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02.09.2010  Emunah — Faith, Loyalty, Trust
In 2010 JCC Emunah celebrates its 10th anniversary. Among the multitude of public associations in Belarus running similar programs, you can hardly find one able to compete with JCC Emunah in the diversity of projects for all ages involving such a large number of participants. Emunah inspires and connects people of all ages and backgrounds through educational, cultural and recreational opportunities in a welcoming and inclusive environment of the Jewish community center. More than 2000 regular participants of various projects each year crowd the corridors of the JCC, lovingly known as the Center, for it is truly at the heart of the community.

01.09.2010  Emunah Landing in “Yakutskie Gory” Amusement Park
It is the year 2000…There are different Jewish organizations functioning in Minsk. Seniors join Minsk Public Association of Jewish Culture named after Isaac Harik and Hesed-Rakhamim, youngsters connect to Beit Hillel. The activities of Israeli Cultural Center and Jewish Agency for Israel are in full swing. A LOCAL organization attracting individuals and families to explore Jewish traditions and culture through educational, cultural and recreational opportunities in an inclusive community setting does not exist. JCC Emunah has become such an organization.

20.07.2010  Individual ReFiT
Everybody has been looking for a new season of family camp held every year by the JCC “Emunah” at Pod’elniki recreation resort. Since March parents and their children have been coming to the organization to sign up for the camp; madrichim directed by rabbanit Irina Abramovich have been working on a program; even the sanatorium has been rebuilt! Untill finally the long-expected moment has come! Soon the most exciting week will start: the participants will settle in a camp building, meet new friends, hold a ceremony of Shabbat welcoming.

06.06.2010  “Mazl Tov” Camp
We all know that “Mazl tov” in Hebrew is a wish of good luck and happiness. But for visitors of the Minsk Jewish Campus (MJC) this expression has another meaning as “Mazl tov” is also a program where children together with the parents learn the first lessons in their lives. They know that to be a participant of this program is really an incredible “mazl”.

26.05.2010  Rally to Small Jewish Towns in Belarus
The first two-day trip of “Jewish Motor club” of the Yeladim family club went according to the route Minsk-Yiv’e-Radun-Lida-Volozhyn-Minsk. Twelve people (families with their teenage children) visited places where Jewish life was once in full swing.

20.05.2010  Celebration of Shavuot in The Jewish Community Center “Emunah”
Year after year the Minsk Jewish campus attracts more and more clients. As a result, more and more people come here to celebrate holidays. This year JCC Emunah had to organize Shavuot celebration twice for two different “Mazel Tov” (early development school) groups. Once you get to a children holiday, you penetrate into the atmosphere of fun, laughter, music and dancing. An entertaining program captivates children and carries them away into the world of Jewish history and culture.

19.05.2010  Trip to Mogilev
Several studios of the Minsk Jewish campus joined together to make a trip to the Jewish community of Mogilev. Children from the literature studio directed by Viktor Lyaskovsky, the chief editor of the “Aviv” newspaper and “Sevivon” magazine, presented a new edition of their periodical which is published due to financial support of the L.A. Pincus Fund for Jewish Education in the Diaspora.

11.05.2010  “Special World”, “Special Theatre”, “Special Art”
Performing in the public is the biggest challenge. Though playing on the stage (no matter how big it is) is an ability to create and express yourself, and to penetrate into the world of High art, it has always been quite a worrisome event. If you are “not like others”, than performing becomes twice more stirring. Tango with Shadows Shadow theatre of the “Rainbow” project (a program for people with psychophysical problems at Hesed Rakhamim, Minsk) became a laureate of the 6th International Special Theatre Festival “Neprataptany Shlyah” (meaning “unbeaten path”).

06.05.2010  Yom Ha atzmaut In The Open
This year clients of the Jewish Community Center “Emunah” had a possibility to celebrate the Israeli Independence Day (April, 20) and Lag BaOmer (May, 2) in a very unusual way. More than 300 people came to the amusement park “Yakutskie Gory”. Neither pessimistic weather forecast, nor the age (the oldest participant was 62 years old and the youngest was 11 months only) interfered with the plans of a real Israeli holiday.

04.05.2010  "Yom Ha'atzmaut" Shabbathon
Shabbathon “Yom Ha’atzmaut” for the families attending the early development school “Mazel Tov” took place at the recreation center “Alesya” on the Israeli Independence Day eve.

