Birofeld
Sign in to saveBirofeld (; ) is a village (selo) in Birobidzhansky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is an early Jewish settlement, which was founded in 1928 when a large collective farm was established in the area. In 2003, a Jewish Book Festival took place here. In 2006, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Mordechai Scheiner, visited Birofeld with the Jewish community of Birobidzhan. As of 2007, some of the original Jewish settlers still lived here.
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- Locality
- Бирофельд
- Region
- Еврейская автономная область
- Country
- Россия
- Population
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- village
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Population
- 1005
- Elevation
- 94
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- inception
- 1928-01-01
- postal code
- 679520
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Birofeld (; ) is a village (selo) in Birobidzhansky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is an early Jewish settlement, which was founded in 1928 when a large collective farm was established in the area. In 2003, a Jewish Book Festival took place here. In 2006, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Mordechai Scheiner, visited Birofeld with the Jewish community of Birobidzhan. As of 2007, some of the original Jewish settlers still lived here.
==See also== Jews and Judaism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
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