Russian-speaking
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Dear friends!
And just like that we are at the end of 2019. It was a busy and eventful year, filled with new programs and meaningful initiatives.
We're looking forward to the new 2020 year and have so much planned for our Russian-speaking Jewish community.
It is cold and gloomy outside and we are excited to present opportunities for you to warm up your body and soul: an original theater production, a children's musical, a chess exhibition, and so much more for any age.
We want to wish you and your family a Happy 2020! May it bring health, happiness, new and exciting opportunities and fulfillment of your dreams.
With best wishes,
your COJECO family.
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JEvents
New York/ New Jersey Mobile App
JEvents NY and NJ 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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Community Events and Opportunities
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ON-Q Theatre Presents:
Новый Год Наоборот! [A Backwards New Year]
ON-Q Theatre invites audiences of all ages to join in waving off the Old Year, and help
to welcome the New Year with the magical poetry of beloved children's poet
Leonid Soroka
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Your favorite actors will be waiting for you on the playground to help
you let out your inner child.
Cast: Irina Abraham Chigiryov, Dimitri Koan, Sergey Nagorny (COJECO BluePrint fellow), Alex Notkin (COJECO BluePrint fellow), Sandler Gera and Katya Malchik
Pushkin Hall
165 West 86th Street,
New York, NY 10024
Saturday, January 11, 10:30-11:30AM
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How Many Bushels Am I Worth?
This original play, making its New York debut, captures a Kiev family's agonizing
decision
in 1976 to flee the Soviet Union for the United States. Based on the life
of playwright Bena
Shklyanoy, "How Many Bushels Am I Worth?" marks
close
to
five
decades
of Soviet-Jewish immigration to America.
20% off with promo code: BUSHELS20PERCENT
The Mark O'Donnell Theater at The Actors Fund Arts Center
160 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, New York 11201
January 16-26, various times
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Плывём в Гости - An Original PJ Library Musical
When their ice breaks off in the Arctic Ocean, three polar bears set on a journey to find new friends to visit in never-before-seen destinations. Inspired by the PJ Library book, Welcome, this humorous and touching musical will be a joy for children and parents alike. The musical is performed in Russian. Ideal for ages 4+ but all are welcome!
Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11213
February 1&2, various times
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Fusing Bonds at UrbanGlass
Celebrate your family bonds with an enriching workshop at the UrbanGlass Studio. Join a hands-on glass fusion and pendant creation class, along with a Kibbutznik-led workshop for the entire family! This event has limited space,
please reserve your spot. For ages 4+
647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Sunday
, January 12, 4:30-6:30PM
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A Simultaneous Chess Exhibition
After a sold-out simultaneous exhibition last year, Gennady Sagalchik returns to the JCC
to give new aspirants a chance to play a game against a Grandmaster chess champion.
Players from last year's event are also welcome to try their hand again.
Come play or just enjoy watching!
334 Amsterdam Ave, New York, New York 10023
Sunday
, January 12, 2-5PM
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Russian Shabbat Club (for 4-5 yo)
Now in its tenth year, this highly acclaimed weekly program explores the large
themes
of Shabbat and concludes each week with candle-lighting, challah, and grape juice.
The class is taught in Russian by experienced early childhood Jewish educators
and features music, guitar, art, storytelling, cooking and and much more!
334 Amsterdam Ave, New York, New York 10023
January 10 - April 24, 4:30-5:30PM
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Russian Shabbat Ceramics Club (for 6-10 yo)
Russian-speaking children are invited to explore clay and make beautiful holiday
and Shabbat pieces in our ceramics studio with an artist and COJECO BluePrint fellow
Anna Marfin. Roll up your sleeves and plunge into the basic ceramic techniques for both hand-building and wheel. The class concludes each week with candle-lighting, grape
juice, and challah in celebration of Shabbat.
334 Amsterdam Ave, New York, New York 10023
January 10 - April 24, 4:15-5:30PM
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JCH Kibbutznik in Park Slope Present:
не коШЕРная иСТОРИя
An exclusive masterclass for adults and their parents and grandparents, with an
artist
Sasha Galitsky and journalist Sasha Budnitsky. Let's paint life, learn
new ways of communication and become closer one to another.
53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY, 11214
Sunday, January 26, 4-6PM
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Join this faraway journey to experience all the Near East has to offer. Soak up a culture
full of diverse languages, religious minorities, and ethnic groups while learning about
the renewal of Jewish life in a post-communist society through visits to local
institutions and conversations with community members.
Application deadline: January 12
Trip dates: June 29 - July 5, 2020
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The Maimonides Scholars Program
The Maimonides Scholars Program is a two-week summer institute at Yale University for high school students interested in Jewish thought and philosophy. We're looking for 11th and 12th graders who want to read the great works of the Jewish canon with world-class faculty in a diverse, pluralistic community of students from all around the world.
Previous faculty includes teachers like Rabbi David Wolpe, Rabbi Daniel Gordis, and novelist Dara Horn.
Apply now, and enter into the great debates that have shaped the Jewish people for thousands of years.
Session #1: June 28-July 9 2020
Session #2: July 26-August 6 2020
Cost: $895 (if you apply by December 18), $1295 if you apply after Dec 18. Cost includes room and board. Generous financial aid, including travel stipends, available.
Eligible: High School Students Graduating in 2020 or 2021.
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Tikvah Fund presents
Tikvah College Programs
Summer 2020
Learn with the best teachers and design your own research in service of the Jewish people.
8 weeks of combined seminar learning and a research internship
Career talks with leaders from the worlds of policy, security, media, and academia
Study Jewish history, thought, and politics and hear from the men and women shaping the Jewish future.
Choose between three two-week seminars in NYC: America and Israel: Two Chosen Nations?; Jews and Political Philosophy; or Jews and Religious Freedom
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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
On view through July 7, 2020
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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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