After months of exciting preparation, a group of three boys and two girls from the Jewish community in Tomsk, Russia...
Month: March 2013
New clothing distributed to thousands of kids
Happening now – more than 5,000 clothing packages are now being distributed by the FJC to needy Jewish children throughout...
Azerbaijan honors FJC’s representative
In honor of the national spring holiday, ‘Novroz Bayram’, the government of Azerbaijan in commemoration of the soldiers who lost...
FSU: Matzah distributed by the ton
Passover 2013 – hundreds of tons of Matzah, the tradition unleavened bread symbolizing the right to freedom, have been distributed...
90 year old celebrates ‘Bar Mitzvah’
The Jewish community of Khmelnitsky, Ukraine, was surprised this morning when an unknown elderly Jew, more than ninety years of...
Swastika sprayed on memorial monument
Nikolayev, Ukraine – Yesterday, the Jewish community of Nikolayev was shocked to discover the Nazi symbol covering a Jewish memorial...
Lugansk: learning the value of freedom
The FJC’s ‘Or Avner’ Jewish day school in Lugansk, Ukraine – dedicated a special day of activity to teaching their...
New Torah inaugurated in Perm, Russia
Hundreds of community members, guests and dignitaries, participated last Sunday in the festive inauguration of a new Torah scroll that...
‘Bat Mitzvah’ dance created in Odessa
In honor of their ‘Bat Mitzvah’ celebrations, a group of 12 year old girls from the Jewish community of Odessa,...
Children’s Matzah bakery opens in Zhitomir
Hands-on Matzah baking, at the FJC’s ‘Or Avner’ day school in Zhitomir, Ukraine, has turned into an annual tradition. On...