Saturday, January 26, 2008

Researchers in Moldova

Dr. Clara Jignea is a senior researcher of the Department of Jewish
History and Culture of Moldova at the Institute of Inter-Ethnic
Research at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Dr. Jignea is a
specialist in the Jewish history of Bessarabia during the late nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries. She is the author of several articles
about the Kishinev Pogrom of 1903.

Professor Yakov Kopansky is the director of the Department of
Jewish History and Culture of Moldova at the Institute of Inter-
Ethnic Research at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Professor
Kopansky is the author of the book Joint in Bessarabia: Pages of History
(Kishinev: Liga, 1994); the article “Image of Bessarabian Jewry
during the Inter-War Period” (Tel Aviv, 1996, in Hebrew); and a
series of other publications on the Jewish history of twentieth-century
Moldova. Professor Kopansky is also the chairman of the board of
the philanthropic center Hesed Yehuda.

Semion Shoikhet is the chairman of the Association of Jewish
Organizations and Communities of the Republic of Moldova and
emeritus architect of Moldova. Mr. Shoikhet has designed general
construction plans for the cities of Kishinev, Beltsy, Bendery,
Dubossary, Kahul, Rybnitsa, Tiraspol and others; many buildings;
and various monuments devoted to historical events and famous
people, including the memorial plaque dedicated to the victims of
the Kishinev Pogrom of 1903 and the memorial complex devoted
to those who died in the Kishinev Ghetto.

1 comment:

Larry Binenbaum (Schenker) said...

Academy of Science of Moldova

Academy of Science of Moldova (ASM) – is the highest forum of science in the whole country, it is a state institution having independent status and auto administration management.

The Academy's was established in 1946 when the Moldovan Base of scientific researches of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. was created. The establishment of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova took place on August 2, 1961. At present, the Academy of Sciences of Moldova brings together 49 Full Members, 65 Corresponding Members and 29 Honorary Members where representatives of the main 3 sectors of Moldova's science are elected: academic sector - 49%, university sector - 29% and branch sector - 13%.


ASM is scientific research institution and creative one. The fundamental and applied scientific researches cover the following fields: mathematics and informatics, theoretical physics, micro- and optoelectronics, geophysics and geologic processes, physical and technical processes in energetic, bioinorganic chemistry, ecological and analytical chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, theoretical chemistry, physiology and biochemistry, zoology, microbiology, botanic, geography, ecology, renewable and rational utilization of flora and fauna, stress’s physiology, genetics, medicine, history, linguistics and literature, philosophy, sociology, economy, politology, archaeology, ethnography, art, etc.
The Academy of Sciences of Moldova actively develops international relations and successfully integrates itself in the world scientific community. It collaborates with a number of important scientific organizations as INTAS, UNESCO, IAEA, NATO Scientific Committee, ALLEA and is a member of IAAS (International Association of Academies of Sciences) and ICSU.

http://www.asm.md/