New Electronic Books from Birobidzhan

The 20th volume of the bilingual Yiddish-Russian almanac Birobidzhan is now available free of charge in an electronic form on the website dedicated to the historical and cultural legacy of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region. Another valuable electronic book free to download on the same site is Yoel Matveyev’s Russian translation of an entire issue of the magazine Sovetish Heymland of April 1974, dedicated to the 40-year anniversary of the Jewish Autonomous Region established on May 7, 1934.

A limited paper edition of the translation has recently been presented at the 5th annual Yiddish Festival in Birobidzhan. Russian readers will now be able, for the first time in history, to familiarize themselves with the legendary Soviet Yiddish monthly. The translation includes the original illustrations and is rendered in a style resembling the historical Yiddish edition.