Jewish Center in Transdniestria
We operate:
- Hesed — a charity and cultural center.
- Synagogue — a meeting place for the religious part of the Jewish community.
- Community — dealing with issues of Jewish identity, maintenance of memorials, burial sites, and community issues.
Our goals:
- Preservation of the cultural and religious traditions of the Jewish people.
- Development of interethnic relations in the spirit of friendship.
- Strengthening cultural ties and cooperation with other countries.
- Providing charitable assistance and services to people in need.
Jewish communities Transdniestria
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Preserving traditions
We pay great attention to the traditions and customs of the Jewish people and consider it important to preserve history, passing it on to future generations. The doors of our synagogue are always open, and on holidays and memorable dates we strive to gather together in our common Jewish Center.
Shabbat: 20 Elul 5785
On Friday, September 12, 2025
Lighting candles at 19:01
Shabbat ends at 20:04
Weekly Chapter: Tavo
Holocaust in Transnistria
More than a dozen concentration camps and ghettos were created on Transnistrian soil. One of the first tasks of the occupation authorities was "final solution" Jewish question.
Jews in Transdniestria
Jews have lived in the territory of Transnistria for a long time, mainly in ancient cities. Factory owners, traders, financiers, musicians, writers - the contribution of Jews to the economy and culture is difficult to overestimate.
Jewish cemeteries
There are numerous Jewish cemeteries in Transdniestria. Some of them are old and abandoned, some are active.
Rashkov - pearl Transdniestria
Rashkov is the oldest settlement on the left bank of the Dniester in Transnistria. Its history goes back many centuries. Rashkov is a place where at least three religions coexist in peace and harmony.
Internet magazine VOX
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Events and events
This week, a number of interesting and heartfelt events were held for our wards in Rybnitsa. ✡️ 🎨One of them was a painting master class, which was held by artist Anastasia Makovey. Participants learned the technique of drawing national Jewish costumes. Such creative activities not only introduce people to Jewish culture, but also have a positive effect on mental development, helping to prevent dementia. The wards left in a good mood and with beautiful drawings. 🕎 And on Friday, as always according to tradition, a warm Shabbat took place. Volunteer Center RVC volunteer Lilia Braga lit candles, read the blessing on challah and shared with those present stories about upcoming holidays and important events in the world. ⏰This week gave our wards joy, communication and new impressions. #JDS #HesedRybnitsa #RVC
84 years ago, in September 1941, the Nazis began mass executions of Jews in Dubossary. In two weeks, the Nazis killed more than 18.5 thousand people. The memorial to the victims of fascism in the city is called the Transnistrian Babi Yar. The day before, the ghetto prisoners were told: collect your valuables, you are being sent to Tiraspol. On the morning of September 12, a column of 2.5 thousand people was escorted to the ditches and shot. First, the men, then the women and children. The executions continued until September 28. Not only residents of Dubossary died, but also those of neighboring cities. The chairman of the Dubossary Jewish Community, Ozias Ukshteyn, emphasized the importance of remembering the tragedy: “Without knowing our history, without the memory of the past, we will have no future. The living need this memory to protect us from the revival of fascism and Nazism.” VOX magazine publishes 2 materials on this difficult topic: 1️⃣ https://vox.jct.md/dubossarskaya-tragediya 2️⃣ https://vox.jct.md/zonderkomanda-v-dubossarakh
✡️ Shabbat Shalom! May the Lord be with you 🕓 In Transnistria 🕯️ Lighting the candles: 19:01 Night of Selichot Chapter Ki Tavo Havdalah: 20:03 ✅ This week's chapter, "Ki Tavo," is about entering the Promised Land and the people bringing the first fruits as a sign of gratitude for everything they have received. It says that a blessing comes when a person lives with awareness and honesty, and a curse comes when he loses responsibility and forgets the source of goodness. This is not about magic, but about an internal choice: to see life as a gift or a burden. Today, everyone can relate to the reminder that gratitude changes the outlook on the world and strengthens. Even if a person is far from religion, he can hear a simple message in this: relationships, work, life itself become richer if we know how to notice and appreciate the good. ❤️ We wish everyone a peaceful, quiet and blessed Saturday! May your souls be calm and your hearts light. 👨👨👧👦 Saturday is given to us by the Creator so that we stop, listen to ourselves, to the inner Self, and devote time to loved ones and family. 🙏 Tzedaka/Donate: https://synagogue.md/donate/
The Active Walking project brings together like-minded people and supporters of a healthy lifestyle. Today, everyone enjoyed the communication, the first autumn chill and the Dniester River Volunteer Center RVC #RVC
For the Rybnitsa Rebbe, Chaim Zanvil Abramovich, there was no such thing as “too cold” or “too dangerous.” He lived as if every moment was a test of faith. His life was a series of miracles and trials, and his image still inspires thousands.
