| 30.09.2003 |
 Shymkent.
Hesed, JCC
Rosh-ha-Shannah celebration. |
| 30.09.2003 |
Almaty, "Mitsva"
Association
Round table discussion with Dmitry Schciglik. |
| 30.09.2003 |
Karaganda. Hesed "Miriam"
According to the coordinator of religious programs in Kazakhstan Alexander
Abramovitch, the next seminar conducted by rabbi Meir Schlesinger
is going to start in Almaty on October 27. The subject of the meeting
will be the Jewish prayer. |
| 30.09.2003 |
Almaty. "Mitsva"
Association
Round table discussion with Dmitry Shchiglik. |
| 30.09.2003 |
Ust-Kamenogorsk. Youth
"Green Movement"
In the framework of a project aimed at teaching the young generation
from negative ecological areas the healthy way of life, individual
medical checkup of children and teenagers was held. |
| 29.09.2003 |
Petropavlovsk. JCC
Petropavlovsk community is preparing to field activities in the framework
of OFEK 2003. Thus, the Jews living in Timeryazev district of the
North-Kazakhstan region will take part in the Festival of the Jewish
Book for the second time. |
| 26.09.2003 |
Karaganda. "Shemesh"
JCC
Performance of "Ot Azoy" vocal ensemble in Astana. |
| 26.09.2003 |
Kostanay, Hesed
Rosh-ha-Shannah will be the first holiday, which Timur Gafurov will
conduct as a religious program coordinator. The community assists
him in every way. JCC director Snezhanna Kim works with him several
hours a day. They have developed a very interesting festival program. |
| 26.09.2003 |
Almaty. Hesed "Polina"
Hesed and JCC staff celebrate Rosh-ha-Shannah. |
| 26.09.2003 |
Petropavlovsk. Hesed
"Efraim", JCC
Preparations for Rosh-ha-Shannah are over. "Shalom" vocal
band and "Hatihot" children's music studio has conducted
a dress rehearsal of the concert. Their repertoire mostly consists
of songs about the New Year. The celebration is going to be held on
September 28 in the city school #1. |
| 25.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
Hesed volunteers celebrate Rosh-ha-Shannah. |
| 25.09.2003 |
Ust-Kamenogorsk, Semipalatinsk
Leaders of the youth "Green Movement" participate in food
package distribution to Hesed clients. |
| 25.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
Birthday celebration. |
| 25.09.2003 |
Pavlodar, Hesed "Rachel"
Children's creative workshop is getting prepared to Rosh-ha-Shannah
celebration. The children are making greeting cards for Hesed clients.
Each card is a work of art, which brings joy to everyone who sees
it. Shana Tova! |
| 24.09.2003 |
Taraz, JCC
Family club on the threshold of Rosh-ha-Shannah. |
| 24.09.2003 |
Almaty
A new number of "Davar" Jewish newspaper has been published. |
| 24.09.2003 |
Pavlodar, Hesed "Rachel"
The community has taken part in the 5 Republican Festival of Languages
of Kazakhstani Peoples. Guests of the festival paid special interest
to "Mazal" dancing group. |
| 23.09.2003 |
Astana
 Conference
of World and Traditional National Religions has began in Astana. Its
participants are 135 representatives of different religions. Judaic
delegation is represented by the chief rabbi of Israel Iona Metsger,
the President of European Rabbinical Council, chief rabbies of Belgium,
Switzerland, Russia, Kazakhstan, and the President of Euro-Asian Jewish
Congress Alexandr Mashkevitch. |
| 23.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
10 families - "Mazal Tov" clients have had a rest in a health center. |
| 23.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
Day Center is celebrating Rosh-ha-Shannah. The meeting is conducted
by the head of the program Tatyana Risman. |
| 23.09.2003 |
Karaganda, "Shemesh"
JCC
New music CD "Voice of Friendship" has been presented in
the framework of the Republican Festival of Languages. It includes
songs of representatives of 22 ethnicities living in Kazakhstan. There
is also a song in Yiddish performed by a vocal quartet and "Shemesh"
JCC Klezmer ensemble. |
| 23.09.2003 |
Pavlodar, Hesed "Rachel"
The community is getting prepared to Rosh-ha-Shannah. The staff, volunteers
and clients participate in developing the script of celebration. |
| 22.09.2003 |
Ust-Kamenogorsk
The oldest member of Ust-Kamenogorsk community is 95 years old. |
| 22.09.2003 |
Almaty.
A new number of "Davar" newspaper has been given to publication. |
| 21.09.2003 |
Almaty.