16.04.2010  Pessah University
For 4 years already a joint project of the Minsk Jewish organizations and the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta and AJJDC has been running in Belarus. The aim of the project is to unite the groups of young leaders from the Jewish organizations and to train them in conducting Pessah Seder for Jewish community members.

16.03.2010  Way Towards Health
Health is the sensitive issue touched upon by everyone despite their age, gender, cultural or religious views. Thus and so Minsk Jewish Cultural Center «Emuna» launches its new outreach project «Way Towards Health» beginning this spring. Thanks to generous support of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Belarus, the project will help to know better how to keep oneself in good shape, how to react in emergency situations, what is psychological health and how to grow up a psychologically healthy child, it will also tell about desease prevention etc.

12.03.2010  Bringing Up a Person
Raising a child is a hard work that takes years. The meaning of these words is well understood in the Jewish Community Center “Emunah”. Rabbanit Irina Abramovich who is a coordinator of the JCC youth programs contributes a lot to the aim of upbringing modern active individuals who are aware of their historical heritage and share moral values of the Jewish nation.

09.03.2010  "What is the right path a man should choose?Whatever is honorable to himself, and honorable in the eyes of others."Pirkei Avot
March, 6 the round table of talks was organized within the framework of the seminar “Connecting Generations” in the Minsk Jewish Campus. It’s the first event of such a type held by the Jewish Community Center “Emunah” and Irina Abramovich who is a coordinator of the project “Connecting Generations” believes that it will initiate further work.

19.02.2010  New Season for Young Leaders
The “Youth Leadership” project opened a new season of work (the project is supported by the Ginsburg Family, USA). Project participants invited their friends to celebrate successful work of the program since 2003 and some new initiatives of 2009.

26.01.2010  The 11th Jewish Book Community Festival
On January, 24 more than 150 people visited the 11th Jewish Book Community Festival that took place in the Minsk Jewish Campus. Book exhibition has always been an essential part of all the Jewish book festivals. More than 50 new books published in Belarus were presented by the Jewish Community Center “Emunah” to the audience.

10.01.2010  Knowledge Is Always Useful
The family theatre “Mishpoha” has already existed for 6 years and all this time actors have been doing everything for the performances by themselves: sewing costumes, making stage scenery, composing music and writing scripts. Everything has been on voluntary basis.

29.12.2009  Young and Old Alike Love Hanukkah
For young people participation in Hanukkah events is the possibility to exert themselves. For people of golden age such participation is a real feeling of personal victory and pride for being a Jew. They witnessed a lot in their lives: both the time of national oblivion and the time of Jewry revival.

28.12.2009  From Generation To Generation
Hanukkah symbolizes spirit of Jewish nation. All the 8 days of the holiday we honor the memory of heroes who stood up for their religion, Commandments and traditions. And it’s great that young generation has an ability to learn from such an example of fortitude and identify two-thousand-year-long history with the history of their granddads’ heroism.

23.11.2009  «Shabbathon of Time»
A two-day-long Shabbathon for madrichim participating in the project “Youth Leadership” of the Jewish Community Center “Emunah” was held in a picturesque place of the recreation center “Alesya”. Both young leaders who have great volunteer experience in different projects and studios of the Community and guys recruited into the “School for Young Leaders” in 2008-2009 took part in it.

08.10.2009  «Thia» Studio Present Famous People' Works
Each Wednesday «Thia» Studia opens doors of Minsk Jewish Campus to let out diversified and rich world of Jewish and Belarusian culture. More than 150 of its participants headed by only one woman in charge — Liudmila Dorofeeva, together generate a professional, fascinating and worth being proud of brain-storming team.

29.09.2009  «If Not We than Who? »
A trip to the Borisov orphanage was organized on September, 23 2009 within the framework of the project “Youth Leadership” (the project is supported by the Ginsburg Family, USA). Plans to organize this special event were announced a month prior. Many people were ready to give a helping hand to those children who were left with no parents and were brought up in orphanages. Besides clothes, toys, stationery they donated lots of things: diapers, wipes and other necessary things for small kids

31.07.2009  Children Camp in the City
In July the Jewish Community Center “Emunah” and the Jewish Family Outreach Service organized a daycare camp “Shemesh” in the Minsk Jewish Campus. The camp united twenty children in age range from 7 to 14 years old. For children from families at risk this is the only possibility to spend a good summer.

