The Chief Rabbi of Russia visited the Zhitomir Community.

During the trip the guest was accompanied by the Director of the Or Avner International Fund Dovid Mondshayn, the head of the Israeli branch of the Or Avner Fund Shlomo Peles and the Director of the Or Avner Fund in the CIS Rabbi Chaim Friedman.

The visit of the honored guest to Zhytomyr began with a visit to the Alum social rehab center for Jewish children.  The kids gave the visitors a large photograph of all the graduates and students of center. After this the guests had a meeting with the leadership of the Jewish community and the center and lunch.

After that the distinguished delegation from Moscow visited the Zhytomyr Or Avner high school, its synagogue and the museum of Memory of the Holocaust. The excellent mark was given to the methodological equipment of English, Hebrew and traditions and computer science class rooms. The distinguished guests left a pleasant note in the guestbook in which they commended the work of teaching staff and expressed hope for further cooperation.

Then Rabbi Berel Lazar took part in evening prayers in the synagogue.

"My main goal was to see how the educational process here is going on - in the Jewish school and the children's center. I am surprised to see that really great job has been done very professionally. I hope that things will evolve and become better. In Zhitomir is a strong community and a strong leader. The achievements of the community are reached due to every Jew of Zhitomir - it is the support you are giving " - Rabbi Berel Lazar said addressing the members of the community who came to the meeting with the distinguished guest.