Machanayim originated in Moscow in the late 1970’s as a small underground group of young idealistic people, who met secretly to learn Jewish history and tradition. Today it has grown into a network of Jewish-Israeli education for Russian-speaking Jews in Israel and worldwide. Part of its aim is to facilitate the absorption process of the immigrants from the FSU through their connection to Jewish and Israeli values and Jewish education. Some of Machanayim’s programs include lectures and seminars dealing with different aspects of Judaism, Jewish History, and Jewish Philosophy, learning programs for all levels, comprehensive preparation courses for conversion, a teacher’s training program, book publishing, educational tours, Jewish educational activities in the FSU, children’s programs, courses in Judaism at Bar-Ilan University, and more.