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31.01.2012
Israel's best-selling English daily The Jerussalem Post published an article on KAET program. http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=255809&R=R5
20.12.2011
Graduation ceremony of the KNAFAIM Youth Leadership Course 2011 took place in one of the Moscow clubs. In addition to the official part, the celebration included a humorous award ceremony staged by the graduates and a lively party.
05.12.2011
Family art project “Mishpacha” of the Bryansk’s Hesed Tikva became one of the two nominates of Charles Hoffman grant contest.
29.11.2011
JCC Nikitskaya invited Moscow public to the beautiful world of Mediterranean tunes. The festival of Jewish Ethnic Music gathered audiences in two venues – the JCC’s main hall and a nightclub “Prancing Dreadnought”.
23.11.2011
How to unite business and contribution to the community? How to combine financial success and good deeds?
JDC opens social entrepreneurship school “Kaet” that will serve as an incubator of new ideas voiced by the Jewish youth of Moscow.
21.11.2011
Participants of the young leadership course “Knafaim” successfully defended their course projects in front of a panel of experts. The “Knafaim” program is now in the second year of its operation and the Moscow Jewish community already benefits from the projects implemented by the graduates of Knafaim 2010-11.
13.11.2011
One of the oldest Jewish schools of Moscow – Educational Center 1311 celebrates its 20th anniversary. JDC congratulates the school and its director Gregory Lipman and joins the words of gratitude expressed by parents and the Jewish community of Moscow.
10.11.2011
In its constant effort to ensure the highest professional level of homecare workers, the Welfare Department held an educational seminar for homecare workers in Bryansk.
09.11.2011
Children Initiative department steps forward with an initiative to bring together students of Jewish schools and survivors of Nazi concentration camps. At the meetings in 3 Jewish schools of Moscow, Jewish youth learned about the tragedy of Holocaust listening to the testimonies of Nazi victims and WWII veterans.
04.11.2011
Jewish family camp Eco Moshav expands its program to the school year, offering Jewish families a number of fascinating outings and excursions dedicated to environmental issues in the light of Jewish Tradition.
29.10.2011
Women Health Empowerment Program carried out a series of awareness actions in the framework of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Tula. In addition to several educational meetings in different location, WHEP organized a major awareness event on the city streets.
17.10.2011
We congratulate Bryansk’s Hesed Tikva – the biggest Community & Welfare Center in Central Russia with its 15th anniversary and wish our colleagues in Bryansk new achievements and successes in the future!
10.10.2011
The Jewish Community & Welfare Center “Nesher” in the city of Orel celebrated its anniversary: 10 years of working for the benefit of the Orel Jewish community. We congratulate our colleagues in Orel and wish them many successes in the future!
02.10.2011
JDC Moscow & Central Russia congratulates the Jewish Community Center “Tshuva” in Ryazan with their victory in the All-Russian Contest for Social Projects!
25.09.2011
Jewish Family Service resumed the program “Family Outing” that invites low income families with small children to cultural events – concerts, performances and exhibitions. This season’s list of events starts with a performance at the Shalom Jewish Theatre that the families attended on September 25.
08.09.2011
Children Initiative Department carried out a three-day seminar for CI coordinators of Jewish community and welfare centers of Moscow and Central Russia. The seminar was dedicated to the topic “Need assessment in social work with families at risk”.
04.09.2011
Jewish Cultural Center at Nikitskaya presented its studios and classes in the Season of 2011-2012. Interactive “Open House” attracted more than 150 participants.
29.08.2011
JDC Moscow and Central Russia congratulates Jewish Family Services of Moscow with launching of their own web-site. The site contains information on assistance provided to children and families at risk, on programs and events for children available in the Jewish community of Moscow and invites to share opinions and expertise in its forum. www.jfsmoscow.ru
25.08.2011
Children Initiative department launched its annual “Back to School” campaign. Around 3000 Jewish school students will receive stationary sets distributed by Jewish organizations of Moscow and Central Russia.
11.08.2011
Women’s Health Empowerment Program held a Breast Cancer Prevention Day in the women’s prison No.5 in Vyshni Volotchek. The visit included medical screening of 218 inmates and personnel of the prison and an educational presentation by WHP team.
