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A short overview of the fund and it's namesake

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Tzivos Hashem in the CIS
The international children's organization touches the lives of thousands in the former Soviet Union.

JPCHF Programs
See the fund at work. The programs we sponser and the lives we touch.

 
Jewish Craft Workshops

Holiday knowledge in children’s hands

Stimulating, fascinating, fun, and best of all, hands-on, Tzivos Hashem Jewish Craft Workshops delight children across the CIS while teaching them about the special artifacts used to celebrate the Jewish holidays. Specially trained Tzivos Hashem craft instructors make a point of taking their workshops to distant towns to bring Jewish holiday excitement to children on the fringes of Jewish life. Every Tzivos Hashem workshop participant goes home with a kosher Jewish artifact of his or her very own. Before Rosh Hashanah raw rams horns become polished shofars. On Chanukah, ancient pressing techniques come to life and – with the help of a modern centrifuge – kids turn olives into olive oil. Handmade matzahs are baked before Passover and much, much more. At every workshop, the ideas behind the holidays, their history, and traditions become something the children can touch and treasure.