Crazy BordersBirobidzhan: A Jewish State in the USSR

11 min

Available until 23/09/2029

Why does a Russian region in the far east have Yiddish as an official language? The region of Birobidzhan was the Soviet Union’s plan for a Jewish homeland within the socialist world.

Director

Olivier Marchon

Country

France

Year

2023

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