17.07.2011
JDC-supported summer family camp “Jerusalem Fairy Tale” invited families to Israel for 10 days of studying, exploration and fun.
07.07.2011
The 3rd seminar of the Knafaim-2011 Jewish Young Leadership Course introduced participants to the State of Israel. Young leaders spent a week there learning about Israel’s traditions, culture and social entrepreneurship and participating in educational sessions and personal development trainings.
20.06.2011
RUACH Project gathered around 60 participants for an intellectual quest that helped them discover Moscow as a city of Jewish musicians - composers, performers and singers.
10.06.2011
Participants of the Knafaim Jewish Young Leadership Course organized and carried out a volunteer action in the Gan Chamah Jewish kindergarten. Young leaders spent a day painting fence and planting flowers in the garden of Gan Chamah.
05.06.2011
“MIR Volunteer Project” invited its participants to a celebration summarizing the second year of its implementation. The project provides children at risk with an opportunity to acquire an “older brother or sister” – a volunteer who would become a friend, help with studying and, in a lot of cases, improve their self-esteem and social skills.
30.05.2011
Jewish community of Lipetsk initiated a 4-day event “Jerusalem my love”. This 4-day city-wide celebration featured a variety of activities that promoted knowledge about and interest towards Jerusalem among the local Jewish community and general population.
26.05.2011
Family Room, a popular Jewish family education program carried out by JDC, dedicated its closing meeting in this season to Lag BaOmer and Independence Day.
18.05.2011
Women’s Health Empowerment Program, a joint project of the JDC with the Foundation Susan G. Komen for the Cure® held the III International Conference on Women’s Health in Russia.
15.04.2011
The VII Annual Forum of the JDC-JAFI project on integration of children with special needs into the Moscow Jewish community gathered participants in the “Tkhiya” educational center. Professionals and volunteers involved in the project summarized the development of the project over the previous year and participated in a range of trainings on working with special needs children.
07.04.2011
The Free Debut Theatre Studio created within the framework of the JDC supported project for Jews – former criminal offenders demonstrated its first performance at two different stages of the capital.
10.03.2011
The Women’s Health Empowerment Program invited HR directors of major Russian and Western companies operating in Moscow to a business lunch featuring a presentation of Program’s educational sessions.
9.03.2011
We welcome you at the “Judaica virtual museum” opened at our web-site. The joint project of the JDC and the "grafica.ru" company offers a series of beautiful European engravings on Jewish themes dating back to the beginning of the 19th century.
06.03.2011
The “Family Room” program held its March session in an animation studio where parents and children had a chance to create their own first cartoons.
10.02.2011
Screening seminar of the Youth Leadership Course “Knafaim 2011” gathered 36 participants in a resort in the Moscow countryside.
31.01.2011
Charitable organization Chamah, one of the JDC-supported welfare centers took part in the contest “Generation Link” conducted by the Youth Public Chamber” and won a grant for implementation of a charitable project “IT literacy for elderly”.
25.01.2011
The Jewish community of Lipetsk (Central Russia) stepped forward as one of the founders of the Lipetsk Club of Ethnicities, an organization that unites ethnic communities and promotes tolerance and constructive dialogue among ethnic communities of Lipetsk.
24.01.2011
The “Check yourself and be healthy” project conducted in the framework of JDC – Susan J.Komen non-sectarian “Women’s Health Empowerment Program” took part in the contest “Healthy Russia” of the RF Ministry of Health. The project is now certified by the Ministry as one of the best in Russia in the field of healthy lifestyle promotion.
21.01.2011
JDC Moscow welfare department held an open seminar for social workers of Jewish and non-Jewish charitable organizations “Effective communication with “difficult” clients”. The topic is sensitive for every person working in the field of social support, so the seminar gatherd more than 70 participants.
17.01.2011
Jewish Family Services concluded its photo-contest “World of my Family” with an exhibition in the Moscow Center of Photography. The exhibition “Scrolling through the family album” featured the photos from the family archives of contest’s participants as well as the results of families’ photo sessions with professional photographers.
11.01.2011
Family camp “Mysteries of Aggadah” held in the Moscow countryside during the winter holidays gathered participants for a week of Jewish learning, quality family time and winter fun.
