Externally Russian immigrants seem well adjusted; typically they have found a job, own a house or an apartment and speak English. But without a basic Jewish identity they feel very foreign to America and to Jewish values.

Istoki mission is to help them find themselves by providing Jewish learning opportunities, celebrating Jewish� and family Holidays together.� Help to arrange Bris, Bar/ Bat Mitzvah celebration and prepare Boys and Girls by giving them basic Jewish Education.

�Istoki� teachers and our partnering organizations have help Jews in Minneapolis who� transcended their Russian secular culture and learned and adopted the Jewish lifestyle, that help Jews in survive in exile.

As an organization which serves as the unifying thread to a wide range of cultural and political leanings, Istoki is uniquely positioned to carry out its mission and reach unaffiliated Russian Jews.� Istoki prides itself as a institution devoted to creating educated, independent-minded Russian-speaking Jews with the knowledge and the skills to reach about 10,000 Russian speaking Jews in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

All� the work of Istoki must continue.