EnerJew ‘School of Madrichim’ Secures Future Young Leadership
Forty-six Jewish teenagers from twenty-six different cities in Russia, handpicked for their special social and leadership skills, participated earlier this month in a four-day seminar aimed at turning them into the next generation of vibrant ‘Madrichim’, youth counselors, in EnerJew’s network of clubs across the land. During the content-packed days of the seminar, which took […]
FSU Jewry Prepares for an Unprecedented Chanukah
Hundreds of Jewish communities, institutions, projects and initiatives across the former Soviet Union – operating under the umbrella of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS – are in the midst of final preparations for the upcoming festival of lights and miracles, Chanukah. FSU Jewry is expected, despite Covid-19 limitations, to experience a flurry […]
Russian Synagogues ‘Ignite Light’ Commemorating Kristallnacht
Dozens of synagogues across Russia took part during the night of November 9-10, in the ‘Ignite Light’ initiative dedicated to the International Day against Fascism and Anti-Semitism, established in memory of the horrific events of Kristallnacht. The lights of the country’s synagogues were left on overnight and candles were lit inside, preserving the memory of […]
What It’s Like to Warm Jewish Hearts in Siberia
Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik leads an active community of 3,000 in Tyumen By Menachem Posner | Chabad.org When most think of the quintessential faraway locale—a place where life is different and distant—many of us think of Siberia, the winter wasteland that never seems to end. Since I began writing about what Jewish life is like in various […]
Historic Holocaust Memorial Inaugurated in Volgograd
On November 9, the International Day against Fascism, Racism and Antisemitism, a new Holocaust Memorial was inaugurated in Volgograd. The emotional ceremony was attended by hundreds of community members, esteemed guests, and local citizens. The memorial was placed in the ‘March 8th’ Park where thousands of soldiers who defended the city and many Jew were […]
New Holocaust Memorial Inaugurated in Vinnytsia
Dozens of guests and local Jewish community members arrived Tuesday morning at the old Jewish cemetery of Vinnytsia, Ukraine, to attend the historic inauguration of a new Holocaust Monument commemorating the Jews of Vinnytsia who were brutally murdered at the hands of the German Nazis between 1941-1944. After the unveiling of the monument, the ceremony […]
Do it by Yourself: EnerJew Makes Shabbat Accessible to FSU Youth
Following its collaboration with the international ‘Shabbat Project’, EnerJew – the FSU’s Jewish youth movement – has created an outstanding and beautifully designed guidebook in contemporary Russian, explaining exactly how every person can easily and joyfully connect to his Jewish heritage and observe Shabbat. The new guide is now available to download. The new 20-page […]
United Jewish Chernivtsi Announces Historic ‘Ghetto Czernowitz’ Project
In early October 1941, under Pro-German Romania, a Jewish ghetto was established in the lowland part of Chernivtsi. 50,000 Bukovina Jews were crammed into the ghetto that was used as a starting point for the deportation of the Jewish population to the death camps in Transnistria. Two-thirds of which were deported in October 1941 and […]
Four Medical Equipment Lending Centers Established in Ukraine
Many funds and efforts were invested in medical equipment to supply the foundation of four new lending centers in the cities of Zhytomyr, Chernivtsi, Vinnitsa and the village of Anatevka * The branches were founded by the ‘European Chessed Center’ in collaboration with the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS Four Lending Centers for […]
New Mikvah Emerging in Jewish Kropyvnytskyi
After a few years of delay, a new state-of-the-art mikvah is emerging in the Ukrainian city of Kropyvnytskyi, formerly known as Krivograd, under the leadership of the city’s Chief Rabbi Dan Zakuta. The new mikvah will serve the needs of the city’s growing Jewish community, and will give an additional boost to its remarkable revival. […]