Feb 4, 2020 · The following list is a translation of names and minimal personal data for 8,500 people included in Jewish Encyclopedia of Russia (Rossiyskaya Evreiskaya Entsiclopediya); …

A Jewish encyclopedia in Russian was published (Yevreyskaya Entsiklopediya; 1906–13). The existing and new societies – Ḥevrat Mefiẓei Haskalah, *ORT, *OZE, ICA – became …

The Evreiskaia Entsiklopedia is the most detailed and thorough compilation of modern knowledge of Jewish history, society and traditions in the Russian language reflecting a largely secular, …

Russian Jews have tended to consider knowledge of Jewish history and culture, and pride in being Jewish, including remembering the Holocaust, as making one a good Jew, and to regard …

To understand the complex history of Jews in Russia, one must begin with a fundamental distinction, often effaced in the historiography and popular memory, between Russia as a …

To treat the history of Jewish settlement and cultural and political activity in Russia, this entry includes three chronologically arranged articles. Russian Empire covers the period from 1772, …

Sep 3, 2021 · Published for the Institute of Jewish Affairs, contains the most important articles on Soviet Jewish history through 1965, including influential pieces by Chimen Abramsky on …

The idea of establishing such a society in Russia may have been suggested by the Alliance Israélite Universelle, which was founded in 1860. The time was ripe for such an organization in …

Jews in Russia have always been a large religious and ethnic group. At one point, the Russian Empire had the largest Jewish population in the world. [ 1 ] In these regions, mostly Ashkenazi …

By the next generation—from the turn of the twentieth century to the early revolutionary period—Jews wrote as Russians. They were poets, prose writers, and dramatists, as well as …

Feb 24, 2023 · Russia - Heritage and history, synagogues, museums and areas - Until the early twentieth century, the history of Russia's Jews unfolded primarily in territories that no longer …

Sep 28, 2016 · Originally published between 1906 and 1913 and edited by a team that included Dubnow, Israel Zinberg, and Katzenelson, this Russian-language Jewish encyclopedia …

Feb 19, 2025 · Jews were not, as Rosenberg presented, benefitting from the 1917 Russian Revolution but were one of its greatest victims via a series of vicious pogroms. Rosenberg's …

Aug 30, 2024 · Jews in Russia have historically constituted a large religious and ethnic diaspora; the Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest population of Jews in the world.

What had started as an attempt to acculturate Russia’s Jews ended ironically with too great a success: the Jews of Soviet Russia became entirely integrated, spoke Russian fluently, …

3 days ago · Jewish learning retreats are a perfect setting for these conversations. They provide a direct touchpoint with the RSJ community, and the participants are usually people who value …

Before 1990 in the Soviet Union, Jews were allowed neither to create a chief rabbinate nor to form a central organ uniting the Jewish religious communities.

Feb 24, 2025 · The Russian language’s grip over Jewish life in Ukraine has deep historical roots. In the 19th century Russian Empire, Jews living in present-day Ukraine typically spoke Yiddish …