Birobidzhaner Shtern

Yiddish Journalism
Radio Programs:
SBS Yiddish Kol Yisrael Di Forverts Sho Dos Yiddishe Kol Naye Khvalyes (Poland)
Weekly newspapers:
Der Yid Der Blatt The Jewish Daily Forward Birobidzhaner Shtern, Russia
Monthly web newspapers:
Yiddish Moment
Magazines:
Beleichtungen Maalos Yugntruf
Hotline broadcasting:
Kol Hacharedi Kol Hanayes Kol Mevaser
Other:
List of Yiddish newspapers and periodicals

The Birobidzhaner Shtern (Yiddish: ביראָבידזשאנער שטערן; Russian: Биробиджанер Штерн Birobidžaner Štern; "The Birobidzhan Star") is a newspaper published in both Yiddish and Russian.^[1] 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 by Israel. The paper has also has the advantage of the arrival of Mordechai Scheiner, a Yiddish speaker and the new Chief Rabbi for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and head of the Birobidzhan Synagogue, and additional Jewish settlements such as Valdgeym.

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
2. History of The Birobidzhaner Shtern (in Russian)