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The life of any Jewish Community is impossible without books. Books
are the best way to know more about national tradition and culture.
 Meetings
with authors, topics about holidays and jubilees, presentations of new books
- it is not the completed list of library activities in Jewish Community. Books
sent from Jerusalem and local Kazakhstani newspapers (including "Davar
Herald") increase the stocks of the libraries. The center of Library Programs
is The Republican Jewish Library in Almaty. 10 regional Kazakhstani libraries
order literature and periodical from it (it is more than a half of total number
of Jewish libraries in Kazakhstan).
The readers are really interested in political and cultural news
from Israel. Now they have an access to Internet to get a fresh informational
digest from Israel, to find new literature and to keep in touch with the other
libraries.
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libraries within Kazakhstani Heseds and Community Centers have reading rooms;
many of them have audio and video equipment. People gather to socialize and
to share their impressions. There are exhibitions in the libraries: " The
Memorable dates of the month" and "Literature soirees".
Now it is impossible to imagine the activity of the libraries without
volunteers. Many of them not just help but coordinate the work of the local
libraries. Only one of nine libraries has a staffer all the others- only volunteers.
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LIBRARIES
