http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/chanukah-in-moscow/ Connect. Educate. Innovate. Wed, 23 May 2012 16:56:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/chanukah-in-moscow/comment-page-1/#comment-45967 Jonathan Porath Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:08:42 +0000 http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/?p=3851#comment-45967 15 years ago, when the JDC and International Hillel opened up the first Hillel in the Former Soviet Union, in Moscow, no one could have imagined then that a Jewish student celebration would be featured in the international English-language television network of the Russian Federation. It indicates a level of normalicy and acceptance of once-forbidden Jewish community behaviour and norms that defies imagination--truly a Nes Channuka/Channuka Miracle! Rabbi Jonathan Porath and Rabbi Yossi Goldman, Co-founders of Hillel in the Former Soviet Union 15 years ago, when the JDC and International Hillel opened up the first Hillel in the Former Soviet Union, in Moscow, no one could have imagined then that a Jewish student celebration would be featured in the international English-language television network of the Russian Federation. It indicates a level of normalicy and acceptance of once-forbidden Jewish community behaviour and norms that defies imagination–truly a Nes Channuka/Channuka Miracle!
Rabbi Jonathan Porath and Rabbi Yossi Goldman,
Co-founders of Hillel in the Former Soviet Union

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