The Jewish community of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia's fourth-largest city, celebrated the grand opening of the Shalom in Gruzinskaya restaurant in the central synagogue on Gruzinskaya Street.

Two members of the Jewish community of Nizhny Novgorod enjoy their new restaurant.

The kosher eatery, which for the time being will be used for banquets and other large events, welcomed more than 90 people at its opening, inlcuding community patrons Mark Feldman, Boris Sherman, Boris Rabin and Dmitry Birman.

At the function, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shimon Bergman, the region's chief rabbi, exhorted the participants to recommit themselves to the community, specifically "to not expect miracles to appear out of nowhere, but to create them by helping people who are in need."

The Jewish community of Nizhny Novgorod is a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia. ...