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Tuesday, January 17 2012

Donetsk Celebrates Chassidic New Year
DONETSK, Ukraine — The Jewish community of Donetsk celebrated the “Rosh Hashana of Chassidus” on the 19th of Kislev, marking the release from prison of the first Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch

Synagogue Opens in S. Petersburg Prison
S. PETERSBURG, Russia — Jewish inmates and Jewish community leaders participated in the opening ceremony for a synagogue, newly opened at the corrections facility

New Torah Scroll for Kremenchug
KREMENCHUG, Ukraine — The Jewish community of Kremenchug, in Ukraine’s Poltava region, welcomed a new Torah scroll into the city’s synagogue

Israeli Minister Visits Baku Ohr Avner School
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Last week, the Ohr Avner Chabad Educational Center in Baku hosted a visit by the Israeli Minister of Welfare and Social Services Moshe Kahlon

President of Tatarstan Visits Kazan Synagogue
KAZAN, Russia — On December 2, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin visited the city's synagogue

	Fellowship Foundation Aids Krivoy Rog Families
	Udmurt Republic Celebrates Jewish Knowledge Day
	Open Day at the Choral Synagogue
	Holocaust Memorial Dedicated in Lubavitch
	Multiple Brit Mila in Western Siberia

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Jewish community of Novosibirsk - The Jewish community of Novosibirsk numbers about 25,000 Jews. As this community is located in the capital city of Siberia, it is the focal point for most of the Jewish communities in the region. Siberia region numbers about 70,000 Jews.

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