting and emotionally heavy."
Spokoiny was the executive director of the Jewish Federation CJA in Montreal from 2009 to 2011. In 2011, Spokoiny joined the Jewish Funders Network as president and CEO.
He was a Board Member of the JDC International Centre for Community Development (June 2012).
Spokoiny also serves as a member of the Selection Committee of the Genesis Prize.PR Newswire, "Mayor Bloomberg Selected as Inaugural Genesis Prize Laureate" October 21, 2013 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mayor-bloomberg-selected-as-inaugural-genesis-prize-laureate-228595041.html
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