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 Presentation
of senior schoolchildren's researches was held in Almaty secondary school
# 147. Participants of ethno-cultural section Mikhail Pisarenko
and Elvira Sabitova (secondary school # 4, 10th form) presented a research
on the topic "The History of Jews in Kazakhstan as an Example of
Tolerance between Kazakhstani Nations".
 The
children were inspired with their history teacher's story about the WWII
catastrophe, after he visited the seminar "Tolerance - the
Lessons of Holocaust" in February 2003. The seminar was arranged
by "Mitsva" Association and Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.
Mikhail and Elvira said that they never knew before about Kazakhstan's
significant contribution to interethnic and interreligious tolerance.
 "It's
hard to say and harder to imagine that in several years Nazis killed every
two Jews out of three!" the project authors explained. "That
is why with an example of the long stable life of the Jewish community
in Kazakhstan we tried to explain everybody the need of neighborly relations
between our country's nations and in the whole world."
 The
researchers' scientific advisor was "Mitsva" Association children
and youth programs' coordinator Larissa Poltavksaya. Being a history teacher,
she not only gave advices, but also helped the teenagers to feel the spirit
of that time and to understand the peculiarities of Jewish cultural, religious,
and everyday life.
Thanks to the "Mitsva" Association support the young
researchers received access to the State Archive, President's Archive
and "Mitsva" Association historical club's materials. Mikhail
Pisarenko and Elvira Sabitova got the 3rd prize. Our congratulations!
Galina Goldberg
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