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Once or twice a month Hesed "Faina" is filled with women's
laughter and the smell of national food - women's club gathers there. One
of the "hostesses" presents a Jewish dish. There is stuffed fish,
tsimes, forshmak, and liver pate. But the beginning of each meeting is given
to literature club, music soirees, and lectures. The women find out many new
interesting things.
In one of the meetings Tatyana Seidihmenova, senior lecturer in
Eastern Kazakhstani State University told about life and works of a poetess
Ruth Tamarina, who she was lucky to know. It was a fascinating story of Ruth's
hard life and love that she described in her poems and prose.
Also there was a meeting dedicated Yanush Korchak (Genrih Goldshmidt),
a teacher, writer, and doctor. Righteous gentile, he chose to die in a ghetto
gas chamber together with children from an orphanage, than to leave them, though
he had a chance.
Women's club was glad to hear about life of a great actress Faina
Ranyevskaya.
There was a theme "Three Women" based on V.Lazaris's book
about hard lives of revolutionists Armanda Knut, Mariya Vilbushevitch, and Margarita
Tsarfati, Mussolini's lover.
Having visited her daughter in London, A.F.Surnina told many interesting
things about the Jewish Museum of Judaism.
From Olga Tohtarova we found out stories about Igor Guberman, whose
performance she visited being a student.
Besides, there are discussions about Jewish Tradition, particularly
the role of a Jewish woman in the family and upbringing in accordance with the
Torah.
After a subject is discussed, culinary part begins. The "author"
tells about her dish, gives the receipt, and of course invites everybody to
taste her masterpiece. And then there is tea-drinking and a table
talk.
Lately a new program has begun in Hesed - music club leaded
by a singer Tatyana Hardina. All these programs together with a weekly literature
club, lessons of Jewish Tradition and history, and the Torah study make life
of community members full of national self-identification - the thing that we
have never had before and recently could only dream of!
Fanya Suponitskaya
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