Yom Ha’atzmaut – Celebrating Israel’s Independence Day

May 10, 2022, was the final day of the first year of the Amber Music Discussion Club (“Dzintara muzikālo sarunu klubs”), the educational series supported by the Foundation and implemented by the Great Amber Concert Hall.

On a pleasantly warm Saturday night, seniors of the Uniting Care Social Center went to the Mikhail Chekhov Rīga Russian Theatre to see Cancún, a play by famous contemporary playwright Jordi Galcerán. ‘I had not been to the theater in a long time,’ Irina admits, ‘and this night brought a lot of joy and cheer….

We are delighted to announce that the exhibition “Holocaust. The Great Void”, opened at the Liepāja Occupation Museum at the end of January and initiated and supported by the Uniting Foundation, has been selected as a finalist at the Adwards Design and Creativity Festival! The project has been nominated in the Design category, under the…

          The Rīga Holocaust Memorial (on Emīlijas Benjamiņas Street, formerly called Gogoļa Street) has gone through impressive improvements. With the financial support of the Uniting Foundation and the Latvian Jewish Community Restitution Fund, the landscape around the Memorial has been improved, and new names of Saviors have been added to the Monument for Žanis Lipke…

On Tuesday, December 12, the cozy office of the Foundation hosted the seniors we support to join in a celebration of Hanukkah and light the sixth Hanukkah candle. On this heart-warming afternoon, Rabbi Israel Eisensharf told us of the celebration of Hanukkah and lit the candles of the traditional candelabra, called the hanukkiah. We treated our…

Shana Tova and blessed Rosh Hashanah! Today, on October 2, at sunset, we begin celebrating Rosh Hashanah—the Jewish New Year. This holiday symbolizes hope for a new beginning, deep reflection, and spiritual renewal. This is a time to review the past year’s deeds, evaluate our goals, and strive for a better, kinder, and more just…