27.07.2009  Daycare camp “Shemesh”
In July the Jewish Community Center “Emunah” and the Jewish Family Outreach Service organized a daycare camp “Shemesh” in the Minsk Jewish Campus. The camp united children of 7-14 years old. For children from ‘families-at-risk’ this is the only possibility to have a good summer rest.

21.07.2009  New Prospects in Training Young Leaders
Teams of young leaders of the JCC “Emunah” visited Vitebsk and Orsha within the framework of the Project “Youth Leadership”. There was organized a workshop for young people who are involved into Jewish life of the city in the Vitebsk Jewish Campus. Guys from Vitebsk listened very attentively to the experienced young leaders from Minsk, asked questions, proposed different ideas for mutual education and development, as for example, making common seminars both in Minsk and Vitebsk

08.06.2009  Though Unbethought but Not Lost
“Reizele” and “Kohavim” studios of Jewish Cultural Society Emunah exhibited in one of the Minsk children libraries and aroused high interest. “Reizele” studio represented works of Jewish children on disaster at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in 1986.

22.03.2009  Constructive Cooperation
Regular municipal meeting on constructive interaction between non-government national and cultural organizations of Minsk took place in Minsk Jewish Campus. Though many of the participants visited Minsk Jewish Campus for the first time, almost every invited NGO’s head is closely cooperating with JCC Emunah while organizing mutual activities.

17.02.2009  Presentations of children's creative magazines «Sevivon» and «Sevivonchik»
Over 100 people came to JCC Emunah on February 13, 2009. They witnessed a significant event — the presentation of new children’s creative magazines «Sevivon» and «Sevivonchik», which appeared thanks to the L.A.Pincus Fund.

09.02.2009  A Happy Blend of Feeling, Vocation and Talent
Hurrah to wonderful news! Volunteer Family Theater “Mishpoha” has started this year again. Charles Hoffman Award 2008 has sure enough promoted this activity. For the first time during more than its 5-years activity, the “Mishpoha” volunteers were supported not only by AJJDC and JCC Emunah.

28.01.2009  Generations Bridged by Memories
The history of Jewish Belarus is rich in both happy and tragic events. Young generation is often not interested in remote past as they are full of ambitions and future plans and they do not want to waste their time on dull long lectures. So, let bygones be bygones?! Never!

22.01.2009  Where have all the young people gone…?
As the theater starts with a coat rack, for many students learning Jewish culture, Jewish Community Center Emuna starts with the library. This is the place for them to get prepared for the exams, find necessary information for their research and graduate works, listen Jewish music and get acquainted with Jewish attributes; this is also the place to go outside the school studying program.

20.01.2009  War Is Their Destiny
Human lives, their heroism and courage in World War II make up the most vital theme in creative work of Yury Gorulev, the laureate of the award “For Spiritual Revival” in 2005. Presentation of his film in Minsk Jewish Campus devoted exactly to this theme.

13.01.2009  Power of Love
In the framework of the charity action "Women's Health", Minsk Jewish Community House held a meeting with Leonid Putyrsky — chief mammologist of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus, Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences, and the head of the Republican mammology center.

05.01.2009  Dreams Come True
December 28, holiday magic lights lit the hall of Minsk Jewish Community House. That day, children art studios of JCC «Emuna» gave Hanukah festive concert. More than 120 people — parents and friends, grandmothers, grandfathers, and just other visitors — have become participants of the bright performance.

23.12.2008  Bright Children Memories
Children's memories of the holidays are always more vivid and remain for years. They very often predetermine our attitude to life and to the traditions of our people. Strong faith in justice and miracle, possible in our real world, fills the hearts of children in Hanukkah days.

17.12.2008  Echo of "Listapad — 2008"
The club "Thiya", JCC "Emuna" (Minsk), screened films-participants of XV Minsk International Film Festival «Listapad — 2008», which recently took place in Minsk. Film critic and theatre expert Nelly Krivosheeva opened the meeting with an overview of movies that had become festival prize winners.

08.12.2008  This is a "global" sensation!
Seminar-Shabbaton, arranged by the JCC «Emuna», gathered 66 people. The families, who were unable to attend the summer seminar this year because of the lack of places. «Emuna» has conducted retreats since 2001. This year was chosen a «star» theme: «Kohavim naladnu».

