Volgograd Children Get Closer to Jewish Roots

Volgograd, Russia –- The summer camp season is well underway for Jewish children residing in the Volgograd Region. It has already been one week since the boys and girls headed to the site, located at a resort in the Leninsky District of Volgograd Region. Here, there enjoy top-notch security, comfortable living conditions, two pools, clean air, a nearby forest and spring.

New Shluchim to Sharon, Massachusetts

Rabbi Ilan and his wife Yael (nee Rahmani) Meyers of Crown Heights will IY”H be moving on Shlichus to Sharon, Massachusetts, where they will head the adult education activities for Chabad of Sharon.

The Meyers were appointed by Rabbi Chaim Wolosow of Chabad of Sharon, and have been recently approved for the Shluchei Torah Grant from the Rohr Family Foundation.

A special Yasher Koach to Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky for arranging the Rohr Shluchei Torah Grant and to Rabbi Efraim Mintz and Rabbi Yoni Katz for all of their guidance and assistance.

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at ilanym@yahoo.com

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

In Ukraine, Jewish Camp Widens Community’s Circle

Mariupol, Ukraine –- Dozens of kids from the Jewish community of Mariupol, a city in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine, are winding down from an unforgettable two weeks at the ‘Gan Israel’ camp. Based out of the Synagogue, the girls and boys were introduced to the laws of Kashrut, morning prayers, national holidays and living a Jewish lifestyle.

Berlin Jewish Center builds replica of Western Wall

Berlin, Germany — Germany’s new €6-million (US$8.2 million) Jewish community center will feature a replica of Jerusalem’s Western Wall — accurate down to the plants sprouting from it, the center’s leaders said.

Dozens of Jewish Communities Unite for Rostov Camp

Rostov-On-Don, Russia –- After wrapping up the boys’ season, over 200 Jewish girls have embarked on two weeks of entertainment and education at the ‘Avichai’ camp gan israel near Rostov-on-Don. Apart from local kids, participants come from right across Russia – from larger communities such as S. Petersburg, Orenburg, Kostroma, Kursk, Perm, and Bryansk to dozens of smaller communities.