Saving the Future of 20 Ukrainian Children
The FJC’s Eastern Ukraine refugee relocation program has been running around the clock for the past year and a half finding new communities and homes for thousands of Jewish refugees affected by the war. While the peace treaty which began in February is still formally in effect, most have not returned to their homes due […]
The Phenomenon of Jewish Weddings
It makes us who we are. It pushes us to do better. It impassions us, propelling us forward. It is our identity. For many individuals in Western countries the questions remains, “Are you a Jewish American or an American Jew?” Where is the emphasis? Which is the adjective and which the noun? Which word IS […]
Only Kosher Eatery Opens in Western Ukraine
by Dovid Zaklikowski – Zhitomir, Ukraine | Lubavitch.com MAY 8, 2015 With a menu offering five salads, a variety of soups, breads and meats, the only kosher restaurant in Western Ukraine opened last week in the city of Zhitomir. Philanthropist George Rohr, on a visit to the local Jewish community, affixed a Mezuzah on the […]
Muslim President’s Unusual Wish
By COLlive reporter The Kazan Kremlin, the historic citadel complex in the Republic of Tatarstan and a World Heritage Site, is planned to house a Jewish center and perhaps even a synagogue. The historic decision was announced at a recent meeting between the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, Tatarstan […]
500 Russian Jews to shop at Hyper Cacher near Paris
MOSCOW (JTA) — Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar is slated to lead a delegation of 500 young Jews to the Hyper Cacher supermarket near Paris where four Jewish shoppers were murdered. The delegation of 18-28 year olds from across Russia is scheduled to leave from Moscow on May 1 for Poland, Berlin and France, Lazar […]
EnerJew continues to expand; Counselor seminar opens in Moscow
Thirty talented new youth counselors, from the 15 branches of the rapidly growing ‘EnerJew’ Jewish youth movement, attended a special five day professional seminar in Moscow, the capital of Russia, attended by mentors and leading lectures. The new Madrichim (counselors) are training to professionally run their varied activity with the Jewish youth throughout the Former […]
Jewish Olympics: High Level of Jewish Education Unseen in the FSU for Generations
Out of the 1,639 students who participated in the Second Annual Jewish Olympics, a test of Jewish heritage knowledge, 60 finalists were flown from across the Former Soviet Union to Israel for the final stage of the competition in Jerusalem. Students in the 90 FJC’s ‘Or Avner’ Schools across the Former Soviet Union, studied for the […]
MOSCOW’S JEWISH MUSEUM & TOLERANCE CENTER: The World’s Largest
Walk into what was once a Moscow bus station and you’ve stepped into what’s not merely an institution of “living history” but one of “interactive history” – a place where one can go back in time not by the simple act of looking at the past but by actually taking part in those times in […]
The Act of Remembering
This past summer the FJC launched a new website, a new way to remember, Yizkor Wall – A virtual memorial wall for those dear and departed. With Yom HaShoa (Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day- April 16) and Yom HaZicharon (Israeli Remembrance Day- April 22) approaching the staff of Yizkor Wall is expecting an influx of submissions to […]
Lugansk Jewish Community: School Building Not Confiscated During Passover
By Dovid Margolin | Chabad.org News reports claiming that representatives of the separatist Lugansk People’s Republic violently confiscated the Beit Menachem-Or Avner Chabad Jewish day-school building in Lugansk, Ukraine, are false, according to the embattled city’s chief rabbi, Shalom Gopin. “At the end of March, representatives of the LPR entered our school building in Lugansk and […]