03.12.2008  Greeting Card
Why do we admire children’s drawings? Perhaps, the answer is that creative works of an adult artist are usually influenced by feelings outcoming from the life experience, while children’s works are realy spontaneous: it is a magic world where the works, opening the best and brightest sides of our sole, are created without any canons of composition and color combination.

13.06.2008  Making Progress and Enjoying It!
Emunah is successfully realizing a project «Creative Jewish Journalism». Thanks to a generous support of the L. A. Pincus Fund for Jewish Education in the Diaspora our children enable to reveal their talents and develop their skills. During regular Jewish classes participants learn Jewish culture and traditions and later they transfer Jewish issues and topics in their creative works.

10.01.2008  Newest Community Literature
In the morning of January 6, 2007, a big vociferous crowd of Jewish kids – participants of the JCC Emunah – jumped on a bus at the MJC gates to travel to the Borisov city.

26.09.2007  Business Program for Young Entrepreneurs Launched in Minsk Jewish Campus
An elite group of young industrious risk-takers is embarking on an entrepreneurial journey this fall. Due to a joint initiative of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and Minsk ’s Emuna Jewish Community Center, a new project aptly called “HELP” has been kicked off in the Minsk Jewish Campus.

15.08.2007  What Makes This Camp Different From All Other Camps?
This summer, 39 parents and grandparents and 48 children ages 5-17 enjoyed a 10-day summer camp experience in the raw Belarusian outdoors of the Uzda forest. The camp was called "The World through Jewish Eyes".

22.05.2007  Happy Shavuot!
More you know about Mazl Tov Pre–school Education Programs, more you feel amazed with resourcefulness and creativity of the educators, especially when toddlers are concerned. For, together with older kids, the 6 months to 3,5 years old are entitled to the same kind and patient attitude when the basis of Faith are being laid.

07.05.2007  Family Camp Planning
37 high school and university student-leaders from JCC Emuna and Hillel joined forces this weekend to organize family camps for Jews of Belarus. These camps, an initiative of the Joint Distribution Committee, will welcome affiliated and unaffiliated Jewish couples and their children from Minsk and the periphery to enjoy 10 beautiful summer days together in the woods.

02.04.2007  A better way to say it
Kids from “Kohavim” Art Studio were the first to start Passover festivities at the MJC. Patience being the hardest skill to learn for young hearts, they just couldn't wait to discover the austere magic of immortal exploits of the People on the way to Freedom.

30.03.2007  Psychology week at the MJC
Katya Sergheeva is psychologist with the JFOS in Minsk. Dealing mostly with the problems generated by various kind of disruptions in family environment, Katya offers her clients assistance that goes well beyond the academic perception of professional duties.

19.03.2007  SEVIVON's spreading out
The trip to Bobruisk on that shiny spring Sunday was simply delightful, though it took more than two hours to get there. The JCC “Emunah” who organized that trip thought of everything: snacks and soft drinks, presents for the hosts and some ideas of mutual interest to discuss.

21.02.2007  What's in a Name? Britah at the Minsk Jewish Campus
Everyone has one, and everyone's indicates identity, sense of self, a personality. Especially in Judaism, a name holds special significance in carrying out rituals such as aliyah to the Torah or reciting a prayer for the ill.

01.02.2007  Tu B'Shvat in Minsk: When Winter is at its Worst, Jews Celebrate the Spring
Tu B'Shvat, the Jewish New Year for trees, is celebrated on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat. In Israel, Shvat, usually falling in February, signifies the inauguration of springtime, a time when the temperature rises and flowers and trees begin to blossom. Shvat in Minsk, however, is when winter is at its height. But nonetheless, children and their parents trudged through the snow to reach the Jewish Campus where they celebrate the Jewish Arbor Day.

31.01.2007  Rhyming fundamentals
Living in Belarus and writing poetry in Yiddish seems nowadays like a challenge. And challenge it is, for reality is not at all propitious to what even in prosier times was qualified as “talking to the L…d directly, with no mediator”, — in Yiddish, Russian or Swahili.

30.01.2007  Jazz in the MJC
This week, the Minsk Jewish Campus assembled hundreds of viewers for the Jazz event of the year.

