PROJECTS 

Sports-department 
The new project - "Sports" opens in youth organization Hillel. Trainings, tournaments and the international competitions on football, basketball, volleyball and swimming will carry through. Trainings are spent by professional coaches. All interested persons can enter the teams! 

The Project head - Evgenie Blakitnyj. 
Contact phones: 
+38(067) 780-98-61 (Jenya) 
+38(048) 723-84-64 (Hillel)

Youth bank-club 
Project purpose – the creation of the Jewish youth bank school on the basis of a joint-stock bank of Odessa -"Pivdenniy". This is the bridge for reception of practical skills of work and employment for students.

Volunteer group "Hillel" 
" Volunteer group " Hillel " - carrying out of volunteer actions for fosterlings of " Chesed ", and also for children of children's homes, shelters and the Jewish boarding schools. Attraction of youth for trusteeship above a HIV-infected and people with oncologic diseases, concern above the monuments of the Jewish history and many other things. " Together we can change this world to the best!!!

Business-club 
Project purpose – the creation of group of young businessmen for adjustment of economic relations between the Jewish businessmen. 
" Judaism for "teapots" and not only " 
Educational program "Judaism for teapots " is a know-how of "Hillel" which is introduced in all of 27 cities of CIS where our club is located. This program studies out absolutely different questions, beginning from the history of creation of Israel and finishing the Jewish attitude to tattooes and piercing of genitals!!! But the most unique highlight of this program consists in people who visit the project. The teacher is nice, clever and sociable person. And students are cheerful people! For this reason educational process occurs absolutely unostentatiously. It resembles the brisk discussion more. If you wish to learn more about Judaism and to generate your personal Jewish opinion in this or that occasion - come to us! "Judaism for teapots" is a unique opportunity for students of all age and floors to receive unostentatious knowledge on any Jewish theme!

" English tea " 
Communication today cannot be high-level without knowledge of foreign languages, and especially English. "Hillel ", as always, keeps up to date and does all that our communication was boundless. How? Very simply! If you have difficulties in studying English language or on the contrary you know it well, but wish to practise and to improve it, - the program " English tea " is for you!!! Every week you have a remarkable opportunity to forget that English is not your native language. During one and a half hour, in fact a key rule during the program – do not speak Russian!!! And it not so is awful, as can seem at first sight! What can be terrible in drinking a cup of tea with different tasty things, conversating on themes you are interested in, improving with this your English?! Certainly, anything! That is the reason of necessarity to come on the program "English tea" and after a while a question " Do you speak English? " will not be nightmare for you anymore!!!

Shabbat
" Remember Day Saturday to consecrate it. Work and do any your business for six days, and Day of the Seventh - Saturday - To the Lord, your God." The outcome 20:8-11 

What do you think at first whaen you hear word "Shabbat"? One will tell, that it is long and tiresome service for hour and a half. And the some people do not have any asociations at all for the lack of the information. We can tell you about Shabbat. 
Shabbat in Hillel - is not the sermon and not religious service. 
Shabbat in Hillel - is an acquaintance to the most important thing the Jews have, it is a step on a way of knowledge of the Jewish tradition, history, religion. 
Shabbat in Hillel - are meetings with new and old friends, a warm atmosphere and a birth of new additional soul in heart of each of us.

 

INTELLECTUAL WARS 
the Purpose of the project: Intellectual development of the Jewish youth, expansion of knowledge in areas of tradition, culture, politics, history and many other things. Rallying of youth on the basis of participation in large-scale projects with elements of rivalry. 

An essence of the project: Commands from different cities CIS come to Odessa to compete in three intellectual tournaments "What? Where? When?", "Brain-ring" and "Itself Game". Games pass in popular Odessa clubs. Firstly teams battle in "What? Where? When?". The dress-code of this action - " black tie " – ables the students to feel themselves "experts" on elite club. The permanent leader and the author of questions of the world league Jewish "What? Where? When?" Vladimir Vaksman sets 25 questions + 2 additional. Themes are diversified - from questions on a Torah to historical and political events of recent time.

"Brain-ring" – the analogue of popular television game - also is approached to what we have got used to see on screens. Multi-coloured T-shirts, buttons … we have everything. It is a game not only for knowledge, but also for speed of reaction – here wins that team, who will answer 3 questions faster. 

"Itself Game" - here Odessa Hillel has its own know-how - the special computer program, in accuracy repeating a popular telecast - with subjects of questions, cells, "Cats in a bag", etc. As one player from a team plays this game - as a rule he is the strongest expert on tradition, as questions in this round are exclusively on knowledge of tradition. 

Also in parallel with the basic round of competitions pass additional actions - popular game "Mafia", chess tournament etc.

The Jewish Government 
the PROJECT " the JEWISH GOVERNMENT " 

the Purpose of the project: 
Formation of leader qualities of the Jewish youth, work with the students of “after-Taglit” . Also the purpose is assistance to strengthening of the Jewish community by the development of culture of youth and participation in public life. And also the project helps to get knowledge about their historical native land - the state Israel.

The idea of the project: 
Bright, interesting and useful to the students action, with studying history of the state Israel forming, the modern political position in the country; attraction of students of “after-Taglit" to the Jewish youth movement.

Essence of the project: 
Students from the different countries and cities come to Odessa on base of rest in Koblevo and get in a unusual atmosphere. So " the student's state " with the laws, the government, courts, army, the ministries, banks, citizens, the name, history, currency is created. 

The active life of small town at once begins - names to cities are given, laws pass and the public life begins, political parties are registered, candidates for parliament, mass-media appears. The initiative and leadership is expected from youth. Following step is the announcement of elections then there is a promotion of candidates for the Jewish parliament and candidates on a post Jewish Prime-minister and competitive struggle begins. All this action occurs on a background of cheerful entertainments, sports competitions, and also studying of history political building of the Israel.

For carrying out of the project the organizing committee on behalf of a management and an active students of Odessa Hillel is created, and also professional political consultants are invited. Participants of the project are spectators and citizens of the Jewish youth republic. The spectator of the Jewish youth republic can be everyone who respects and divides the purpose of the project, does not break public rest, does not harm to image and authority of participants of the project. Everyone can be the citizen of the Jewish youth republic with the right of participation in voting during elections of Prime-minister and deputies of the Jewish parliament . To become a citizen of the Jewish youth republic you have to fill the special republic application form (the passport of the citizen of the Jewish republic). A member of "political party" can be citizens of the Jewish youth republic at the age from 18 till 28 years old. Students of Hillels of CIS and the Europe, students of “after-Taglit” of Hillel, of Sohnut and of the Israel Cultural Center, and also all the Jewish student's organizations and pupils of Odessa will be invited to the project. The action will pass under patronage of Joint of the south of Ukraine.

Result of the project: 
The Conclusion of the Jewish Youth Congress is election of Prime-minister and Parliament in the Jewish Government which will function during the next year, up to following elections. Also 20 best participants of the congress will be awarded. A prize for them is two-year studying in the best universities of the world under the special program which budget will make $100000, with the possible further employment in the largest financial establishments.


Hillel Online Shop
A project of the program " Business club " of Odessa Hillel - " Internet-shop Hillel" is offered to your attention. Here you can buy fashionable souvenirs of "Hillel", any size and any color! The catalogue extends monthly. High quality and the comprehensible prices! Style and spirit of Hillel should be traced in all that surrounds us: in fact Hillel is the most important that we have, it is our family! We wish you good purchases and good mood!


Web the Site of Odessa Hillel 
This is the place of a meeting, dialogue and reception of the interesting information in the virtual world! Photos, music, clauses, favourite video and simply important information for the Jewish youth. 
www.hillel.org.ua


The Women Club 
The Women club in Hillel is a female organization which holds a hand on pulse of last modern lines. The Women club takes active participation in many volunteer actions of the city, that helps the people, who requires of that . 
What can be better than to gather with friendly female collective and to discuss last fashionable tendencies? Girls learn a lot of new about an origin of those things without which our life would be simply not interesting. The Women club helps girls to get knowledge, which the modern, self-assured girl is simply has to know. It also helps to open the new abilities of each girl. And of course it tells about traditions and histories of Jewish people. 
We are sure, that you have what to tell and bring the new and bright detail in our group. If you are cheerful, sociable and if you are ready for the new impressions and acquaintances – you’re welcome!!!