The Jewish Secular NGOs of Krasnodar: The Past and the Present

Abstract

Thе paper reviews the history of two Jewish secular non-profit organizations in Krasnodar: the Cultural Center “Shalom” and the Charitable Fund “Hesed.” Founded amidst the social and economic hardships of the 1990s, they helped consolidate the local Jews into a community, fulfilling a number of functions, from cultural education and administering to the needs of the less fortunate to cooperation with the city and the Jewish religious community of Krasnodar.