March 13th, 2011 at the Synagogue of the Progressive Jewish Community Bar and Bat Mizva ceremony for the students of Minsk ORT-Bialik School #132 took place.
However the official opening of the Synagogue is planned to be this summer, varous events are already held there since November 2010.
For the first time Bar-Mizva ceremony was held at the Synagogue premises. Previous years it was held in some other places (not religious).
Students were congratulated by form-masters, teachers and parents.
The ceremony also was attended by: