KOKHAV

“KOKHAV” (“Star”) a  J e w i s h  N G O  i n  B a s h k o r t o s t a n. Established in Ufa in 1994. The successor to “Shtern” Jewish Culture Society established in 1988. Jewish Sunday school has been operating at school No. 40 in Ufa since 1991. Hebrew courses were started in “Shtern” in 1993 and continue in the Jewish school “Light of Knowledge” at the Ufa Jewish Center since 2003. The Jewish Community Center building was built in Ufa in 2008. The organization holds annual celebrations of ethnic and religious holidays: New Year, Feast of Lots, Feast of Lights (Hanukkah), etc. Participates in the regional holiday of native language (2013), Parade of Ethnicities as a part of National Unity Day (2015), “Heart of Eurasia” arts festival (since 2017), etc. The Jewish choir “The Soul Singing” has been active since 2002.