On June 20th, BJW Book Club Leadership
Committee organized a community event "Mother Daughter Paint Night".
This event was sold out in a few days and was flawlessly executed. You could
breathe in the spirit of unity.
We have accommodated
55 people in our beautiful Bukharian Jewish Community Center (special thanks to
Iosif Khaimov). I would like to express my gratitude to the following people
who helped to organize this amazing event that is strengthening our community:
Victoria Khanimov instructed paint night perfectly, she offered a
helping hand, listening ear and her mom and daughter were assisting with
organizing everything beautifully. Everyone left with a work of art that
displayed love of moms to daughters and daughters to moms.
Vera Borukhov has started the night with an insightful speech and
gratitude prompt that allowed moms and daughters to thank each other for the
past year's impact.
Shoshana Aminov with her daughter Rachel helped to create a fun
atmosphere with soft music and administrative assistance for this beautiful
event. Elena Levy – our photographer for the night organized
prizes for the team of winners of trivia which were welcomed with smiles.
Diana Sionov – your hosting abilities are superb, and food that you
have organized was delicious, this created a very relaxed, fulfilling and a
filling event. I have also played an important role in organizing the event,
creating awareness (PR), as well as conducting fun trivia game that created
considerable brain activity and awakened team spirit. Our smartest and largest
team «Malachim» won gift cards to «Sephora» – they were super happy.
All in all, excellent job. This
cultural event fostering Jewish intergenerational connection, art and
creativity was made possible by President of QJCC Michael
Nussbaum & President of World of Women Immigrants Svetlana Levitin who have graciously sponsored this
event. I was so inspired by the displayed unity that I even wrote this poem:
The paint night had us
unite
To work together as a
team
To follow our common
dream
Of being the light and
a delight
To serve the people,
be the might
A driving force of
growth, art
A constellation of
some smart
Creative, active,
joyful ladies
That dream and even in
their eighties
Will serve community
by reading,
By dancing, painting
and breathing
By being role models,
by uniting
The generations and
inviting
All our people join
us
To strive, to learn
and to discuss,
To serve Almighty and
our nation
To strengthen
friendships and relations.
The paint night had us
unite
And that ignited spark
of light.
Elana Yuabov
