The JBBBS (Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters) project of the Jewish Community of Dnipro unites children and teenagers, creating a space for friendship, communication, mutual support, and shared discoveries. Each gathering here is an opportunity not only to spend time in an interesting way but also to learn to understand one another better. The latest event was dedicated to one of the most important Jewish values – the family.
This time, it was decided to turn the usual conversation into a real team competition. The participants united into small teams – symbolic families in which both younger and older children found themselves together. In order to cope with the tasks, they had to find a common language, come to agreements, distribute roles, and act together.
The boys and girls were awaited by the most diverse challenges: a Jewish version of the game “Charades,” composing a kosher menu with the selection of permitted dishes, tasks for memory and attentiveness, and team-building games. There was no lack of jokes, laughter, and mutual support. The gathering concluded with a conversation about good deeds, and delicious refreshments became a pleasant addition.
“It was especially joyful to observe how the children open up, show themselves from an unexpected side, take initiative, learn to come to agreements and support one another. Even finding themselves in different teams and competing for victory, they did not cease to be one large, friendly family. In the end, everyone won!” says Tatyana Kaplunskaya, director of the JBBBS project.
Such gatherings become an important part of a child’s experience: the ability to be friends, to hear others, to be part of a team, and to rejoice in shared successes remains with a person for many years. And the warm memories of a childhood filled with friends, laughter, and adventures continue to warm one in adult life as well.
Thank you to everyone thanks to whom JBBBS continues to work and to give children such opportunities – namely, the Jewish communities of Dnipro and Boston, and, of course, the Chief Rabbi of Dnipro, Shmuel Kaminezki.
Follow our announcements so as not to miss the next JBBBS gatherings, and join our family! Contacts: Natalia – 068-480-30-52 (messengers), Yana – 093-356-02-12.
