Alexander (Aaron) Levin

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Alexander (Aaron) Levin^[a] (born April 1, 1968) is a businessman and president of a Jewish Community in Kyiv ,^[1] founding president of the World Forum of Russian-Speaking Jewry^[2] and a leader of the US Russian-speaking community.^[3]

Levin was born in Odesa, Ukraine to a Jewish family. In 1988 Levin emigrated to America, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1993.^[4] In 1994 Alexander Levin returned to Ukraine, where he got involved in the real estate development sector. He is a board member of the Ukrainian Construction Association (UCA). In 2007, Levin with his partners organized the largest real estate development group in Kyiv – KDD Group NV – and became the chairman of the board of directors.^[5] As of December 2011 Levin owned 22.63% of KDD Group NV.^[4] In June 2010, he became head of a Kyiv Jewish religious community, Brodsky Choral Synagogue. Levin is president of the board of the Babi Yar Memorial Fund.^[6]

He is the founding president of the World Forum of Russian-Speaking Jewry, an international organization promoting ties between Russian-speaking Jews and the State of Israel.^[4] On behalf of the 3 million Russian-speaking Jews all over the world, with Russia and the US being major diasporas, Levin has been invited as a key speaker to such high-profile events as the Israeli Presidential Conference Facing Tomorrow 2013^[7] and at a ceremony commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012 at the United Nations^[8] In May 2012, Alexander (Aaron) Levin was elected as president of the "Keren Hayesod" (Israel National Fund in Ukraine),^[4] and in 2013 in Jerusalem Levin received Chabad Man of the Year Award.^[9]