Mordechai Scheiner
Mordechai Sheiner (
Hasidic movement. Sheiner served as Chief Rabbi of Jewish Autonomous Oblast from 2002 to 2011.[1][2]
Background
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Mordechai Sheiner came to the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in 2002. He arrived in Birobidzhan as a 30-year-old rabbi from Israel. He had never been to Birobidzhan before, but spoke Russian thanks to two years he spent in Ukraine, working at another synagogue. He was also the leader of the Birobidzhan Synagogue and led the local Jewish community with Lev Toitman, until Toitman's death in 2007.[1][3][4]
On Judaism in the JAO
Concerning the status of
Naifeld, Londoko, Birakan and Birofeld with the Jewish Community of Birobidzhan. Together they inspected local cemeteries and gathered information about the Jews buried there in the years prior to World War II . The names of these individuals are listed in the Memory Book in the Birobidzhan Synagogue. The dates of birth and death are written down according to the Hebrew calendar as well as the modern calendar.[6] As of 2007, some of the original Jewish settlers were still present in these villages.[7]
Yiddish and Jewish education in JAO
Sheiner has also noted that the Israeli government helps fund the program.[8]
Sheiner has commented the progress at School No. 2, Birobidjan's Jewish
Birobidzhan Jewish National University works in cooperation with the local Jewish Community of Birobidzhan. The university is unique in the Russian Far East. The basis of the training course is study of the Hebrew language, history and classic Jewish texts.[9]
Rabbi Scheiner also hosted the television show Yiddishkeit, which began in 2005.[10]
References
- ^ a b Birobidzhan - New Rabbi, New Synagogue Washington Post
- ISBN 9780762777471.
- ^ Word of a Rabbi in Birobidjan's Newspaper Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Federation of Jewish Communities
- ^ Far East Jewish Community Chairman Passes Away Archived 2008-06-05 at the Wayback Machine Federation of Jewish Communities
- ^ a b c Jewish life revived in Russia Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Federation of Jewish Communities
- ^ Jewish Cemeteries Catalog for Birobidjan Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Federation of Jewish Communities
- ^ International Yiddish Summer School Opens in Birobidzhan Archived 2008-01-08 at the Wayback Machine VOSTOK MEDIA
- ^ Jewish oblast retains identity despite emigration Archived 2009-02-04 at the Wayback Machine Vladivostok News
- ^ Religion in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Archived 2011-08-06 at the Wayback Machine JAO Government Website
- ^ Russian Jewish TV Show Marks 100th Episode Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Federation of Jewish Communities