We invite everybody to Rosh-ha-Shannah celebration. It is going to
be held in the House of Peoples' Friendship. |
| 21.09.2003 |
Ust-Kamenogorsk, Youth
"Green Movement"
"Ecological education" seminar. Learning about new methods
and sharing experience. |
| 19.09.2003 |
Taraz. Hesed "Taraz"
The community is preparing to celebrate Rosh-ha-Shannah. Volunteers
are making review reports about the New Year, signing greeting cards,
developing festive route of visits to Hesed clients. |
| 19.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
"Hesed on Wheels" program travels to Turgen. |
| 19.09.2003 |
Petropavlovsk.
The closing day of OFEK 2003. |
| 18.09.2003 |
Petropavlovsk.
Festival of the Book continues. Day two. |
| 19.09.2003 |
 Pavlodar,
Hesed "Rachel"
"Family Album" photo exhibition. The photographs were brought
by community members, and many of them are over 100 year old. Grandparents
surprisingly resemble the living members of Pavlodar community. For
every picture there is a short life story. The exhibition is going
to be opened till late September. Many visitors expressed a desire
to take part in the next exhibition of such kind. |
| 18.09.2003 |
Almaty, "Rimon"
JCC
Meeting of the spoken Yiddish club "Borough". |
| 18.09.2003 |
Almaty, "Rimon"
JCC
Hebrew club admits new students to the beginning group. The teacher
is Yakov Bronstein. |
| 18.09.2003 |
Pavlodar, Hesed "Rachel"
"Mishpaha" ("Family") festival has taken place.
Several families-teams have prepared staging of Jewish stories. |
| 17.09.2003 |
Shymkent.
Community Festival of the Jewish Book is on the way. |
| 17.09.2003 |
Petropavlovsk
OFEK 2003. Day one. |
| 17.09.2003 |
Almaty, Republican
Jewish Library
Presentation of a book "From the History of Jews in Kazakhstan".
Book exhibition "Autographs". |
| 16.09.2003 |
 Almaty,
Hesed "Polina"
Interview for Israel radio. |
| 16.09.2003 |
 Pavlodar.
Country-director Stanley Abramovitch's working visit to Kazakhstan
is over. The last city he visited together with Alexandr Baron was
Pavlodar. During their two-day trip they visited a synagogue, met
with the Hesed "Rachel" staff, and took part in the meeting
of the Hesed Board. In the framework of the cultural program they
also called on "Mishpaha" ("Family") festival
and the Prof. Shafer's Museum of Records. |
| 16.09.2003 |
Ust-Kamenogorsk, Youth
"Green Movement"
Going out to nature. Working with a psychologist, training. Forming
teams, conducting debates. |
| 16.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
Meeting with a Doctor of Tel-Aviv University Michail Finkelstein.
The subject of his lecture is "Modern Theory of the Universe
from the Point of View of Judaism". |
| 16.09.2003 |
Kostanay, a branch
of the Republican Jewish Library
Regional Tolstoy Library gave the Jewish Library of Kostanay 50 copies
of books by Jewish authors. |
| 15.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
A Doctor of Tel-Aviv University Michail Finkelstein is a guest of
Almaty community. His book given to the Jewish Library will help Kazakhstani
Jews to better know the scientists' works. |
| 15.09.2003 |
 Taraz,
JCC
Meeting of "Edigiot" ("Girl-friends") women's
club. Getting prepared to Rosh-ha-Shannah celebration. |
| 15.09.2003 |
Ust-Kamenogorsk, Youth
"Green Movement"
Survey tour "Human. Nature. Industry." |
| 15.09.2003 |
Kostanay, a branch
of the Republican Jewish Library
"The Book of Memory" is currently compiled. It will consist
of archival documents, letters, photos, people's recollections about
outstanding Jews of Kostanay. The inspirer of the project is one of
the oldest journalists of the town Sagyndyk Uryntaev. He knows many
characters of the book very well. He has recently visited Moscow and
met the editor of "Lehaim" magazine who got interested in
the Kostanay initiative. |
| 12.09.2003 |
Karaganda, Hesed "Miriam"
Country-director for Asian countries and Caucasus Stanley Abramovitch (JDC) and the President of "Mitsva"
Association Alexandr Baron have visited Karaganda. |
| 12.09.2003 |
Kostanay, JCC
The women's club continues studying the Jewish Tradition. Its last
meeting was dedicated to giving birth to and bringing up children
in a Jewish family, and conducting Bar-Mitsva and Bat-Mitsva ceremonies.
Besides, in the framework of the meeting the winners of the "Jewish
Kitchen" competition were awarded. |
| 12.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
"Mazal Tov" program celebrates Shabbat |
| 12.09.2003 |
Taraz, a branch of
the Republican Jewish Library
Library Literature Club on the subject of "Famous Jews".
