Last weekend in the Bet-Chana women teacher training college a seminar took place where Jewish girls and their parents could get in the know with the college, its traditions, peculiarities of the educational process and dive into the world of Idishkeit together with the hosts when Shabat. This seminar was attended by the people from Kiyev, Donetsk, Poltava, Vinnitsa, Lutsk, Chernovtsy, Dnepropetrovsk, Krivoy Rog, Artyomovsk, Genichesk, Zelenodol’sk and Znamenovka.
The seminar began from the acquaintance with the educational facilities of the college, its premises, library, methodical and IT centre and the management of the college. Top impressions during the excursion to the educational premises the participants got in the room of visual arts which can truly called a little art museum, created by the artists and teacher Ella Dragunova.
In the conference hall the director of the college Vladimir Sapozhnikov spoke on achievements of Bet-Chana and the perspectives of its development. The director’s assistant for studying Yelena Ovcharenko told the participants about the studying programs and specializing in study and the conditions and terms of studying. It is worth mentioning that this information interested everyone much and caused many questions.
The Shabat was encountered in the residential premises of the college. Here the people could communicate in informal atmosphere
The key topics of communication were Jewish traditions of celebrating Shabat and Jewish wisdom in the Chasid proverbs and stories, the image of a Jewish woman and the Jewish family.
The last dast of the seminar was dedicated to the acquaintance with Dnepropetrovsk and its Jewish community. The guide and teacher of Bet-Chana Anna Pavlovskaya made a sightseeing tour to the city and the places of Jewish memory. The guests visited the Golden Rose central synagogue where the business manager of the community Aleksandr Fridkis told about the history of the synagogue and the future plans and the community centre of Rosalind Gorvin and the Menorah Jewish Centre.
