The Ohr Avner institutions, which include the Jewish Institute of Queens, Ganeinu Academy, Ohr Chana High School for Girls, JIQ Boys High School, Ohr Avner Day Camp, Lamplighter Hebrew Academy, Bukharian Jewish Community Center of Queens and Bukharian Chai Center, are in the midst of constant growth. More and more educational and communal centers continue to be established in neighborhood after neighborhood.
This week, fifty high school girls embarked on a trip to Eretz Yisrael, all students of Ohr Chana high school, the school named for Mrs. Chana Leviev, mother of Mr. Levi Leviev, who was known for her steadfast observance of Judaism throughout the most difficult times of Soviet Russia alongside her husband, Reb Avner Leviev.
The twelfth grade students began their trip at the Savyon home of philanthropist Lev Leviev, the patron of their school.
Mr. Levi and his wife Olga warmly hosted the students and were gratified to hear about their scholastic achievements. The students, on their end, thanked the Levievs for establishing the school which allowed them to thrive in a wonderful Jewish atmosphere, under the leadership of the Rebbe’s Shluchim in Queens, Rabbi Zalman Zvulonov, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Wolowik and Rabbi Shmuel Kogan.
The director of Ohr Avner in Israel, Rabbi Yehudah Blau, attended the gathering along with Mr. Rafi Banai, director of Chaya”l. They were both genuinely impressed by the high quality education and character traits exhibited by the students.
Every student received a beautiful, white leather bound Sefer Tehillim as a momento from the “Kinnus Hakhel” in the Leviev home, as well as the Leviev’s warm blessings to each student – for a successful future in their role as Jewish women.
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