Purim was held March 21st this year in Karaganda. The bus waited for everyone wishing for trip to Astana on celebrating in synagogue early in the morning. This trip was organized by Hesed for everyone who wants to celebrate Purim according to the Jewish tradition - to listen "Megelat Ester". The mood of everyone was truly celebratory. How many interesting meetings, surprises, gifts were presented by owners and visitors this day. Inflammatory Purimshpil was prepared by learner of Jewish school of Karaganda. Cheerful competitions, quizzes were also held. The trip was very interesting. Though whole day everyone spent on legs, and, certainly, they got tired strongly, but this weariness wasn't felt. Thank Anatoli Smotritski very much for the help in organization of this trip!

The Jewish community of Karaganda was invited to Purim Theatre of musical comedy on Sunday. At an entrance in a hall everyone who wished could get carnival masks which were made by hands of the guys of the children's creative centre "Perurim" JCC "Shamash". Cheerful caps, the colorful masks especially liked by children who came on the holiday for the first time. The director of JCC "Shamash" Irina Kozhanovskaya and the director of Hesed "Miriam" Bella Kamenetskaya congratulated all with Purim. Alexander Abramovich told about the traditions of holiday. The congratulation of the chairman of Jewish Community Center Molotov-Lychanski was very interesting. The audience and he sang two comic Jewish songs. Ivan Nebesni, Ludmila Propishan, Alina Dzesa, Stella Suhorukova is well-known performer. Whole audience with pleasure took part in cheerful competition "Palindromes" where it was necessary to guess and sing songs. And, certainly, everyone with impatience waited for lottery where the valuable prizes were played.

The culmination of whole holiday begins: In this holiday it is necessary to have fun, Melancholy and sadness we shall hand over in breakage! Cheerful and amusing Purimshpil opens eternal pages for us!

The guys from theatrical studio JCC "Shamash" showed Purimshpil in a wood. Spectators were fascinated at the bright and colorful costumes of the heroes of performance. A bear and a cat, wild boar and lynx are dancing and singing, telling the history of the holiday with such humour and skill that you forget that on a stage not the professional actors. Purimshpil was produced by the new chief of theatrical studio Ivan Nemtsev. There were inflammatory stages, humour, music. A bear - King Ahashverosh (Denis Rahmatulaev) charmed all spectators literally, and beauty Lynx - Ester (Jenya Kaznacheeva) was very graceful and magnificent. Wise Cat - Mordehai (Garik Kozhanovski) not verbose, but proud and independent. Wild boar - Aman (Ruslan Homenko) was mean, resourceful and spiteful. Such characters were opened by the guys in the personage. The hall shudders from laughers. Even the workers of theatre came in the hall and with pleasure clapped to the young actors.

The holiday was held smoothly, the time flew by imperceptibly, and kind smiles lit up the face of everyone without exception.

Brodskaya Larisa