There is a place in Tiraspol that has become a symbol of our city. The Glory Memorial is a reminder of the feat of Soviet soldiers.
🫶At the next master class of the "Crazy Hands" project, our participants, together with a volunteer, were creative and created original interior items. This time, in the hands of the craftswomen, ordinary wooden boxes turned into stylish and useful things for the home. 🎯The volunteer showed in detail the stages of the work: *surface preparation, *careful sanding, *priming, *paint application. 👩🎨👩🎨Each participant enthusiastically tried her hand, and the result pleased everyone - the products turned out to be beautiful and unique. 🫶For older people, such activities are especially valuable. There is everything here: communication, and the opportunity to spend time in company, and the joy of creativity. In addition, the participants acquire new practical skills that can be used in everyday life. 🎯Each master class within the framework of the project "Ochumelie Ruchki" is not only training in crafts, but also warm communication, inspiration and a sense of joy from a joint effort. https://vox.jct.md/ochumelie-ruchki-masterim-vmeste Volunteer Center RVC #RVC
❤️ Dear friends! We have been collecting information for a long time, analyzing dozens of sources and can finally present to your attention the History of the Jews of Tiraspol. ✡️ Remember that we are all part of a worthy, sometimes tragic, long, almost eternal history. Read. We have something to be proud of.
After the meetings in Bender, Tiraspol and Grigoriopol, new participants continue to join us. 👵👴 Everyone gets sticks, training and support, and most importantly, they feel that they are not alone. 📲 In our WhatsApp group, participants share their impressions, receive useful tips and project news. And joint meetings become a time of communication, care and joy. 💬 “It is very important that they remember us and pay attention to us. Nordic walking helps us to be healthy, but what makes us even happier is that we are together,” noted one of the participants. ✨ We are moving forward step by step - towards activity, health and new joyful moments with friends! https://vox.jct.md/proekt-aktivnaya-khodba-eto-ne-tolko-pro-zdorove-no-i-pro-vnimanie Volunteer Center RVC #RVC
On September 4, a delegation of more than twenty leading Israeli businessmen, representing key sectors: construction, technology, tourism, transport, energy and others, visited Transnistria on an unofficial visit. The delegation was headed by Mr. Eran Zini, CEO of the Israel Diamond Exchange.
✡️ Shabbat Shalom! May the Lord be with you 🕓 In Transnistria 🕯️ Lighting the candles: 19:15 Chapter Ki Tetse Havdalah: 20:17 ✅ Chapter Ki Tetse describes many life situations - from family relationships to caring for animals and helping the poor. It reminds us that spirituality is expressed not only in prayers, but also in the little things of everyday life. Each person is given the opportunity to choose the path of justice, honesty and care. The law, in essence, teaches respect for others - even the most vulnerable. Today, this sounds like a call to be attentive and responsible. Small actions add up to a big picture of humanity. ❤️ We wish everyone a peaceful, quiet and blessed Shabbat! May your souls be calm and your hearts light. 👨👨👧👦 Saturday is given to us by the Creator so that we stop, listen to ourselves, to the inner self, and devote time to loved ones and family. 🙏 Tzedaka/Donate: https://synagogue.md/donate/
👋The other day, a warm and symbolic event "Summer, Lehitraot" took place in our children's club AJT JUNIOR. ☀️The children, together with the invited volunteer Sofia, recalled their brightest moments of the passing summer, shared their impressions and made plans for the fall and the approaching New Year - Rosh Hashanah. 🪢The meeting ended with a creative activity: the children made bracelets as a keepsake for themselves and their friends - as a symbol of friendship, joy and new beginnings. 🤝We thank the Volunteer Center RVC for their help in holding the event and photo support. https://vox.jct.md/leto-lehitraot #JDC #RVC #AJTTIR #jewish
Last Sunday, a creative meeting of middle-aged community members took place in the family club "MISHPAHA". The session took place in a special atmosphere, because we have already entered the month of Elul - a time of self-knowledge, rethinking and preparation for the Days of Awe. The participants tried their hand at painting. Paints, canvases and a good mood helped everyone to reveal their inner world and share it with others. The master class was conducted by a representative of the Volunteer Center RVC, professional artist Tatyana. Painting became a symbolic way to look inside yourself: each work is not just a picture, but a reflection of personal feelings, hopes and intentions. Thus, the creative process was combined with the spiritual: through art, we learned to hear ourselves, open our hearts and prepare for the renewal that Elul brings with it. We believe that such meetings help not only to develop creatively, but also to feel more deeply the spiritual meaning of each Jewish holiday. https://vox.jct.md/vremya-razmishleniy-vremya-tvorchestva #RVC
