Birobidzhaner Shtern

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Birobidzhaner Shtern
Birobidzhaner Shtern 01.jpg
Type Weekly newspaper
Format A3
Editor-in-chiefYelena Sarashevskaya
FoundedNovember 1930
LanguageYiddish, Russian
CountryRussia
Circulation 5,000
Website gazetaeao.ru

The Birobidzhaner Shtern (Yiddish: ביראָבידזשאַנער שטערן; Russian : Биробиджанер ШтернBirobidžaner 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. It is the oldest national newspaper in the region. [3] [4]

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History

Birobidzhaner Shtern was established on October 30, 1930. [5] Jankel Levin was first editor of the newspaper. He received the first printing equipment from China. [6] Emmanuil Kazakevich, who was awarded the Stalin-Prize twice, the highest literary award in the country, [7] was an author and staff member of the newspaper in 1935–1938. During the Second World War, Birobidzhaner Shtern became part of the newspaper “Birobidzhanskaya Zvezda”. In May 1945 the Birobidzhaner Shtern resumed its independent edition. [6] 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. [8] According to official data it had an edition of 12,000 in 1970. [9] Birobidzhaner Shtern was the only newspaper in Russia that contained a section in Yiddish.

The newspaper, led by a local Yiddish-speaking woman, Yelena Sarashevskaya, [10] [11] features Yiddish and Russian articles written by contributors from different countries, including Yoel Matveyev and Velvl Chernin.

Mordechai Scheiner, a Yiddish speaker and the former Chief Rabbi for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and head of the Birobidzhan Synagogue, [12] and additional Jewish settlements such as Valdheym. [13] [14] was one of the paper's readers and supporters. The previous Birobidzhan rabbi Eli Riss, [15] was born in the city and supports Yiddish activities in the city. The current rabbi, Efraim Kolpak, is also a vocal supporter of the newspaper and Yiddish activism in Birobidzhan.

In 2009 Birobidzhaner Shtern and the regional newspaper Birobidzhanskaya Zvezda united under Birobidzhan Publishing House. [16]

Recognitions

In 1980 Birobidzhaner Shtern was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. [17]

Chief Editors

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