Thursday, March 31 2005
YEREVAN, Armenia – This year in Yerevan, the Jewish Community Center ‘Mordechai Navi-Chabad Lubavitch’ held two cheerful celebrations to mark two particularly joyful events – the holiday of Purim and its tenth birthday. As the sun went down, the Synagogue began to fill with community members and guests, who came out to complete the first commandment of Purim – to hear the ‘Megilat Esther’. A festive meal with ‘Hamentaschen’ and other delicious kosher dishes was accompanied with cheerful songs and Chasidic dances.
On Sunday, a festive Purim event took place at the Chamber Theater, where Sunday School pupils showed their talents in a Purim show and the ‘Keshet’ Dance Group performed an exciting Jewish dance. The Yerevan State Circus pleased the audience with an unforgettable show, after which everybody received traditional Purim gifts-of-food.
“We hope that Mordechai will never leave Armenia and that he will join us in celebrating Jewish weddings and birthdays. We will also teach Jewish children their native language, traditions and the Torah, for only this makes for a healthy life of the great Jewish people,” expressed the Chief Rabbi of Armenia, Gersh-Meir Burshtein.
Apart from community members, this Purim concert was attended by representatives of the President’s Administration, as well as a number of other top officials – the Head of the Department on Religious and Nationality Affairs, the Coordinator of the government’s Humanitarian Aid Commission. Jews of Armenia were also honored to share the joy of Purim and their 10th anniversary with leaders of the other Diasporas in Yerevan and other prominent figures.
The Jewish community received an added boost with the airing of a program on an Armenian TV channel, which profiled the educational and cultural projects maintained by the city’s Jewish Community Center, as well as highlighting the community’s achievements.
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