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International Good Deeds Day
On April 15, 2018, the Rostov Volunteer Center joined the World Good Deeds Day and held two actions at once. One of them was an action to clean the shelter ...
City Good Deeds Day
In 2018, the administration of Rostov-on-Don decided to declare September 6 as City Good Deeds Day. The coordinators of the Rostov volunteer center decided to support the city initiative and ...
Rosh Hashanah, gifts for members with limited mobility of the community
The Jewish New Year has begun on September 9, 2018. This is a wonderful reason to do a good deed and take care of those in need. Therefore, the family ...
Rosh Hashanah, quiz for older people
On September 10, 2018, there was held the Rosh Hashanah holiday for people of the “Golden Age” in the Jewish community of Nizhny Tagil. Everyone enjoyed it and was interested ...
Yom Kippur Eve, cleaning the cemetery
On September 16, 2018, volunteers of all ages took part in a campaign related to the cleaning the Jewish cemetery, thereby following an important commandment. They managed to do one ...
Third Festival of Contemporary Jewish Culture, a family holiday
On September 30, 2018, representatives of the Jewish community of Nizhny Tagil took part in a family holiday, which was held in Yekaterinburg in the Yeltsin Center as part of ...
Family stories of the Ural Jewish communities
In October 2018, a new project “Jewish Ural” started in Nizhny Tagil. The goal of the project is to give an opportunity to members of family clubs in the cities ...
Film project
The Khabarovsk Volunteer Center is actively preparing for the launch of the large city project “Movie-breakfast: folk fairy tales”. This project became the winner of the Presidential Grants Foundation competition, ...
Good Deeds Day
The annual tradition of organizing Good Deeds Day, which originates from Israel, this year came to Mogilev, too! Volunteers of the public association "Mogilev Jewish Community" organized a master class ...
Collection and delivery of things
In the community, we again have started to collect things for our wards. People bring things they do not need anymore in the Community Center and Hesed. If necessary, volunteers ...
"Green Therapy"
Many elderly single members of the community are limited in movement. Their lives pass in the enclosed space of a city apartment, in rare cases of a private home. Moreover, ...
"Virtual Journey for Homebodies"
The first part of the project "Virtual Journey for Homebodies" has come to an end. During this time, thanks to the cooperation with the Chesed Baruch IDEA, we compiled a ...
Charitable action "Matzah in every home"
The volunteers of JCC Shamash held a charitable action "Matza in every house" in the days of Pesach. Volunteers together with Hesed employees delivered matzah to lonely, disabled, low-income ...
Help for Hesed wards in repairing
Spring is the revival season, the desire to bring your life and home in order after a long winter, the time of cleaning and repairing. Sometimes older people are ...
"Jewish Revival" project
In the summer of 2017, as part of the "Jewish Revival" project, a volunteer theater under the direction of Natalia Komar began to work. All summer our volunteers were preparing ...
The project "Jewish Revival" organized a free fair "Rare Thing"
The project "Jewish Revival" organized a free fair "Rare Thing". We opened a small, cozy free shop, decorated it, and furnished with shelves and hangers. Our visitors have a great ...
"What? Where? When?" Final Game
On 10 December, 2017 the final game of the year took place in our intellectual club "What? Where? When?" We also invited television viewers who sent their questions to us. ...
Volunteer’s Day
On 15 December, 2017 the “Joint” branch in the Republic of Uzbekistan honored its volunteers. Hesed’s and JR project volunteers were invited at the cafe. We spent a remarkable evening ...
Volunteer theater "Shalom"
On 17 December, 2017 the volunteer theater "Shalom" under the direction of N. Komari presented to spectators’ judgment the performance "How Gershele Saved Hanukkah from Demons". Our volunteers played like ...
Workshop of Good Deeds
In the “Workshop of Good Deeds” our children bake cakes for Hesed clients. This time we baked a cake for the members of the Jewish World Club with all of ...
Classes and workshops for members of the youth club "Perurim"
During the autumn holidays from October 29 to November 2, JCC Shemesh volunteers conducted classes and workshops for members of the youth club Perurim. The guys got acquainted with graphic ...