Jewish Puppet Theater Debuts

DONETSK, Ukraine [FJC] — In the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk, the Jewish Community Center hosted its very first presentation of the newly-established Jewish Puppet Theater.

Members of the young audience had the pleasant opportunity to see a puppet show, called “The Magic Pitcher”, which is based on a traditional Jewish tale. The children very much enjoyed the adventure involved in the story and they also learned an important moral of the story, which their parents were also happy to see as part of this folk story.

Lessons for Bryansk Community

BRYANSK, Russia [FJC] — The Jewish community of Bryansk is now offering a new initiative to its members. The “Express Course on Jewish Tradition” is the name of this new program, which was just launched and will run for six weeks, allowing adult learners to quickly and effectively learn the main information about the history of the Jewish people, Jewish traditions, and Judaism.

“During the Congress of Chabad Lubavitch envoys held recently in New York, I coincidentally referred to our program in a conversation with the Chief Rabbi of Bryansk, Menachem Mendel Zaklas. He just grew alight over this concept,” commented Rabbi Dani Ashe, the Coordinator of the “Express Course on Jewish Tradition” in S. Petersburg. Rabbi Zaklas asked his S. Petersburg colleague about the details of this program. That is the story of how this special educational opportunity also came to be offered in Bryansk.

Synagogues Find Creative Ways to Celebrate Chanukkah

MIAMI, FL — A bunch of ladies at a North Miami synagogue are facing off in a Latke Throw-down.

College students from around Miami-Dade County racked up the gelt — chocolate money — at the Chanukasino.

Washington Students Pull Off First-Ever Joint Shabbat, Plan for More

SEATTLE, WA — In one of the colder and wetter parts of the United States, Jewish students from Western Washington University and the University of Washington bridged the rural distance between them to share some spiritual warmth as they joined to celebrate their first-ever Shabbat together.