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The Birobidzhaner Shtern ( ;) is a newspaper published in both Yiddish and Russian in 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....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. It was set up in the 1930s in 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...
 to cater for the newly arrived Jewish immigrants. The Jewish Autonomous Oblast had been set up by the Soviet government in an attempt to resolve the Jewish Question
Jewish Question

The Jewish question was an issue for discussions and debate, particularly in western Europe and central Europe, during the French Revolution and into the nineteenth century by societies, politicians and writers on issues of Jewish legal and economic disabilities , Jewish emancipation and Jewish assimilation....
 and provide an alternative to the Zionist
Zionism

Zionism is the international Jewish political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in Palestine....
 Jewish experience offered by Palestine
Palestine

Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is derived from a name used already much earlier for a narrower geographical region, mainly along the coastal region....
. The paper has also has the advantage of the arrival of Mordechai Scheiner
Mordechai Scheiner

Mordechai Sheiner has been Chief Rabbi of Jewish Autonomous Oblast since 2002....
, a Yiddish speaker and the new Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi

Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities....
 for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and head of 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....
, and additional Jewish settlements such as Waldheim (Jewish Autonomous Oblast) .








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The Birobidzhaner Shtern ( ;) is a newspaper published in both Yiddish and Russian in 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....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. It was set up in the 1930s in 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...
 to cater for the newly arrived Jewish immigrants. The Jewish Autonomous Oblast had been set up by the Soviet government in an attempt to resolve the Jewish Question
Jewish Question

The Jewish question was an issue for discussions and debate, particularly in western Europe and central Europe, during the French Revolution and into the nineteenth century by societies, politicians and writers on issues of Jewish legal and economic disabilities , Jewish emancipation and Jewish assimilation....
 and provide an alternative to the Zionist
Zionism

Zionism is the international Jewish political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in Palestine....
 Jewish experience offered by Palestine
Palestine

Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is derived from a name used already much earlier for a narrower geographical region, mainly along the coastal region....
. The paper has also has the advantage of the arrival of Mordechai Scheiner
Mordechai Scheiner

Mordechai Sheiner has been Chief Rabbi of Jewish Autonomous Oblast since 2002....
, a Yiddish speaker and the new Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi

Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities....
 for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and head of 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....
, and additional Jewish settlements such as Waldheim (Jewish Autonomous Oblast) .

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....
  • History of the Jews in Russia and Soviet Union
  • Yevsektsiya
    Yevsektsiya

    Yevsektsiya , Russian language: ????????, the syllabic abbreviation of the phrase "????????? ??????" was the Jewish section of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
  • Yiddishkeit (TV show)
    Yiddishkeit (TV show)

    Yiddishkeit is a Russian television show concerning the subject of Yiddishkeit. Since 2005, the show has been hosted by the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Mordechai Scheiner....