The number of books in Karaganda Jewish Library is more than 820.
Basically, books came from Hesed Polina, Almaty and from the members of Karaganda
Community; they present their own books to the library. There are about 100
readers in the library.
Library service includes:
- Regular
overviews and distribution of the periodical press ("Davar", "Lekhaim",
"Shalom").
- Conducting presentation of new books, round-tables and lectures. The next
subjects were discussed this year:
- "Relationships between different generations in Jewish family";
- "Was the Lebanon War one of the just wars in the world".
Also there were discussed the next articles: "That is Jews' fault again",
"Yasir Arafat: the portrait of a peacekeeper and killer".
- The next lectures were read:
- About Yuliya Meltser (Stalin's daughter-in-law);
- About Jewish symbolism;
- About Levin (Gorkiy's physician);
- About Hasid Choir; demonstration of video concert of Hasid Choir;
- ðàññêàç ñ èëëþñòðàöèÿìè î ïîäâèãå Þäèôè;
- Jewish composers of 60s and their songs.
- The
library has got a video salon where the members of the Community can see Jewish
movies and performances of the Jewish theatre "Shalom".
- Visiting art exhibitions; members of the Community visited the Art Museum
to see pictures and a concert.
- Visiting the theatres. Thus, the clients saw the play "Loony Zhurden"
by Mikhail Bulgakov in Drama Theatre named after Constantine Stanislavskiy.
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