“From Russia, with Matzo” Dinner = Success!!

It was a wet and dreary February evening in Jerusalem. However, the campus of HUC-JIR was bouncing with the energy of the 2012 “From Russia, with Matzo” FSU Pesach Project Fundraiser. HUC-JIR students joined faculty, administrators and special guests to celebrate the 12 students going to Ukraine, Belarus and Russia for Pesach. The best news is that we were able to bring in over $800 for this important project! Congratulations to all. It was a night that will not be soon forgotten. Pictures below.

 

Locations for 2012!

The 2012 Pesach Project locations have been announced! The twelve of us will be spread out all over Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

Russia: Chelyabinsk and Tver

Belarus: Berovichi, Bobruysk, Mogilev, Vitebsk

Ukraine: Simferopol, Evpatoria, Feodosia, Kerch, Odessa, Kirovograd

Your support is needed now more than ever! Without you we cannot go and support the Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union. For us to be able to go, each participant needs to raise $2,500.  To make a tax-deductible contribution, please visit our Donation Page. If you’re supporting a specific student make sure to note that on your online donation page. Bol’shoye Spasibo (huge thank you).

Donate Now! « Former Soviet Union Pesach Project 2012

Each participant needs to raise $2,500. Any donation you can give would be greatly appreciated!In order to make a tax deductible donation, please click on the Donation Page. Once you enter the page, please register with your information. After you have pressed continue, you will be taken to a new page. On this page, you can verify your personal information, list the amount the donation is in, and most importantly, choose from the drop down list that you would like to designate your donation to FSU Passover Project. Below that, you will be able to fill out your payment information for your credit card Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diner’s Club and Discover are all accepted. Below that, you can explain who the gift is for. There you will put the name of the participant that you are donating to or you may write that it is in honor of FSU Pesach Project 2011 to donate to the entire group.Are you curious as to what your donations would be going towards? Look no further!! This is a list of some of different aspects of the projects that would be covered by your donations! Information COMING SOON!

via Donate Now! « Former Soviet Union Pesach Project 2011.

Ready to go…with your help, of course!

This blog will be used as a way for people to learn about all of the Former Soviet Union Pesach Project participants and our progress!!

To learn about our participants, please see Meet the Participants. To learn about the project, see below or see About FSU! To learn about the communities that we will be spending Pesach with, please see Where Are We Going? However, the most important page, since we cannot go without YOUR help, is the Donate Now! page.

We hope you enjoy this blog!

This Pesach (Passover), Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), in partnership with the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), will be sending 11 students to facilitate educational programming and prayer experiences in progressive communities in the Former Soviet Union (FSU). The FSU Pesach Project is made possible by the financial support of family, friends and the greater progressive Jewish community around the world. This tremendous opportunity strengthens the connections between HUC-JIR and Worldwide Progressive Judaism, enriches progressive communities in the FSU, and provides participants with the once-in-a-lifetime experience of sharing Pesach with the unique Jewish communities in the FSU.

In order for we 11 students to be able to participate in this amazing opportunity, we need your help!!!! Please donate money to our team or to a specific participant check out our Donate Now! page which gives you all the instructions on how to do so.
Our participants: Jessie Wainer, Vladimir Lapin, Rebecca Ratner, Lenette Herzog, Lauren Levy, Benjamin Ross, Liz Bennett, Michael Danziger, Elle Muhlbaum, Kenneth Feibush, Lindsey Rothschild, and Samantha Shabman.