In Brooklyn, the Russian-speaking supporter of Israel has become the female leader of the Democrats

September 13 in the New York primary elections, the Democrats of the 45 district elected the Russian-speaking Israeli supporter Margarita Kagan as their female leader (Female State Committee Member).

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About it on the page on a social network Facebook reported Tatyana Borovik.

Kagan served as the female leader of the Democrats of Brooklyn c 2014 year, says Facebook page about the primaries in new york.

The 45 District includes many areas of South Brooklyn: Brighton Beach (from 5 to Brighton, NNX, Manhattan Beach, most of Sheepshead, Homecrest, Midwood and Gravesend), About a third of voters in this district are Russian-speaking Brooklynians.

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Margarita successfully works together with her old friend and ally, the leader of the Democrats of the district Ari Kagan.

Margarita and Ari are not relatives, but simply namesakes and fellow countrymen; they both emigrated from Belarus at one time; in addition, they are united by their support for Israel in New York.

Margarita Kogan and Ari Kogan.
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Margarita worked for 10 for years as the director of cultural programs at the Hebrew Center Schorfront in Brighton. There, she managed programs for children and the elderly, organized concerts and holidays for war veterans and survivors of the Holocaust, held joint evenings and matinees for American citizens and Russian-speaking immigrants.

Kagan is a graduate of the Minsk Conservatory, so she also studied the music of talented children at the Brooklyn Conservatory.

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In addition, she is a producer of Jewish concerts and festivals where pop stars from America, Canada, Israel, Russia and other countries perform.

Margarita Kagan - President of the American Association of Jews from the Former USSR, President of the Association of New Americans for Culture and Education, member of the Board of Directors of the American Forum for Israel, delegate of the World Zionist Congress (2016 year).

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In 2012, she organized a successful fundraising night for the bomb shelter in Ashkelon; in 2014, in conjunction with Davidzon-Radio, held in Brighton a mass rally of solidarity with Israel; in 2016, together with Ari Kagan, she organized and held a rally at the Holocaust Memorial Park against hatred and anti-Semitism.

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