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Minsk Hillel Celebrates 10 Years
June 5, 2007Comments (4) | Add | E-mail this to a friend
By Maxim Yudin
 Minsk Hillel celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Jewish communities across the Former Soviet Union were astir with chatter this week following the blowout party run by Hillel Minsk in honor of its 10th birthday. This invitation-only bash turned out to be the sizzling soiree of the season, with over 200 lining up along Vera Khoruzhay Street to get into the Reaktor nightclub.
Party master, Ossik Axelrod, Hillel Regional Director of Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan, traveled all the way from Kiev to attend the gala out of adoration of one of his best regional Hillels. Speaking to the Hillel students in attendance, he said, “First of all, I hope that you pass your purity and sincerity to the next generation and to continue to be useful and necessary to Jewish community.”
Axelrod also brought associates Darina Privalko, director of program development in the region, and Yulia Belilovskaya, regional educational director. Other notables who made an appearance at the event include, but are not limited to, Yuri Dorn, director of the Union of Religious Jewish Congregations in Belarus, Yigal Gittelman, Director of JAFI Belarus, Yoni Leifer, Representative of JDC Minsk, and Leonid Levin, Head of the Belarusian Jewish Communities, who was spotted boogying down on the dancefloor with his daughter.
Director of JAFI Belarus, Yoni Leifer, Representative of JDC Minsk emphasized: “Hillel is an essential part of Jewish community, it unites the community and takes a very active part in community life.
The party at Reaktor also included cameo appearances by eccentric Hillel Minsk ensembles such as Victory Stars' Eastern-style Ashkenazi music trumpet and darbuka duet, and the talented and alluring Divas song-and-dance troupe. Amateur performances by Hillel leadership were barely blundering when they presented their dances and special 10th anniversary song. The Reaktor club stayed open all night to allow Hillel members to express their birthday elation disco-style.
The VIP after-party allowed entry to only the most influential in the Hillel organization and the Belarusian Jewish community. The night that ensued was filled with catered and waited-on guests and dignitaries making toasts to the next successful 10 years of Hillel in Minsk.
“Hillel is a numerous youth organization with huge potential and big future. In Hillel, students can take their first steps to Jewish life, history, traditions, culture and literature, to develop the spirit of communitivness. Hillel is an active volunteer participant and volunteer work is very important for community," said Maxim Yudin, director of Hillel in Minsk. "I want that after the age of 25-30, young people still stayed in this community, participated in its life, became young Jewish leaders, reached success in work and business, and help community.”
Maxim Yudin is the director of Hillel Minsk.
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