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This past week a Mother-Daughter retreat took place in Kiev, Ukraine; Project Kesher was honored by the YWCA in Evanston, IL; and Svetlana Yakimenko was invited to speak in Berlin, Germany. We cannot help but share these stories and other exciting news about Project Kesher on the Move...
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If you would like to make a general contribution to Project Kesher, click on the logo above to make your tax-deductible donation through our online giving page. For gifts made in honor or memory of someone special, Project Kesher has a beautiful gift card that we will send to notify anyone you designate.
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Mother-Daughter Retreat
October 28-31, 2011
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A mother and daughter from Cherkassy, Ukraine, jointly create a family symbol
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The Project Kesher Mother-Daughter retreat brought together thirteen pair of women and girls from Ukraine and Russia. Participants attended workshops about Jewish tradition, leadership development, community activism, women's health and safety, and building strong family relationships. All are expected to actively participate in their local Jewish community and PK women's or youth groups after the training, with ongoing support and peer mentoring provided.
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PK Mother-Daughter Retreat Participants
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Beit Binah Retreat
October 28-31, 2011
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Beit Binah Retreat Participants
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Twenty women from ten cities in Belarus came together for Beit Binah text to activism training. The participants studied Jewish text and its connection to social activism. Beit Binah participants receive monthly programming indeas from the Project Kesher Russian language website about activism corresponding to the cycle of the year and text. The women become lay leader Torah study facilitators in their communities.
This program has developed more than 90 ongoing bi-monthly Torah Study groups in communities throughout Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Groups meet once a month to study text which is followed by a second meeting to plan and implement social activist projects inspired by the reading.
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Svetlana Yakimenko Presents at Berlin Conference
October 25-30, 2011
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Svetlana Yakimenko (middle), PK CIS Director
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Project Kesher Director Svetlana Yakimenko was invited to Berlin to meet with leading women's NGO's and European Union representatives to report on Project Kesher's anti-trafficking and domestic violence activism. Sveta met with German government leaders and advocated for continued support for programs that improve the life of women and girls, even during a period of economic uncertainty. She also presented to Bet Deborah, a European-wide coalition of Jewish women leaders on Sunday, October 30.
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PK Honored as Organization of the Year
by YWCA of Evanston
October 27, 2011
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Karyn Gershon, Executive Director, Rita Kashner, Board Chair and Sallie Gratch, Founder at the YWomen Leadership Awards
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Project Kesher was selected as Organization of the Year by the YWCA of Evanston, IL for its YWomen's Leadership Awards on October 27, 2011. The award was presented to founder Sallie Gratch and Executive Director Karyn Gershon before a crowd of 400 local community members and activists. It was joyful to be surrounded by people who embraced Project Kesher's vision and values, and to be inspired by our fellow award recipients.
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PK Groups Participate in Women's Simchat Torah
October 27, 2011
Twenty-eight Project Kesher women's groups and youth groups in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Georgia marked the end of the high holidays and fall holidays with special programming in communities throughout the region for celebration, learning and outreach. Here are a few examples - these communities are three of the twenty-one communities receiving a Torah Scroll as part of our Torah Return Project.
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Bobruysk, Belarus
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In Bobruysk, Belarus, PK Beit Binah graduate Lena Davydov and PK leadership training participants Sophia Bespyatova and Galina Dubasov take out the Torah Scroll Project Kesher brought to the community as part of our Torah Return Project. The women brought together twenty-six mothers and children from the Jewish Sunday school as part of PK's Women's Simchat Torah celebration.
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Bryansk, Russia
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In Bryansk, Russia, thirty-five members of the local Project Kesher women's groups brought together children and their parents from the Jewish, Christian and Armenian communities to introduce all to the importance of the Torah Scroll in Jewish life and to continue our work building strong relationships and connections between different religious and ethnic communities.
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Nizhniy Tagil, Russia
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In Nizhniy Tagil, Russia, the Project Kesher women's group brought together children and the elderly for Simchat Torah celebration
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Project Kesher:
The Resurgence of Judaism and Activism for Gender Equality in the FSU
Artist Tour & Talk with Photographer Joan Roth
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
6;00pm - 7:30pm
UJA Federation of New York
7th Floor Conference Center
For more information contact
Lilian Rodriguez
RSVPs are necessary.
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