🙏Thanks to the support and funding of JDC, our Hesed now has a modern fruit dryer, which allows us to implement a social project aimed at caring for the health and well-being of Community members, especially elderly and low-income clients. 🫶Similar activities had already been carried out before, but at the end of the project, the equipment - fruit dryers - had to be returned. And it was at this moment that JDC, as always, extended a helping hand, giving us the opportunity to continue an important and useful work. 🎯The mechanism of work is simple and at the same time very valuable: Community members who have surplus fruits and berries bring them to Hesed. Our volunteers process the harvest with care and love - dry the fruits, and then form vitamin kits. These kits are given to the wards for the Tu B'Shvat holiday, and are also distributed to those in need throughout the year. 🫶This week our volunteers prepared the first batch - dried plums and apples. In total, we managed to process 8 kg of plums and 3 kg of apples, which were provided by families from our Community. This is a vivid example of how, through joint efforts, we can turn the harvest into a source of health and joy for many people. 🫶🎯We will be happy to accept new batches of fruits and berries for drying so that even more wards can receive vitamin sets. Thus, the project unites the efforts of the Community, involves volunteers, uses resources rationally and gives everyone the opportunity to contribute to a common good cause. "Vitamins from the Garden" not only bring joy and health benefits, but also create an atmosphere of care, warmth and mutual assistance. https://vox.jct.md/kogda-urozhay-stanovitsya-pomoshchyu-prodolzhaetsya-proekt-vitamini-s-gryadki Volunteer Center RVC #RVC
📚✨ In August, our community held the “Get Your Child Ready for School” campaign. Thanks to the support of caring community members and the fulfillment of the mitzvah of tzedakah, we helped large families get their children ready for the new school year. 🖍️ Notebooks, pens, paints, albums, and other stationery became part of the gift sets that volunteers lovingly handed over to the children. 💬 “This help is very valuable to our family. The children go to school in a good mood and with the feeling that they are cared for,” said one of the mothers. 💬 “The children’s happy eyes are the best reward for our efforts,” shared a volunteer. Now the schoolchildren of our community are ready for new knowledge and achievements! 🌟 https://vox.jct.md/aktsiya-soberi-rebyonka-v-shkolu-v-nashey-obshchine Volunteer Center RVC #RVC JDC Kishinev
🔥 Now we are even more online! Opinions, stories and ideas, archives. ✍️ Everyone has the opportunity to be an author. If you have an interesting view or topic - share, and you will be heard. 👉 Visit VOX and become part of a live dialogue! ☑️ https://vox.jct.md
✡️ Shabbat Shalom! May the Lord be with you 🕓 In Transnistria 🕯️ Lighting of candles: 19:28 Chapter Shoftim Havdalah: 20:32 ✅ Chapter Shoftim talks about justice, fair trial and the responsibility of leaders. The people learn that they cannot distort the truth or succumb to influence - neither for a bribe nor out of fear. It also talks about how to choose kings and wage wars with humanity. These ideas are relevant in any era: to live according to conscience, respect the laws and strive for an honest society. Even today, each of us influences the world - with our choices, words and actions. ❤️ We wish everyone a peaceful, quiet and blessed Shabbat! May your souls be calm and your hearts light. 👨👨👧👦 Saturday is given to us by the Creator so that we stop, listen to ourselves, to the inner self, and devote time to loved ones and family. 🙏 Tzedaka/Donate: https://synagogue.md/donate/
📖Yesterday, as part of the Literary Lounge project, we had a creative meeting with interesting guests. Zakharchuk Alexey and Natalie Samoniy are members of the Writers' Union of Transnistria. As always, our volunteer Valery Kupershmidt introduced the guests warmly and with inspiration. He noted that Natalia has incredibly interesting and unexpected titles of poems - so many of them that an entire meeting could be made up of the titles alone. Among them: "Monsieur Sausage", "Cucumbers have gone", "About a tumbler and a tumbler", "FRIDA - Fish Soul", "Island of Voluptuousness". 📚 Alexey has philosophical and lyrical works full of deep reflections. During the meeting, many poems were read - lyrical content, civic poetry, lines about the war. 🫶Natalia is a teacher, so her work is largely dedicated to children and the world of childhood. She presented poems about family and youth, which our elderly listeners especially liked. 🎶 In addition, Natalia writes lullabies and sincerely recommends that parents sing lullabies to their children or at least read them - after all, such poems fill childhood with warmth and kindness. 💬 The atmosphere of the living room was truly soulful. The participants received great pleasure from the poets' creativity, and at the end of the meeting, words of gratitude and warm impressions were heard. https://vox.jct.md/poeziya-kotoraya-obedinyaet-pokoleniya Volunteer Center RVC #RVC
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