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Lev Grigorievich Toitman, ( 1925 - September 11, 2007), was a soldier in World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 . Toitman is known for the, "foundation and revival of the local Jewish community" 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...
.

Toitman was the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS
Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS

Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS was created in November of 1998 to unite efforts aimed at restoring Jewish life, culture and religion in the post-Soviet states....
 Chairman for 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...
, the capital of 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....
. During the time of his leadership, the Jewish Community of Birobidzhan had a membership of about 4,500. Lev Toitman led this community from 1997 until he died on September 11, 2007.






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Lev Grigorievich Toitman, ( 1925 - September 11, 2007), was a soldier in World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 . Toitman is known for the, "foundation and revival of the local Jewish community" 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...
.

Jewish Community leadership

Lev Toitman was the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS
Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS

Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS was created in November of 1998 to unite efforts aimed at restoring Jewish life, culture and religion in the post-Soviet states....
 Chairman for 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...
, the capital of 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....
. During the time of his leadership, the Jewish Community of Birobidzhan had a membership of about 4,500. Lev Toitman led this community from 1997 until he died on September 11, 2007. In 2004, Lev Toitman participated in the 70th anniversery celebration for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. The anniversary was celebrated with the opening of 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....
. Toitman played a role in both the synagogue
Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
's construction and opening. On the day of the opening, Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 Mordechai Scheiner
Mordechai Scheiner

Mordechai Sheiner has been Chief Rabbi of Jewish Autonomous Oblast since 2002....
, the 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....
 of Birobidzhan and Chabad Lubavitch representative to the region, said "Today one can enjoy the benefits of the Yiddish culture
Culture

Culture is difficult to define. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions....
 and not be afraid to return to their Jewish traditions. Its safe without any Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism

Antisemitism is prejudice against or hostility towards Jews.This prejudice or hostility is usually characterized by a combination of Religion, Race , cultural and ethnic group biases....
 and we plan to open the first Jewish day school
Jewish day school

A Jewish day school is a modern Jewish educational institution that is designed to provide Jewish children with both a Jewish and a secular education in one school on a full time basis, hence its name of "day school" meaning a school that the students attend for an entire day and not on a part time basis....
 here".

Awards and Medals

Lev Toitman was awarded the Order of Friendship
Order of Friendship

The Order of Friendship is a Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation established by decree # 442 of March 2, 1994 of the President of the Russian Federation....
 in 2005 for organizing the Jewish Community of Birobidzhan. For his service at the front during World War Two, and for being seriously wounded in battle, he earned two medals for bravery. Lev Toitman also bore the title 'Honorable Citizen of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast."

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    Jews and Judaism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

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  • List of Jewish Autonomous Oblast Leaders
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