Stella Harmelina, Director, JCC Kedem, Chisinau, Moldova

Stella Harmelina was born and raised in Kishinev. She is a musician by profession. She worked for 10 years in the welfare center Hesed Yehuda as the cultural programs coordinator. Since 2007, she has been the director of JCC KEDEM.…

Michael Finckel, Financial-economic and administrative dpts. Manager, JCC Kedem, Chisinau, Moldova

I have been proudly working for the Jewish community for 19 years and I feel that I am doing a kind of mitzvah that benefits our people. I was instrumental in naming the JCC: KEDEM. I was born into a…

Igor Ratushniy, Director, Khmelnitsky Welfare Fund “Hesed Besht”, Ukraine

Igor Oleksandovitch Ratushny was born on February 17, 1960 in Khmelnitsky, Ukraine. He studied at the Donetsk Institute of Soviet Trade. In 2000, he graduated from the St. Petersburg Institute of Social and Community Workers and earned a second degree…

Vyatcheslav (Slava) Nagnybida, Manager of Information, Khmelnitsky Welfare Fund “Hesed Besht”, Ukraine

Nahnybida Vyacheslav was born September 30, 1987 in Khmelnitsky to a loving family of doctors. After finishing high school, Vyacheslav became interested in journalism. He then joined the local Institute of Social Technology at the Faculty of Journalism and became…

Inessa Nosenko, Director, “Mazal Tov” Zaporizhzhia JCC, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraina

I was born in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on the 18th of September in 1967. I finished high school in 1986 and entered the Department of History at Zaporizhzhia State Pedagogical University. In 1991 I graduated with a Master’s Degree of Arts,…

Kateryna Minakova, Project Manager, “Mazal Tov” Zaporizhzhia JCC, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraina

I am 33 years old. I have a Master’s degree in Social Work and Psychology, Bachelor’s degree in English, and a Certificate of Family Therapy. I have trained with organizations, such as: Social Work Program in Canada, Joint Conference of…