The presenter is Ida Bukina. |
| 11.09.2003 |
 Almaty,
Republican Jewish Library
A new book has appeared in the library stock - "Masterpieces
of the Biblical Poetry". We hope the readers, who are over 500
will estimate the new publication at its true worth. |
| 11.09.2003 |
Taraz, JCC
Rehearsals in the children's drama club. Preparations to Rosh-ha-Shannah
celebration. |
| 11.09.2003 |
Ust-Kamenogorsk, JCC
Library Literature Club. Watching a 3-series historical movie "King
David". |
| 10.09.2003 |
 Almaty,
Republican Jewish Library
In memory of the artist. Opening of Abraham Cherkassky's exhibition. |
| 10.09.2003 |
www.mitsva.kz
During the first ten days of September our web site was visited by
more than 2000 people from all over the world. Mazal Tov! |
| 10.09.2003 |
Ust-Kamenogorsk
The first regional trip of the Jewish youth in the framework of the
"Green Movement". |
| 10.09.2003 |
 Taraz,
branch of the Republican Jewish Library
Presentation of the book "Jews in Kazakhstan: History, Religion, Culture". |
| 09.09.2003 |
Taraz, JCC
Family club meeting. The subject of the meeting was "Family Is
a Basis of Human Happiness". Club members were told about family
relations set by the Torah. |
| 09.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
"Moked" service reports that the atelier opened to adjust
and restore clients' clothes has performed the first order. Mazal
Tov! |
| 09.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
"Day Center" has started preparing for their 3rd anniversary
celebration. They are writing a script for a 10 minute film about
the Center activities, its clients, and volunteers. |
| 08.09.2003 |
Ust-Kamenogorsk, JCC
Family camp. |
| 08.09.2003 |
Pavlodar, Hesed "Rachel"
OFEK. "Kaleidoscope of the Beautiful" exhibition. |
| 08.09.2003 |
Karaganda, Hesed "Miriam"
"Hesed on Wheels" program has started in 9 more localities
near Karaganda. |
| 08.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
Young clients of "Mazal Tov" program are celebrating their
birthdays. |
| 07.09.2003 |
Almaty, "Rimon"
JCC
"Shalom" family club welcomes guests. |
| 05.09.2003 |
Almaty, Hesed "Polina"
Birthday celebration. |
| 05.09.2003 |
 Pavlodar,
Hesed "Rachel"
Jewish Culture Day. |
| 05.09.2003 |
Aktobe, JCC
OFEK 2003. |
| 04.09.2003 |
Pavlodar, Hesed "Rachel"
About the Children's Day Center's activities. |
| 04.09.2003 |
Almaty, OFEK
Meeting with Prof. Naum Shafer - the director of Pavlodar Museum of
Gramophone Records. The subject is "Jewish themes in Isaac Dunaevsky's
music". |
| 04.09.2003 |
Ust-Kamenogorsk
Hesed "Faina" and JCC have conducted the first regional
field meeting of the family club. |
| 04.09.2003 |
Taraz, JCC
The lecture "Elul - the month of mercy" has opened the course
of Jewish education in the youth club of Taraz JCC. The curriculum
includes Jewish history and Tradition, Jewish holidays, and meeting
the elders of the community. The lessons are conducted by the religious
programs coordinator Michail Bunin. |
| 03.09.2003 |
 Almaty
The Jewish community of Kazakhstan meets the personal delegate of Prime
Minister of Great Britain Lord Michael Abraham Levi. |
| 03.09.2003 |
Pavlodar, Hesed "Rachel"
Library Literature Club. |
| 03.09.2003 |
Petropavlovsk
Ending of the exhibition "History, Tradition, and Culture of
the Jewish People" held in Petropavlovsk Museum of Arts. |
| 03.09.2003 |
Tazar, OFEK
Exhibition of Jewish books. |
| 03.09.2003 |
Almaty, Republican
Jewish Library
A guest from Israel. Michael Beizer's lecture "Famous Jews".
|
| 02.09.2003 |
 Almaty,
Republican Jewish Library
Presentation of the book "FSU Synagogues in the Past and Present". Meeting the author Michael Beizer. |
| 02.09.2003 |
Taraz, OFEK
Exhibition of children's literature |
| 02.09.2003 |
Ust-Kamenogorsk
The youth of Ust-Kamenogorsk Jewish community took part in the presentation
of the Green Movement. The project is aimed at joining the young generation
from the negative ecological region to the healthy way of life. |
| 02.09.2003 |
Pavlodar
A hall of Kazakhstani national and cultural centers has been opened
in the Potanin museum of local lore. The Jewish community of Pavlodar
presented its own stand dedicated to the Jewish life, Traditions,
and customs. |
| 02.09.2003 |
Almaty, Republican
Jewish Library
Presentation of a book "FSU Synagogues in the Past and Present".
Meeting the author Michael Beizer. |
| 02.09.2003 |
Petropavlovsk
The local authorities have allocated a place for the new Jewish cemetery.
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