December 2003 Events

In December Jewish communities around the world will celebrate Channukah, the Festival of Lights. For some communities though, this is a new holiday, with new practices. One such community are the Ethiopian-Israelis. Please click here to read a story about celebrating Channukah for the first time.

Please see below for other events happening throughout the JDC world.

	sun	mon	tue	wed	thu	fri	sat
		1	2	3 Israel International Day for Disabled People	4	5 IDP-Czech Republic Inauguration of repaired school kitchen and dining hall in the Molakova School Complex	6
	7 FSU-Volga Opening of OFEK festival	8 FSU-Ukraine Guest performances of "Migdal Or" theatre group from Baltimore. Dec. 8-17 FSU-Russia Conference "History and Culture of Russian and East-European Jewry: New Sources and New Approaches"	9 FSU-Russia Conference "History and Culture of Russian and East-European Jewry: New Sources and New Approaches"	10 FSU-Russia Conference "History and Culture of Russian and East-European Jewry: New Sources and New Approaches"	11	12	13
	14 JDC Board of Directors Meeting	15 JDC Board of Directors Meeting	16	17	18	19	20 Hannukah
	21 Hannukah FSU-Uzbekistan Lecture about history and traditions of Channukah for Holocaust survivors	22 Hannukah	23 Hannukah India Khai Fest by jewish Youth Pioneers	24 Hannukah	25 Hannukah	26 Hannukah India Youth Camp	27 Hannukah India Youth Camp
	28 FSU-Ukraine Festival of Jewish Movies India Youth Camp	29 India Youth Camp	30 India Youth Camp	31