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Art Shabbaton

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29.12.2011

alt “Galaxy of Talents” children art Shabbaton brought together some 60 brightest young representatives of Jewish communities in Belarus to celebrate Hanukkah Shabbat, share their achievements and plans for the future, and get inspired. The event was even more special as it coincided with the first day of winter school holidays and the longest night of the year.

The weekend combined festive opening, lighting Hanukkah and Shabbat candles, Shabbat meal, contests and quizzes, and a concert made up of the performances of the participants representing their local Jewish communities.

Saturday was crammed full with sessions in creative studios (vocal, dance and drama) and games. Lighting Havdalah and Hanukkah candles in the evening became an introduction to a spectacular fire show waiting for the children outdoors.

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Final concert “We Are Together” became the celebration of artistic excellence and imagination of the children and talent of their teachers. Both worked tirelessly at creative sessions and workshops to produce a magnificent show and win loud applause and multiple bravos.

Later was the time to unwind and enjoy great music, contests and dancing. Even the youngest participants stayed till the end of the disco.

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Everybody was sad to leave but sweet Hanukkah sets made the moment of separation somewhat easier to bear.

JCC Emunah with the support of the Representative Office of the AJJDC in the Republic of Belarus has been running art Shabbatonim for children for four years already.

Photogallery “Art Shabbaton”
 
13.04.2012

Tamara Feiman

alt Tamara Feiman belongs to the generation for which growing up in the Jewish environment and living Jewish values is a natural way of life.
Her parents managed to keep their Jewish identity despite growing up in the denationalized environment of the Soviet Union.
Since she was a child Tamara has been actively involved with emerging Jewish organizations. She attended the first Jewish kindergarten in Belarus and then continued her Jewish journey in Chabad religious school «Lauder Shneur College». She has been attending the Young Leadership School for two years and has worked in day camps and family camps as both an assistant and madricha. She has also participated in seminars and Shabbatons, visited the Atlanta, Georgia JCC Camp Barney Medintz, and worked as a madricha in Camp Szarvash. Her warmth and care are well-known to the special needs children from Ivenets orphanage who she visited as part of Helping Hand program.
13.04.2012

Maya Lomakina

alt The life of Maya Lomakina is that of hard work and privation. Her story, however, is that of optimism and hope.
Having cared first for her younger sister when she was a young girl herself and then for her own severely ill husband for most of her life, at 65, with a “bunch” of chronic diseases like acute myocardial infarction,  high blood pressure, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, and liver problems, Maya has nobody to take care of her. Her mother and sister made aliyah a long time ago, and her only daughter lives with her family 20 km away from Pinsk and can not visit Maya very often.
21.01.2012

Mikhail Izrailsky (Belen’ky)

alt Volunteers are the heart and soul of any Jewish community. This is also true about Minsk Jewish Campus. It is hard to give an exact number of MJC volunteers, but some 800 people of different ages donating their time and effort to the community can proudly call themselves volunteers of MJC.
There are volunteers dedicated to the Jewish History and Culture Museum of Belarus. One of them is Mikhail Izrailsky (Belen’ky). Having come to the “Mogilev Ghetto” exhibition opening in 2002 he fell in love with the museum and the work done there, and his heart is still in it.
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