Birobidzhaner Shtern

The Birobidzhaner Shtern (Yiddish: ביראָבידזשאַנער שטערן; Russian: Биробиджанер Штерн Birobidžaner Štern; "The Birobidzhan Star") is a newspaper published in both Yiddish[1] and Russian in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast of Russia. It was set up in November 1930 in Birobidzhan[2] to cater for the newly arrived Jewish immigrants. Henekh Kazakevich was first editor of the newspaper. Emmanuil Kazakevich was an author and staff member of the newspaper in 1935–1938. The Jewish Autonomous Oblast had been set up by the Soviet government in an attempt to resolve the Jewish Question and provide an alternative to the Zionist Jewish experience offered later by Israel. The publication was interrupted in 1949 and continued since 1952. Birobidzhaner Shtern is the only newspaper in today's Russia that contains a section in Yiddish.

Birobidzhaner Shtern
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatA3
Editor-in-chiefYelena Sarashevskaya
FoundedNovember 1930
LanguageYiddish, Russian
CountryRussia
Websitegazetaeao.ru
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The newspaper features Yiddish articles written by contributors from different countries. Mordechai Scheiner, a Yiddish speaker and the former Chief Rabbi for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and head of the Birobidzhan Synagogue, and additional Jewish settlements such as Valdgeym. was one of the paper's readers and supporters. The current rabbi, Eli Riss[3], was born in the city and supports Yiddish activities in Birobidzhan.

See also
  • Jews and Judaism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
  • History of the Jews in Russia and Soviet Union
  • Yevsektsiya
  • Yiddishkeit (TV show)

References
  1. "Birobidzhaner Shtern in Yiddish". Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  2. History of The Birobidzhaner Shtern (in Russian)
  3. https://www.chabad.org/centers/default_cdo/aid/237930/jewish/Jewish-Community-of-Birobidjan.htm
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