Thousands of Jews, of all ages and backgrounds, came to a festival that lasted for 6 hours, held at the “Jewish square” between the Jewish Museum, the Charity Center and the Jewish educational campus in Moscow.
The Jewish community of Brest in Belarus celebrated the historic inauguration of a new Torah scroll seventy-five years after the last scroll was inaugurated.
More than 550 pupils from 36 of the FJC’s ‘Or Avner’ network of Jewish schools in the Former Soviet Union, participated three months ago in the first stage of the new Jewish heritage Quiz based on the innovative Darkeinu learning program.
Over 1,000 Jews from across Russia will gather in Moscow next week for the Limmud FSU conference, which is considered the largest Jewish gathering in the former Soviet Union.
Matzot at Pesach had always been a mandatory part of Jewish life, even in Soviet time. Matzot baked in Kyiv at the order of the Euro-Asian Jewish Fund, headed by Vadim Shulman, has been delivered to Eurasian Jewish communities before the Celebration of Freedom.
