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    Armenian Jewish Community Celebrates Purim for 10th Anniversary

    Federation of Jewish Communities of the CSI
    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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    Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz
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