DZERZHINSK, Russia – The Jewish community of Dzerzhinsk has launched a new Jewish kindergarten thanks to the efforts of Rabbi Klimash Pinchas, the city's Chief Rabbi and Chabad Lubavitch emissary, and the ‘Ohr Avner’ Foundation. This is a much-rejoiced and long-awaited event for the local community, having taken Rabbi Pinchas and his wife Chana the entire summer to organize the opening of this pre-school institution and its inauguration.
While the building is just finishing reconstruction, local Jewish leaders have managed to accomplish a lot to ensure the successful operation of the kindergarten. The community has succeeded in drawing up the necessary papers, conducting repairs, and obtaining everything needed to properly operate a kindergarten – specially-ordered furniture, bed linens, kitchen utensils, toys and games to promote children's development and learning skills.
Local leaders have also recruited qualified staff, among whom are teachers with significant experience at the Jewish kindergarten in Nizhny Novgorod, which has already been operating for six years. The teachers of Nizhniy Novgorod gladly shared their professional knowledge with their new colleagues in Dzerzhinsk.
By the time that the inauguration ceremony took place, the Jewish kindergarten already had an enrollment of 10 tots, aged 3 through 6, with another five expected in the near future. Their studies will focus on Jewish traditions, history, holidays and basic principles of Judaism. Mrs. Chana Pinchas will also teach the children Hebrew.
The children have already realized how happy they can be at the kindergarten, a feeling that is even more elevated among their parents and grandparents, in the realization that their children finally have the opportunity to grow up in a genuine Jewish environment.
Jewish community of Dzerzhinsk is grateful to ‘Ohr Avner’ Foundation and its president Lev Leviev for helping to support Jewish kindergarten.
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