What an amazing day introducing WZO – Department for the Promotion of Aliyah – West Coast with JuRashki – Russian Speaking Jewish Community at the Russian Arts and Cultural Festival.

On May 24th a screening was held for the film “Witnesses,”  dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust. The inventive account of the Holocaust is told through stories, following a pair of women’s shoes in a store window, a German Shepherd puppy, and a violin.

The morning of September 1 brought bitter news for Israel: the bodies of six hostages, kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7, were found in the Gaza Strip.