It is the third Warm Home opened in the framework of the Hesed "Miriam". It is situated in the town of Saran, 20 kilometers away from Karaganda.

   Community members of different ages have met in the Warm Home headed by Elena Kochetkova. Seven-year-old Olesya Belousova lit up candles at their first Kabbalat Shabbat.

   One should have seen the eyes of the 80-year-old Hesed client Lubov Velivene, who lives alone and sees nobody but the Hesed nurse. After being captured by Fascists, imprisoned in Ghetto, and living such a hard life, it was her cherished dream - to meet her compatriots, talk about everything, hear them speak Yiddish. There are six more people except her who also visit the warm Home.

   The Hesed "Miriam" director Bella Kamenetskaya, the head of food program Lubov Bitsadze, and Hesed on Wheels coordinator Vladimir Volodarsky came to the official opening of the Open Home. The Hesed representatives expressed their confidence that the warm Home would unite the Jewish community of Saran.

Alexander Abramovitch