22.01.2007  “Sevivon” — a product of creative thought
It looks like time has come when the true meaning of the ubiquitous term “creativity” shakes off layers of fancy definitions: from interpretation to originality to innovation. Let it become what Sonia Filkova, JCC Emunah's director, means it to be when addressing her staff, or parents of Emunah's

04.12.2006  Learning and teaching Jewish tradition — by the book
A “Comprehensive Guide of Jewish Education” has become the big news at the X edition of Minsk Community Book Festival. Summing up multifaceted experiences of Mazl Tov Pre–School Development Center programs, this treatise offers an extensive outreach of a mature practical approach to numerous problems of Jewish content in educational activities among children from 6 months to 5 years.

19.11.2006  Going in deep and learning
The latest outing organized by and for JCC “Emuna”s staff and supporters from the Keshet Family Club was dedicated to Midrashim. They were eighty to escape everyday routine for two days in attempt to transcend the common sense and conventions through the wisdom of Torah. The concept was ambitious: to make the participants understand that whatever the problem, the solution lies as near as at the Beginning of Time. Every means seemed appropriate: lecturing, staging, singing, dancing, discussing, — all in the magic atmosphere of Shabbat.

06.11.2006  Juniors on Board
If problems of succession on the managerial level seem to be the general preoccupation among Jewish organizations, only JCC “Emunah” thought of implementing a practical approach well in advance of the critical moment of the transfer of authority though even the closest look at Sofia Filkova or Irina Abramovich would dismiss that dire anticipation.

12.09.2006  A Zisser Yor!
Tania Braghinskaia won the “Best Rosh–a–Shanah Post Card” Annual Contest supported by JDC NY Headquarters.

11.09.2006  Allegations with question marks?
They say up there it's no good to begin an article with a question. But who really cares considering the subject? Because it's Emunah we are talking about, and a fresh start after a relatively calm period of summer vacations.

28.07.2006  Farewell to Sarwasz
Everything comes to an end and sometimes it's hard to come to terms with that simple and yet painful fact. Usually, kids manage. Can you hear them talking?

25.07.2006  Teens from Atlanta are leaving Belarus
Teens from Atlanta are leaving Belarus. Six days of wandering over a small beautiful country generated a bizarre feeling of affinity with people they just met. They speak of commitment to Jewish values, of emerging Jewish community, of support they are planning to provide for the renewal of Jewish life in Belarus.

24.07.2006  Shabbat in Sarwasz
Shabbat in Sarwasz began Friday morning with rabbinical counseling and making hallahs for Shabbat meal. Every move and gesture that day was full of special meaning, new to the majority. Anticipations and expectations climaxed in a solemn suite of Sabbatical prayers and ceremonies that our kids followed rapt and breathless.

24.07.2006  Atlanta News 5
Hello, Minsk, we'll be back soon!

24.07.2006  Sarvasz photo report ¹4

21.07.2006  “We love it here
“We love it here!” That's what six Minsk teenagers say to each other when going through the events and results of another day in Barney Medintz Camp. They loved water–skiing and scooter biking, they loved three–day expedition through Georgia, they certainly loved winning a soccer game against an elder team. Who wouldn't ?

21.07.2006  Photo report (Atlanta)

21.07.2006  Atlanta teens in Minsk. Photos.

21.07.2006  Atlanta teens in Minsk!
Audrey Galix and Susan Moray are in charge of a group of Jewish teenagers from Atlanta who arrived in Minsk a couple of days ago. “It has been an absolute surprise”, they said, when talking about their fosterlings' first impressions. “We all were in a positive mood on our way here, but nobody really expected to see such a nice and modern city with lots of green spaces.

21.07.2006  Photo report from Sarvasz

21.07.2006  It's difficult to think of a more nourishing environment for young souls than everyday activities in Sarwasz summer camp
It's difficult to think of a more nourishing environment for young souls than everyday activities in Sarwasz summer camp.

18.07.2006  Sarwasz, here we come
The way to Sarwacz International Jewish summer camp turned out to be a true Odyssey for twenty two teenagers from MJC: three days of breath–taking landscapes, good Hungarian food, fantastic cities like Budapest and its suburbs, and even an “appalling” wait on an empty night road 30 kliks from Budapest for the repair of the broken–down bus.

14.07.2006  “Atlanta News 3”
The last few days at Barney Medintz Camp were sporty with a swimming race across the lake, and roving, the latter being absolute news for the lot of Minsk teens. If archery remains a subject to master, a front–page profile on Belarus, published in the local newspaper was a definite success.

11.07.2006  “Atlanta News 2”
The main news of this week in Barney Medintz Camp was the ever–growing abundance of all kind of impressions. Independence Day firework was terrific!

