Moscow Children’s Home Opens New Educational Programs
The ‘Beit Chaya’ Jewish Children’s home and orphanage in Moscow, opened two special classrooms for its participants this September, in a local initiative to provide the children with a unique nurturing and educational environment suited to their needs. The 4-year framework offers the learning program of an elementary school but at a more personal and […]
Israeli Ambassador Bonds with Odessa’s Community
FJC’s ‘Or Avner’ school and the ‘Mishpacha’ Children’s home in Odessa, welcomed the ambassador of Israel in Ukraine Mr. Yoel Leon and the Israeli general council of the city, Mrs. Ilona Hilkovsky last Friday. The honorable guests visited school classes and took part in the traditional Shabbat-welcoming ceremony. They also attended a memorial service at […]
Most Northern Synagogue Opens in Arkhangelsk
The utmost northern synagogue in the Arctic region of Russia opened in Arkhangelsk on Thursday with the support of the FJCR, the first in the region for 100 years. The synagogue and community center, called “the Northern Star” make up a three-story building of modern architecture, and will serve to unite the Jewish community in […]
Israeli Chief Sephardic Rabbi Visits Moscow
Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Itzhak Yosef, met with the Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar in Moscow last week while on his way to a peace conference in Kazakhstan. The meeting took place at FJC’s Moscow JCC, where Rabbi Yosef was introduced to the wide variety of the center’s educational and cultural […]
The Mystery of Stolen Tombstones in Chernivtsi Solved After 70 Years
Hundreds of tombstones missing for over 70 years from the Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi, Ukraine were returned to the local Jewish community this week by a Ukrainian military base. The surprising development took place when a commanding officer of the local military base called the rabbi of Chernivtsi, Rabbi Menachem Glitsenstein, at the beginning of […]
Circle of Life: Melody and Memory
By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel— The ending of the High Holiday this year, 5779, was over-charged emotionally. It did reflect the shockwave of grief reverberating throughout the Jewish world caused by the vicious murder of Ari Fuld two days before Yom Kippur and two weeks before the culmination and the end of the High Holidays. […]
42 EnerJew Clubs Open Doors for the New 2018-2019 Season
EnerJew, the FSU’s Jewish youth movement, celebrated the opening of its new 2018-2019 season throughout the region over the last month in 42 of the project’s cities. This is the movement’s 5th year of operation, which continues on the path of non-stop growth and expansion and is promising to be the largest and most exciting […]
Thousands Take Part in FSU’s High Holidays Celebrations
Last week hundreds of FJC communities across the former Soviet Union, opened their doors to welcome local Jews for Rosh Hashanah celebrations. Thousands partook in holiday meals, shofar listening and various programs planned around the holiday for kids, youth and grown-ups. This week the same communities were busy preparing for Yom Kippur – performing the […]
Famous Israeli Journalist Bonds with FSU Jewry in Odessa
At the beginning of the new learning year in Or Avner schools earlier this month, Sivan Rahav-Meir, a well-known Israeli journalist and popular Jewish educator, visited FJC’s Jewish community in Odessa, Ukraine and participated in several community events, including the First Bell traditional ceremony at the local Or Avner school. The journalist was invited to […]
Celebrating the Jewish New Year in the majority-Muslim Azerbaijan
BY MILIKH YEVDAYEV | Jewish Journal Photo: Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev meeting with members of the country’s Jewish community in Red Town, which is one of the largest Jewish towns outside of Israel Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish New Year – begins in two days, this Sunday evening. For us, the Jews in Azerbaijan, like for other […]