The program featured lectures with various guest speakers on the history of Israel and the Jewish people, Shabbat, and prayers, as well as faith and feelings from the perspective of Judaism. Chief Rabbi of Omsk Osher Krichevsky led a session on the first chapter of 'Perkei Avot' and Rachel Krichevsky baked Chala with the girls for Shabbat. The seminar also involved Yevgeniy Fishman, the Head of the Youth Department of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, which organized this event.
Youth Seminar Unites Russian Far East, Urals & Siberia
OMSK, Russia — Just outside of Omsk, a youth seminar for over 50 Jewish youth has concluded. The event, which ran from June 11th through 15th, involved representatives from youth clubs run by Jewish communities across Siberia, the Urals Region, and the Russian Far East.
The program featured lectures with various guest speakers on the history of Israel and the Jewish people, Shabbat, and prayers, as well as faith and feelings from the perspective of Judaism. Chief Rabbi of Omsk Osher Krichevsky led a session on the first chapter of ‘Perkei Avot’ and Rachel Krichevsky baked Chala with the girls for Shabbat. The seminar also involved Yevgeniy Fishman, the Head of the Youth Department of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, which organized this event.
Daily evening events helped participants to become better acquainted with one another. Youth came from as far away as Chita, Novokuznetsk, Tomsk, Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk, Ufa and Novosibirsk. Conversation was rich and on their last night, it lasted until 6AM, with attendees reflecting on the seminar and sharing their future plans with one another. A number of the youth, and especially those from smaller communities, participated in a Shabbat ceremony, saw a Sefer Torah, and put on Tefillin for the first time in their lives.
The FJC Russia expresses gratitude to the Jewish community of Omsk for hosting this event and a personal thanks to Roman Simakhov for his support.