06.07.2006  “Atlanta News”
Six teenagers from Minsk led by the madrichim Dima Bykhovski have arrived to the “Barney Medintz” Summer Camp in Atlanta, Georgia.

08.06.2006  "Shavuot" for all
The "Mazl Tov" family retreat seminar is no news anymore though avidly expected and enjoyed in advance every year for some time already. But this one was absolutely special: five families with young disabled children with mental and physical disorders were invited.

19.05.2006  Lag ba–Omer in the Belarusian Countryside
The most active participants of the JCC Emunah's children programs went to the countryside for the Lag ba–Omer celebration on May 14, 2006. The group consisted of 30 boys and girls.

24.04.2006  Exotic Dance in the MJC
Exotic Dance group arrived in Minsk from the Israeli city of Ashkelon. In spite of the congested schedule of their performances in Minsk, the guests found time for a visit to the MJC.

18.04.2006  Cantor Music Sounds at the MJC
Cantor music concert was held on April 16, 2006 at the MJC. It was jointly organized by the JCC Emunah's cultural club “Tchiyah” and the Association for Progressive Judaism Communities of Belarus. Cantors from the USA, Russia and Belarus took part in the concert.

10.04.2006  Lucky Winners of the Contest for the Trip to Atlanta
Two groups of the JCC Emunah’s teenagers spent their summer vacations in the camp Barney Medintz of the Atlanta Jewish Community Centre in 2004 and 2005. This summer another six JCC Emunah’s teens are going to spend the vacations in Atlanta with their American coevals.

21.03.2006  Presentation of Summer Camps
Spring has come, and it is time to think how to spend the approaching summer vacations. Therefore, a special event was organized by the JCC Emunah on 18^th March — presentation of the three summer camps: Camp Barney Medintz (Atlanta, USA), International Jewish Youth Summer Camp (Sarvash, Hungary), and family retreat seminar.

17.02.2006  Tu B’Shvat Celebrations 2006 Started in the Minsk Jewish Campus
Traditional annual Tu B’Shvat celebrations started in the Minsk Jewish Campus. The event organized by the JCC Emunah on 12th February will be remembered by its young participants for a long time.

15.02.2006  Educational Seminar for the JCC Emunah’s Madrichim
Educational seminar for the JCC Emunah’s madrichim was held on February 9 – 12, 2006 in a picturesque place outside Minsk. Thirty madrichim participated in it. The seminar program included master-classes on ornamental and applied arts, music, and theatrical skills, as well as psychological trainings.

08.02.2006  Candidates for Barney Medintz
Fifteen JCC Emunah's teenagers became the preliminary contest winners for the opportunity to spend part of their next summer vacations in the Barney Medintz summer camp of the Atlanta Jewish Community Centre. For the fifteen teens it is just a chance so far, as the final contest will be held in April when the lucky six will be determined. Meanwhile, all of them diligently study English, as proper knowledge of the English language is one of the requirements for inclusion into the team going to Barney Medinz next summer.

23.01.2006  No Weather Can Stop Jewish Dancing
“Yes” to the competition!” – said the participants of “Fidgets” [Neposedy] – the JCC Emunah’s choreographic studio. And the decision was right. The reward for their performance at the VIII Minsk City Festival of National Cultures “Unity” was a laureate diploma.

09.12.2005  Jewish Cultural Society “Emunah”
Emunah's Cultural Events in December 2005

10.11.2005  Post-camp Seminar
Summer camps in Sarvash (Hungary) and Atlanta (USA), retreat seminar in the Crimea, consorting with teen ambassadors from Atlanta here in Minsk – those were the most impressive events for members of the JCC Emunah’s teenagers club and madrichim school during hectic summer months.

01.11.2005  Sukkot Picnic
On a bright and sunny day the JCC Emunah’s teens and children clubs organized a picnic. Children and teenagers left the city with bags full of food-stuffs and construction materials. Having arrived at the picnic place in a forest, they started to gather branches and brushwood for building a temporary dwelling called sukkah. Naturally, this happened during Sukkot when Jews leave their comfortable flats and houses and spend a week in a shabby dwelling with a leaky roof in order to experience the feelings of ancestors in the course of their 40-year wandering in the wilderness. Joy and enthusiasm overwhelmed youngsters during the building processes, and perfect dwelling was built “quick as you can wink your eye”.

