Russian-speaking Jewish Community News
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Dear friends!
We hope you are enjoying the blooming trees and beautiful weather - we all deserve it! April was a beautiful month of Passover celebrations and time spent with family. We would like to thank everyone for participating in our Passover campaign. Your gift will make a tremendous impact on our work with the Russian-speaking Jewish community.
So let's welcome sunny May and all the incredible things coming up.
It's time for the BluePrint Project Series. We have a variety of creative, artistic and unique projects by our talented fellows. Do not miss!
Want more? Educational museum tour for families with teenagers, literary events, Jewish tour of Uzbekistan, Masquerade auction, Victory Day and Yom Ha'atzmaut celebrations.
So much to see!
Keep reading and check out all the great events by COJECO, our BluePrint Fellows and Network and partner organizations.
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B'Nai Mitzvah Family Journey -
Registration is Open
We're thrilled to announce registration launch for the B'nai Mitzvah Family Journey 2019-2020 cohort!
Words can't describe how meaningful and unforgettable the journey has been for participating teens and their families.
Family retreat, engaging sessions, mitzvah projects, a beautiful ceremony in New York and a culminating Israel experience - all await the new cohort.
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Victory Day celebration
On May 7th, we're inviting COJECO Network organizations of
WWII Veterans and Holocaust survivors to attend a ceremony, reception
and a concert of wartime songs composed by Jewish composers and performed by the Russian-speaking Jewish cantors.
If you or your relatives would like to attend this event, please contact us at [email protected] for more information.
Let's show our gratitude and appreciation to the WWII Veterans.
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Celebrate Israel Parade
with Russian-speaking Jewish Community and COJECO
Mark your calendar -
Sunday, June 2, 2019.
Join COJECO and the Russian-speaking Jewish community of
NY and NJ in celebrating Israel. Israel is 71 and Awesome!
Join the awesomeness - march with us on Fifth Avenue!
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JEvents
New York/ New Jersey Mobile App
We would like to remind you of the recent launch of New York/New Jersey edition of JEvents Mobile App. This project gathers and presents Jewish events and programs of interest to the Russian-speaking Jews in a single user-friendly app. NY/NJ edition of JEvents was developed as a COJECO BluePrint Fellowship project by Elizaveta Pantiukhova.
Please download JEvents App for iPhone HERE
or for Android
HERE
to see what amazing events are happening in our community today.
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COJECO Jewish Museum Tour: Art, objects & immigration story
For families with teens
How do objects in the museum tell stories of immigration throughout history? What artworks or artifacts can be added to the museum's collection to tell the story of the immigration
wave from the Former Soviet Union to the United States?
We investigate how Jewish people and their ideas came to America from the 1800's
until our personal modern day stories.
The Jewish Museum
1109 5th Ave at 92nd St, New York, NY 100128
Sunday, May 5, 10AM-12PM
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A Night for Babushka: BluePrint Project Series
Project by Anna Lublina
An evening of performances and food centered around the Post-Soviet Jewish Experience supporting Бабушка | BAb(oo)shka. There will be Russian snacks and joyful conversation!
All proceeds from the evening will support the production of Бабушка | BAb(oo)shka.
232 3rd Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215
Wednesday, May 1, 7:30-10:30PM
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Школа Пэна (Art School of Yehuda Pen) - BluePrint Project Series
Project by Ilona Bouzoukachvili
Join this unique immersive studio-art event for children and parents, based on the works of Yehuda Pen and Marc Chagall. This will be the first big event in the BluePrint Project series presented by the Peace Art Project team. Ages 6 and up welcome.
50 Eisenhower Drive, Paramus, New Jersey 07652
Sunday, May 19, 11AM - 1PM
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The Cuisine of the Mountain Jews - BluePrint Project Series
Project by Lana Shalumova and Yafo Mardakhayeva
You are invited to learn about and celebrate the culture of Gorsky (Kavkazi or
Mountain) Jews through unique delicious cuisine from such cities as Kuba and Derbent
with the launch
of:
The Mountain Jews Cuisine: a cookbook!
334 Amsterdam Ave, New York, New York 10023
Sunday, May 19, 7- 9PM
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Inheritance, an Immersive Installation - BluePrint Project Series
Project by Katya Stepanov
Artist Katya Stepanov, a Jewish immigrant from the former Soviet Union, opens an immersive installation that invites audiences to embark on an investigative journey into identity.
A museum of memories greets visitors as they move from room to room, exploring
her inheritance and learning to examine their own.
