Nayfeld Explained

Nayfeld (Russian: Найфельд, Yiddish: נייפעלד) is a village (selo) in Birobidzhansky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, located 40km (30miles) from Birobidzhan. One of the early Jewish settlements in the area, it was founded in 1928.

The first grave in Nayfeld Cemetery dates back to 1929, a year after the first houses in this village were built. [1]

In 2003, a Jewish Book Festival took place here. [2] In 2006, Mordechai Scheiner, the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, visited the village. [1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=397514 Jewish Cemeteries Catalog for Birobidjan
  2. http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=87614 Jewish Book Festival in Priamurie Region