(JTA) — Citing ongoing fighting in Ukraine, a Kiev-based Jewish organization transferred its summer camp for young Jews to the Caucasus nation of Georgia.
The Midrasha Zionit, or Zionist Seminary, sent approximately 140 participants of the group’s Tchelet summer camp this year to a resort in Georgia’s Lake Bazaleti. The move was “a response and adaptation to the difficult situation in Ukraine,” Asher Gold, a spokesperson for the Midrasha, told JTA.
Tchelet, which has served approximately 2,500 campers, has two age groups: teens and young adults under 30. Most participants are Russian-speakers from Ukraine, Russia and Israel. Some 720 Tcheelt participants have …read more
Source: JTA