School 188 of Tashkent
and
The "Ohel Moshe" Jewish Community Center

The SSC's goal is to improve the Jewish communities in the Diaspora. Our newest project is in Ubeskistan. The Ohel Moshe Jewish Community Center and School 188 of Tashkent were inaugurated in 2003. We faced much hardship before we were granted a license from the local government of Tashkent. To date other than the financial support from SSC, no local governmental allocations have been received. The school is located in the largest neighborhood of Tashkent.

The Jewish community of Tashkent is estimated to be at least 25,000 Jews. The school serves more than 300 students from kindergarten through high school. The school also serves as a Jewish community center "Ohel Moshe". It provides activities such as Hebrew Ulpan for the parents and the kosher kitchen provides subsidized meals for the students. As a Cultural Center it serves as the heart of the Jewish Community providing activities such as singing, folk dancing, and traditional holiday festivities. After school activities are also available for the pupils and the community at large who participate in sports competition and chess groups.

This important and wonderful project was made possible with the help of the L.A. Pincus Fund for Jewish Education in the Diaspora. We are thankful to them for making this project possible.

The Tashkent School is under the umbrella of the Board of Education of Israel.

Tashkent is a beautiful city to visit, we encourage you to come and visit especially now that we have inaugurated this exciting project. We urge you to contact Jeremy Koshtsyan, the representative of SSC at 998-97-1198480