Siberia: New Torah Scroll Inaugurated in Jewish Tomsk
Hundreds of community members, dignitaries, and guests, participated this Sunday in the festive inauguration ceremony of a brand new Torah Scroll to the Great Synagogue and JCC in the Siberian city of Tomsk, located on the Tom River. Despite plans to hold the inauguration ceremony nearly two years ago, the event was postponed until now […]
History in Moscow: Diverse Jewish Youth Organizations Unite for Spectacular Event
More than eight hundred Jewish students and young professionals, from every Jewish organization in the Russian capital, got together for an historical joint event and special party at the Gazgolder Club in honor of Lag BaOmer, putting aside differences of opinion and declaring aloud “We are all brothers and sisters.” The fabulous and unique event […]
Mazal Tov: UPGRADE Bar/Bat Mitzvah Project Ends with a Blast
Over 150 Jewish teenagers aged 12-14 participated this last weekend in a vibrant and energetic Shabbaton seminar, marking the conclusion of EnerJew’s UPGRADE Bar / Bat Mitzvah Project. The Shabbaton took place in Moscow and celebrated the teenagers’ big day. In 28 cities across Russia, Belarus, and Kazakstan, hundreds of Jewish teenagers participated, throughout the […]
Kharkov Welcomes Rabbi Back Home to Ukraine
In exile, Rabbi Moshe Moskovitz has been helping the community he worked to build for 30 years After three months in exile, Rabbi Moshe Moskovitz and two of his children returned home this week to Kharkov, Ukraine, and to the Jewish community that the rabbi and his wife, Miriam, have built over the past 30 years. “My husband has […]
Ukraine: Ambulance Fleet Established to Evacuate the Frail, Sick, and Handicapped
A joint lifesaving venture, aimed at saving the lives of as many frail, sick and handicapped individuals as possible from across Ukraine, by evacuating them to safety, has recently been established and has already managed to rescue dozens of patients in danger. The joint venture is led by the Federation of Jewish Communities of the […]
Unity: Thousands Celebrate Lag BaOmer across the FSU
Hundreds of special Lag BaOmer parades, parties, and family happenings that took place this last Wednesday and Thursday across the entire former Soviet Union, were attended by tens of thousands of community members and guests. The events focused on Jewish pride and unity and sincere prayers for peace and serenity. The colorful and vibrant events, […]
At Home and on the Run, Ukraine Jews Celebrate Lag BaOmer
Festivities take to the streets from Odessa, Ukraine, to Chisinau, Moldova Lag BaOmer is the holiday of Jewish unity, and its symbolism is being widely felt by the thousands of Ukrainian Jewish refugees celebrating the day in the warm embrace of their adopted Jewish communities. In Ukraine, where the Jewish population has felt an outpouring […]
FSU Jewry Prepares for Unprecedented Summer Experience
Preparations towards FJC’s unique summer experience are now in full swing, aiming to create a beautiful positive summer experience for thousands of Jewish children across the former Soviet Union. The ‘Gan Israel’ JSummer UNIVERSAL initiative will focus on enhancing their Jewish identity and developing their talents and social skills. Thousands of Jewish children, living in […]
Ukraine Couple Locate Long-Missing Beloved Worker
Rescue effort is part of ongoing campaign to save and serve those in desperate need Anyone who has ever walked into the home of Rabbi Moshe and Miriam Moskovitz in Kharkiv, Ukraine, knows Luda. With her endless energy and dedication, Luda would do everything she could to help the FJC’s representatives and Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries to […]
Chairman of Chabad Educational Arm Visits Orphaned Ukrainian Refugees
During a formal visit to Israel, the Chairman of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, and secretary to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, paid an exciting and emotional visit to the JNF Nes-Harim educational facility, currently hosting Jewish refugee children from the FJC’s ‘Alumim’ Children’s home and orphanage in Zhytomyr, […]