The Jewish Book Community Festival took place in Minsk for the 11th time already. It became a tradition to dedicate the last day of the festival to children; that makes perfect sence as we all grew up reading books by wonderful writers for kids: Barto, Marshak, Kvitko and others. The children theatre studio directed by Elena Chugaevskaya sang “Creation of the World” and thus opened the Festival. The Volunteer Family Theatre “Mishpoha” staged its new play, choreographic ensemble “Neposedy” and vocal studio also performed. There have recently been published many children books of high quality with amazing illustrations. To make sure, visit library of the Jewish Community Center “Emunah”. At the Book Festival a presentation
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28.01.2010 On January, 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day was held in the Republican Veterans’ Palace of Culture in Minsk. As during many years already, the UN Office in the Republic of Belarus and the Holocaust Republican Organization initiated the event.More...
14.01.2010 The Jewish Family Outreach Service has organized an excursion to Jewish places of Belarus for its most active volunteers. Most of them are clients of the JFOS. The first destination was Volozhin town. Jews have been first mentioned in the history of Volozhin in the middle of the 14th century.More...
11.01.2010 The participants of Mogilev Photostudio took part in the exhibition of Hanukkah candleholders, arranged by the Israeli Cultural Center under the Embassy of the State of Israel in the Republic of Belarus. Besides photos, there were shown Hanukkah candleholders created by craftsmen from Israel.More...
10.01.2010 The family theatre “Mishpoha” has already existed for 6 years and all this time actors have been doing everything for the performances by themselves: sewing costumes, making stage scenery, composing music and writing scripts. Everything has been on voluntary basis.More...
06.01.2010 A charity event “Helping Hand to Children” was organized by the youth board of the Jewish Community Center “Emunah”. Around 100 people took part in it. Young leaders invited their old friends – musicians from the popular Belarusian piper band «Rog Izobiliya» what means cornucopia. All the event organizers put on house slippers to show the desire of each kid to have his or her own family and home where he or she will wear house slippers.More...
05.01.2010 It’s a common tradition to give children presents on Hanukkah night after candles are lit. Kids get sweets, small toys and even some money («Hanukkah gelt») and then give it to charity (tzedakah).
This year the Jewish Family Outreach Service supported by the AJJDC organized special Hanukkah events for families-at-risk who are JFOS clients. Even a performance with Hanukkosha as a main character was shown to children.More...
04.01.2010 Hanukkah festive events were held in all the Jewish communities of Belarus. They were very different and could fit any taste or age. According to the script of the evening Hanukkah festival in Gomel gathered guest-stars from Israel, Birobidzhan, Odessa, the USA and China.More...
29.12.2009 For young people participation in Hanukkah events is the possibility to exert themselves. For people of golden age such participation is a real feeling of personal victory and pride for being a Jew. They witnessed a lot in their lives: both the time of national oblivion and the time of Jewry revival.More...
28.12.2009 Hanukkah symbolizes spirit of Jewish nation. All the 8 days of the holiday we honor the memory of heroes who stood up for their religion, Commandments and traditions. And it’s great that young generation has an ability to learn from such an example of fortitude and identify two-thousand-year-long history with the history of their granddads’ heroism.More...
23.12.2009 December, 13 Gala concert of the VI Jewish Community Festival «Hanukkah – 2009» took place in one of the most beautiful places in the very heart of Minsk – in the Trade Union Palace. Talented Jewish musicians and singers from all over Belarus and guests of the festival participated in it: «Malanka Orchestra», chamber choir «Salutaris», «Country Jazz», Andrey Labchevskiy, ensembles «Diligence» and «D’arti».
White, black and blue are the three colors meaning a lot to Jewish people. White is the color of Shabbat challah cover, Shabbat candles, matza, Jewish prayer shawl (tallit). The moment Jews hear a prohibition on reciting a blessing over challah and, thus, on observing the Torah Commandments – white is replaced by the black color…More...
02.12.2009 A book «Executioners Witness. Jewish Massacre on the Territory of Occupied Belarus in 1941 – 1944. Documents and Materials» has been recently published. Authors: Adamushko, V.I.; Gerasimova I.P.; Selemenev V.D.; editor Novikov, S.E. — Minsk: NARB; 2009 – 216 p.
The book consists of two sections:
1. Documents and materials of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus on Nazi occupants’ crimes against Jewish people perpetrated on the territory of Belarus in 1941 – 1944.
2. Appendix.More...
23.11.2009 A two-day-long Shabbathon for madrichim participating in the project “Youth Leadership” of the Jewish Community Center “Emunah” was held in a picturesque place of the recreation center “Alesya”. Both young leaders who have great volunteer experience in different projects and studios of the Community and guys recruited into the “School for Young Leaders” in 2008-2009 took part in it.More...
Alevtina Babyna became Hesed client in 1998 when the recrudescence of polyarthritis in lower limbs put her on crutches. The pain was insufferable, so was the feeling of helplessness and irrelevance against her long previous life full of physical endurance.
At 73, he still is what his father had been all his life: dedicated communist and convinced internationalist. Named after Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx’s pal and accomplice in their abortive attempts to overthrow the reign of misappropriated surplus value, he still mourns the USSR and blames those who emigrate for a better living in Israel, in the USA or, even worse, in Germany.
Tanya suffers from phenylketonuria also known as Filling's disease. It affects the brain, causing convulsions, hyperactivity, self–traumatic behavior and mental disorders.
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