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The Birobidzhan Jewish National University works in cooperation with the local Jewish community of Birobidzhan
Birobidzhan

Birobidzhan is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Trans-Siberian railway, close to the border with the People's Republic of China, and is the home of two synagogues, including the Birobidzhan Synagogue, and the Jewish religious community of the...
 and the Birobidzhan Synagogue
Birobidzhan Synagogue

The Birobidzhan Synagogue was established in 2004. The synagogue is in the city of Birobidzhan which is the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, an Autonomous oblasts of Russia....
. The university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 is unique in the Russian Far East
Russian Far East

Russian Far East is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Siberia and the Pacific Ocean....
. The basis of the training course is study of the Hebrew language
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
, history and classic Jewish texts.

In recent years, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia situated in the Far Eastern Federal District federal districts of Russia, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast of Russia and Heilongjiang province of People's Republic of China....
 has grown interested in its Jewish roots.






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The Birobidzhan Jewish National University works in cooperation with the local Jewish community of Birobidzhan
Birobidzhan

Birobidzhan is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Trans-Siberian railway, close to the border with the People's Republic of China, and is the home of two synagogues, including the Birobidzhan Synagogue, and the Jewish religious community of the...
 and the Birobidzhan Synagogue
Birobidzhan Synagogue

The Birobidzhan Synagogue was established in 2004. The synagogue is in the city of Birobidzhan which is the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, an Autonomous oblasts of Russia....
. The university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 is unique in the Russian Far East
Russian Far East

Russian Far East is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Siberia and the Pacific Ocean....
. The basis of the training course is study of the Hebrew language
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
, history and classic Jewish texts.

In recent years, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia situated in the Far Eastern Federal District federal districts of Russia, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast of Russia and Heilongjiang province of People's Republic of China....
 has grown interested in its Jewish roots. Students study Hebrew and Yiddish at a Jewish school and Birobidzhan Jewish National University. In 1989, the Jewish center founded its Sunday school
Sunday school

"Sunday school" is the generic name for many different types of religious education pursued on Sundays by various denominations....
, where children study Yiddish, learn folk
Folk

English Folk "people" is derived from a Germanic languages noun *fulka meaning "people" or "army" . The English word folk has cognates in most of the other Germanic languages....
 Jewish dance
Jewish dance

Deriving from Biblical traditions, Jewish dance has long been used by Jews as a medium for the expression of joy and other communal emotions. "Dancing was a favorite pastime of the Jews, who were never asceticism, and had its place in religious observance." Each Jewish diaspora community developed its own dance traditions for wedding celebrat...
, and learn about the history of Israel
History of Israel

The State of Israel was Declaration of Independence in 1948 after nearly two thousand years of Jewish diaspora, and after 55 years of efforts to create a Jewish homeland ....
. The Israeli government helps fund the program.

In 2007, The First Birobidzhan International Summer Program for Yiddish Language and Culture was launched by Yiddish studies professor Boris Kotlerman of Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University

Bar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 Faculty members....
. Yiddish is still the region’s second official language
Official language

An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other territory. Typically a nation's official language will be the one used in that nation's courts, parliament and administration....
 after Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n, although it is spoken only by a handful of the 4,000 remaining Jews. This program includes a workshop on the village of Waldheim and its Yiddish heritage
Heritage

Heritage refers to something which is inherited from one's ancestors. It has several different senses, including:* Geographical heritage, a nation or group's historic monuments, museum collections, etc....
.

See also

  • Jews and Judaism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
    Jews and Judaism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

    The Jewish history of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast began with the early settlements of 1928. Yiddish language, along with Russian language, is one of two official languages in the JAO....