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December 14 • 2017

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atar Kandinova and the
late Aron Kandinov found
their own ways of celebrat-
ing the Jewish holidays as they
raised six daughters and one son in
Azerbaijan, long part of the Soviet
Union and now an independent
country.
To commemorate Chanukah
and the miraculous burning of the
temple oil, the family would float
pieces of wadded cotton in a dish of
cooking oil, light the material with
matches and watch the cloth as it
burned.
Gifts for the children were always
the same as long as Aron Kandinov
was alive — fresh fruit in small bags
sewn of cotton cloth. Tangerine
pieces became a special treat among
the youngsters whose access to a
wide variety of foods was limited.
Moshe Kandinov, the youngest
child, was 3 years old when his
father passed away and the celebra-
tions declined. Beyond Chanukah,
they were grateful for packages
of clothing provided by the Joint
Distribution Committee.
“Family heritage and religious
heritage were important to us,” says
Yeva Kandinova of West Bloomfield,
the oldest sister. “We were proud
that our father had been born in the
area that was to become Israel and

knew the prayers and the rituals.
He moved to Azerbaijan as a child,
and during World War II, he served
in the Soviet Army. Afterward, he
worked in Azerbaijan, where he
delivered cotton from the fields to
factories before becoming a bus
driver.”
Without the income brought
from their father’s work, the family
decided to try to come to America,
but that was hard to achieve. After
years of applying for the necessary
approval, family members obtained
the paperwork in three stages, each
of the first two times sure they
would never again see the relatives
left behind.
With travel allowed for spouses,
children and an uncle’s family, four
came to America in 1979, eight in
1989 and 15 in 1991. Help with find-
ing housing and jobs in Michigan
came from workers at the Jewish
Family Service, and the gratitude
holds on.
“We’re an American family of 80
now, even sadly with some deaths,
and look forward to being together
at holiday celebrations that unfortu-
nately can’t include everyone,” Yeva
Kandinova says, as she likes to bring
as many relatives as possible into
her home for Chanukah.
“We light a menorah, but we also