Dear Friends, It's been just over a month
since that memorable day when another Person of the Year 2020/2021 event
happened in our community. Since then, we have gotten and continue to get a lot
of feedback from the people who came to the event as well as from the winners
themselves. And that flow increased as soon as Kaykov Media Studios posted a
2.5-hour video of the awards presentation and celebration available to the
general public worldwide on Facebook. As writers and organizers of the project,
we highly value your ideas and responses, and I am pleased to announce that we
are all truly GREAT! This phrase is used frequently in both the oral and
written feedback. There are many more, and I'm happy to share some of them with
you:
"It was grand and very unexpected in
its scope and high style."
"How wonderful that you can so
beautifully honor the hard work of deserving members of the community."
Thank you for taking on this project."
"It's hard to imagine how our women
handle a level that even men can't handle."
"For me, it was like the Oscars in my
town. Thank you for the beauty, the high intellectual level and the excellent
organization."
"This was the first time I and my
family attended your Person of the Year competition, and I wish I had attended
the prior ones! It was magnificent, intellectual, extremely fascinating, and
inventive!"
"Overall, very high level, nicely
presented, awarded, and praised." You are the source of pride in our
community. Thank you very much."
“The presenters were great, I thought.”
"I will remember this holiday for the
rest of my life."
“Thanks to Kaykov Media for the fantastic
video they produced that made us feel like we were there to experience this
stunningly beautiful and insightful event."
"It was like an expensive, gorgeous
wedding, but without the bride and groom," and many more comments that
were equally as enjoyable and significant for us.
On behalf of the people who put together
the event, I'd like to thank everyone for how much they liked what we did.
Shortly after this event, I travelled to
Vienna, where I met a group of women in the synagogue for an evening tehillim
lesson conducted by Rebetzin Nina Bracha Shamonova, at the invitation of Rina Kaikova.
It gave me great pleasure to see ladies of many ages united in their
spirituality. Some of them were already people I knew. They expressed an
interest in learning everything there was to know about our women's
organization and magazine, which I was happy to provide for them. And of
course, I took the opportunity to once again congratulate Rina Kaikova on being
named "Person of the Year 2020/2021" and to present her with our
award and a Certificate of Appreciation from the Congress of Bukharian Jews USA and Canada signed by President Boris
Kandov. The entire group embraced this with enthusiasm. I'd like to mention
that the Rebetzin left an especially positive impact on me; she was stunningly
attractive, exceptionally bright, and has outstanding leadership qualities. Not
without reason does she have a position of tremendous authority and affection
not only among her own group, but also, as I learned later, among the entire
community. I believe that a woman in such a leadership position is also capable
of managing her own "Person of the Year" project in Vienna, and this
was something that we discussed when we said our goodbyes. I promised to help
them, if necessary. I certainly hope so.
And just recently, we received yet another piece of feedback, in which I noticed a crystal clear depiction of the fundamental idea behind this competition: "I appreciate you sharing the video. The occasion was celebrated at the pinnacle of success. It motivates people to perform additional acts of kindness. This is what it's all about: honoring true patriots in the community and getting others to follow their lead. This is the main goal of our hard but very important cross-community project.
Editor-in-chief Doctor Zoya Maksumova
(July 2022, "Ladies’ World" №253)