59 Canal Street, New York, New York 10002
May 24 - June 2, 7-8:20PM
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COJECO Network Organizations News and Events
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On March 31st a General Assembly of Community Scientific Center "Roshnoi" gathered in Bukharian Jewish Community Center. A lecture "Makom Culture and Diaspora" by editor in-chief of "The Bukharian Times" and president of "Shashmakom Forever" Festival Raphael Nektalov was about Shashmakom as an art that is very popular in the United States (second largest Bukharian community after Israel) nowadays.
Prof. Kandinov gave a lecture about Democracy in Israel, and Israeli Elections. The event also included two book presentations about art and heritage of Bukharian Jews.
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You are cordially invited to attend a Community and Legislative Breakfast
hosted by the Bukharian Jewish Community Center
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Bukharian Jewish Congress
Bukharian Jewish Community Center
106-16 70th Avenue,
Forest Hills, NY
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Russian American Cultural Center
From Russia with Love
: a Sly Bang book party
presentation by Larissa Shmailo
Featuring Anna Halberstadt, Elizabeth L. Hodges, Regina Khidekel, Irina Mashinski,
Alexander Veytsman, Anton Yakovlev, and emcee Andrey Gritsman.
Yorkville Library
222 E. 79th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd ave)
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Russian American Cultural Center presents:
A Bilingual Poetry Reading by Anna Halberstadt
A Bilingual Poetry Reading by Anna Halberstadt from her new poetry collection in English (Green in a Landscape with Ashes, New Meridian Books, 2017) and Russian (Пасмурное Солнце, издательство Евгения Степанова, 2018).
Yorkville Library
222 E. 79th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd ave)
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Uzbekistan Trip for Young Professionals
Second annual 2019 Jewish Tour of Uzbekistan for Young Professionals in their 20's and 30's, will be from July 7th - 14th, 2019 (7 days)! Stops will include Tashkent, Samarkand,
Navoi, Bukhara and other major Jewish sites.
July 7th-14th, 2019
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BluePrint Fellowship Alumni Projects
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Sarah Bernhardt's Masquerade Auction
Dress up and join us for Sarah Bernhardt's Masquerade Ball and Auction Fundraiser to mount the production of LA FIN: The Last Hour of Sarah Bernhardt's Life by Rebecca Karpovsky - COJECO BluePrint Fellowship Alumna. Set in Edwin Booths Mansion, The Players,
enter this bell-époque immersive theatre experience.
16 Gramercy Park S, New York, New York 10003
Thursday, May 9, 7:30-10:30PM
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Community Events and Opportunities
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This groundbreaking exhibition brings together more than 700 original objects and 400 photographs of Auschwitz, from over 20 institutions and museums around the world.
Exhibition dedicated to the history of Auschwitz and its role in the Holocaust ever presented
in North America, and an unparalleled opportunity to confront the singular face of
human
evil-one that arose not long ago and not far away.
36 Battery Pl, New York, New York 10280
Opens May 8, 2019 and is on view through January 3, 2020
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Generation R at JCC Manahattan Presents:
Celebrate Israel's Independence Day with DIY projects that are fun for all ages!
Our experts will offer workshops on pickling, wood-whittling, challah-braiding,
Israeli folk dancing,
and much more!
334 Amsterdam Ave, New York, New York 10023
Sunday, May 5, 11AM-1PM
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Camp Zeke -
Celebrate Healthy, Active Living!
Camp Zeke is a Jewish overnight camp where kids celebrate healthy, active living through fitness, sports, culinary arts, and local, organic food that's made from scratch.
Whether a campers wants to run faster, get stronger, zen out in yoga, play sports or
cook impressive dishes, they can create their perfect day.
31 Barry Watson Way, Lakewood, PA 18439
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Hebrew Free Loan Society
Are You in Need of Financial Assistance?
The Hebrew Free Loan Society (HFLS) may be able to help.
For 125 years, HFLS has been providing 0% interest loans to low- and moderate-income New Yorkers in need. Loans are available for emergency and personal needs, higher education, vocational school, small business start-up or expansion, fertility treatments, adoption, and more. All HFLS loans have no interest, no fees, and reasonable repayment terms.
HFLS a non-profit, UJA-Federation core partner agency.
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Russian-speaking Facilitators Needed for
Virtual Senior Center Program
Using simple video-chat technology, homebound seniors participate in online programs facilitated by volunteers in a wide-ranging array of topics. Volunteers lead recurring classes from their home or office computer with a range of flexible scheduling options during the day, evening or weekend. Facilitating one hour, interactive classes on diverse topics enables you and the homebound seniors to have meaningful interactions.
Selfhelp is looking for Russian-speaking facilitators for the Virtual Senior Center, to participate
in one hour
class (on any topic that facilitator chooses: music and art appreciation, history, current events, seated exercise, games, health/wellness, sports, the sciences, cultures, travel, and literature. Any new ideas are welcome!)
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Thank You to Our Sponsors
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