01.11.2005  Children Day Camp
JCC Emunah proposed a wonderful alternative to the Community families: children day camp!

19.10.2005  Rosh ha-Shanah in Mazal Tov
Rosh ha–Shanah celebration in Mazal Tov on October 16, 2005 was bright and dynamic. Festive atmosphere reigned at the MJC: beautifully decorated hall, melodic Jewish music, cheerful and funny clowns meeting the guests at the entrance…

14.09.2005  Families with disabled children in the Rogachov Sanatorium
Families with special needs require human compassion and assistance. They experience much sadness in their lives, and only sometimes they have minutes, hours and even days filled with smiles and joy. And this is the case for the four Jewish families with disabled children who have treatment and rehabilitation in the Rogachov Sanatorium since the beginning of September.

12.09.2005  JCC Emunah opened a new season.
With the onset of a fall the Jewish Cultural Centre Emunah opened a new season. Children studios, providing education in painting, vocal, choreographic, decorative and applied arts, received their pupils on the first Sunday of September 2005.

31.08.2005  Family Retreat Seminar in the Crimea
Family retreat seminar was organized by the JCC Emunah for seventy-five Jewish families. It was held in the boarding-house “Lukomorye” in the Crimea from 12th to 22nd August, 2005. Topic of the seminar was Bereshit.

30.08.2005  Teen Ambassadors from Atlanta — Review of the Visit
“We miss our new friends. It is wonderful that we have Internet, thanks to which we can regularly exchange messages” – said the JCC Emunah’s madrichim at the meeting devoted to the results of the Atlanta teenagers’ visit to Belarus, which was held on August 3, 2005 under the chairmanship of Sofia Filkova, director of the JCC Emunah.

29.08.2005  Not a single desolate Jewish grave
Earlier or later each individual starts thinking of the ancestors and of the responsibility for preservation of their memory.

22.08.2005  Great success of Freigish on the Belarusian State Philharmony Stage
The Freigish ensemble was created in 2003 at the JCC Emunah. It is a unique ensemble of the Jewish cantor music. It consists of 7 persons: two soloists, four musicians and arranger. Its goal is to revive the cantor art in Belarus. It is the only ensemble of this kind in country. And in spite of the fact that this musical group was organised only two years ago, it is gaining popularity with every day and its success is obvious.

27.07.2005  Welcome to Jewish Belarus!
The first group of students graduated from the Jewish Tour Guides program at the Jewish Museum of the JCC Emunah in Minsk on June 21, 2005. The students' work during the academic year resulted in creation of new original excursion routes to Jewish sites of Minsk.

25.07.2005  Shabbat in Hungary
Shabbat in the Sarvash International Jewish Youth Camp became an event to be remembered for a long time. Preparation for Shabbat started early in the morning. Madrichim told the youths about peculiarities for meeting the Sabath , taught them to sing the Shabbat songs, and reminded them of the Jewish wise men's famous expressions.

22.07.2005  Small in numbers, great in achievements
The JCC Emunah's group is the smallest one among the FSU countries in the International Jewish Youth Camp in Hungary. Though small in numbers, the teenagers have achieved excellent results in sports and demonstrated versatile talents in arts.

21.07.2005  Israel is in my heart and in my soul
The JCC Emunah's 15 teenagers and 2 madrichim arrived in the International Jewish Youth Camp Sarvash on July 16, 2005. The camp was opened in Hungary in 1990 with the financial support of the AJJDC and Ronald Lauder Foundation.

20.07.2005  A concert of Klezmer music
A concert of Klezmer music was given by a well-known American violinist Yale Strom in the big hall of the Minsk Jewish Campus on Monday July 18, 2005.

06.06.2005  What is Shabbat Celebration About?
A special seminar-Shabbaton was organized for participants of the volunteer drama studio Mishpocha and family clubs Keshet and Yeladim on June 3-5, 2005. The seminar premises were arranged by JCC Emunah in a picturesque place outside Minsk that hosted over 60 Shabbaton participants: Jewish children and their parents.

29.05.2005  Special Event for the JCC Emunah Pre-School Program Graduates
Annually dozens of JCC Emunah pre–school program graduates go to school. On May 29, 2005, over 100 Jewish families came to the Minsk Jewish Campus to enjoy the concert that was organized by the community for children who will become “First–Graders 2005” this coming September.