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	<title>A year in Dnepropetrovsk</title>
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		<title>A year in Dnepropetrovsk</title>
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		<title>Dnepropetrovsk, our not simple city</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Enjoy the sites of this complex city! Explanation of sites available upon request.
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		<title>The Center of the Universe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not 30 minutes outside of Dnepropetrovsk, past the giant factory that used to employ over 1/5 of the city to make ballistic missiles, there is a large village called Krasnopolye. There you will find a church, a store that carries meat and liquor, a lake, and many small houses with their own farms.
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		<title>May travels: St. Petersburg and Moscow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actually, these pictures are only from Moscow. The St. Petersburg ones are, unfortunately, on my mother&#8217;s camera in NY, where they will stay until September, when I load them onto the computer. For now, you will have to do without the beautiful views of Peter&#8217;s many palaces, rivers, and museums and instead content yourselves with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arkow.wordpress.com&blog=4552971&post=1152&subd=arkow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bliny with red caviar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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After traveling for two weeks in Russia, I returned to Ukraine with the great desire to eat caviar and sip champagne (very rare delicacies here, whereas every restaurant in Moscow and Saint Petersburg will offer these on the menu). I splurged and prepared the most delicious homecoming treat in this part of the world!
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		<title>May travels: opening of the new Hesed building in Krivoy Rog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 12, 2009 the new Hesed building in Krivoy Rog, now named the Beit Graham Jewish Home, was officially opened for business! In town for the celebration were not only all of the JDC Dnepropetrovsk staff members and those who work at Krivoy Rog Hesed, but hundreds of members of the Krivoy Rog Jewish community, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arkow.wordpress.com&blog=4552971&post=1331&subd=arkow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>May travels: Den&#8217; Pobedy in Odessa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I left Metsudah early to do some touring of Odessa proper. I stayed with Sol and Dina, the JDC volunteers in Odessa, for four days, hanging out with them and seeing the Jewish and touristy parts of the city. They then left for Metsudah, and my friend and colleague Yulia came in to spent the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arkow.wordpress.com&blog=4552971&post=1150&subd=arkow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>May travels: Metsudah</title>
		<link>http://arkow.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/may-travels-metsudah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second installment of the four-week leadership conference, Metsudah. This session was held the first week of May in a city not an hour from Odessa, by the Black Sea. The hotel, as you can see, was China themed (even though the main courtyard had Ukrainian khatas, or huts, in it), and so the madrichim, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arkow.wordpress.com&blog=4552971&post=1148&subd=arkow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>International Worker&#8217;s Day, or May Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 1. It&#8217;s pretty much what it sounds like. It&#8217;s the celebration of the worker. Only you can imagine that in the Former Soviet Union it&#8217;s even more of a big deal. I was on my way to the synagogue to catch the mashrutka (bus&#8230; sort of. Like a van) to the Shabbaton, and I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arkow.wordpress.com&blog=4552971&post=1130&subd=arkow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Birthdays</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 09:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As soon as I arrived at the office on the day of my birthday, I was greeted by full birthday wishes. What do I mean by a full birthday wish? I’ll give you an example. My friend and colleague Mila hugged me and looked me in the eye and said, “Congratulations! I wish you a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arkow.wordpress.com&blog=4552971&post=1122&subd=arkow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yom HaShoah</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 09:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holocaust Remembrance Day is an extremely important and meaningful holiday for Jews throughout Ukraine. Guests came from all over the country&#8211; from Kharkov, Dneprodzerzhinsk, and other eastern Ukrainian cities&#8211; as well as from Israel. In addition to the JDC Jerusalem group, the Metsudah leader, Shy, also came to Dnepropetrovsk to commemorate the occasion.
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