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Tablets installed
The Holocaust Memorial on Silskohospodarska Street is taking on new forms at the stage of forming an architectural ensemble. A year ago, the Hesed Besht Charity Foundation ordered two stone tablets to be placed at the end of the central alley, but there were no funds to install these elements. In early June, this issue was resolved with the help of the Khmelnytskyi City Council and city utilities, which joined […]
"A healthy mother is a healthy family"
On June 5, the Community Center "Thia" held a meeting-action dedicated to Children's Day - "Healthy Mom - Healthy Family", in which members of the children's program "Beiteinu" and members of the family club in the amount of 13 people took part. These were young mothers with children. In the spacious hall of the Community Center, Iryna Gerasimenyuk spoke about the Kesher Project, the mission, goals and programs of the organization, […]
International visit
[huge_it_slider id=”16″] Today, a delegation of foreigners who are not indifferent to the fate of the Jewish people in the Halut visited the Khmelnytskyi region. Among them were immigrants from Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries of Western Europe. The purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with our community and the work of the Hesed Besht Jewish Community Foundation. For the first time in the history of our organization, simultaneous translation was conducted in three languages: Spanish, English […]
Lag Ba-Omer – 2016
[huge_it_slider id=”17″] Lag Ba-Omer is a wonderful and not quite ordinary Jewish holiday. It is also the day of remembrance of the sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbam). And memories of the epidemic that took the lives of 24 thousand students of Rabbi Akiva for disrespect for each other. This is the 33rd day of the Omer, which inevitably brings us closer to the holiday of Shavuot - the receiving of the Torah. […]
“Culture of Memory”
"Culture of Memory" is an event dedicated to the mechanisms and ways of preserving and transmitting memory to future generations. Here, they talked not only about the Holocaust, although the main line was built on the examples of this catastrophe, but also about other actions directed against humanity that left a mark on the history of our region. After all, the Community Center "Thia" works for the development of the entire society and other people's […]
New volunteer project
The development of volunteerism is one of the important areas of work of the Khmelnytskyi Charitable Foundation "Hesed Besht". In 2015, a new structure emerged on the basis of the organization - a center of the All-Ukrainian volunteer network "Community", which is supported by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee "Joint" and "Hillel". On May 25, the head of the center, Vyacheslav Nagnybida, took part in a joint project with the Khmelnytskyi Regional Library for Youth […]
Construction photo report
[huge_it_slider id=”15″] We remind you that you can always follow the changes at the construction site at the address: Khmelnytskyi, Shevchenko St., 40/2 on the Reconstruction Blog of the Rehabilitation and Regional Development Center. In this material, we offer you random shots that became the property of our photographer during the installation work in the basement and the base of the extension to the entrance of the future organization. As […]
Memory in Stone +video
We offer you two video clips from the studio “New View” of the Khmelnytskyi Charitable Foundation “Hesed Besht” about the monuments to the victims of the Holocaust in the cities of Khmelnytskyi and Kamianets-Podilskyi. Both objects are the result of the terrible tragedy of the occupation, each has its own dark history. The challenges of time that faced the monuments were overcome thanks to the sensitive hearts of caring people, the hardworking hands of workers and the strength […]
Peace be upon you! Sholom Aleichem!
Sholom Aleichem is translated from Yiddish as “Peace be with you!”. With this kind and sincere Jewish greeting, the writer Sholom Nohumovich Rabinovich has been entering people’s homes for many decades. He did not choose this pseudonym by chance, because the goodness and mercy combined in these words warm the human soul. It is about goodness and mercy – eternal values that are needed in every […]
“Star” of Shalom Aleichem
[huge_it_slider id=”14″] “Every star is a human soul. And where the soul goes, the person goes. That’s why it seems to us that the stars are falling…” These lines from the work “Wandering Stars” belong to the brilliant classic of Jewish literature – Solomon Rabinovich, known throughout the world under the pseudonym Shalom Aleichem. On May 17, at the “Thia” Community Center of the Khmelnytskyi Charitable Foundation “Hesed […]
Interregional seminar
[huge_it_slider id=”13″] Khmelnytskyi Charitable Foundation “Hesed Besht” cooperates with international organizations, implementing various projects for clients and community members. Our reliable partner is an organization that has been supporting the implementation of educational projects in small communities for many years, called the L. A. Pincus Fund for Jewish Education in the Diaspora. Joint activities […]
Victory and understanding
[huge_it_slider id=”11″] A holiday with tears in our eyes is an extremely apt description of today for many years. On the one hand, it is joy from the victory over fascism and, at least nominally, the end of the bloody war; on the other, sadness and regret for the millions of those who died at the front and innocent victims of the occupation regime. According to the tradition that has developed over the years, the Foundation’s clients and […]
Thank you for the peace!
[huge_it_slider id=”12″] Pupils of the Youth Club of the Hesed Besht Children’s Fund and volunteers from the Community visited veterans of World War II. Unfortunately, there are very few such people left. Most of them complain of poor health under the oppression of the inexorable time. But they are always happy to welcome guests, and especially children. In turn, the children prepared creative souvenirs for the liberators, […]
Memorial Day
Today, Israel commemorates the victims of the Holocaust. At exactly 10:00 a.m., a siren sounded across the country and everything stopped for a few moments in memory of the innocent victims of the fascist regime. For more information, see the link: Israel froze in a minute of silence in memory of those who died in the Holocaust Employees of the Khmelnytskyi Charitable Foundation “Hesed Besht” supported their brothers and sisters in Israel: […]
