Gesharim / Bridging Cultures is a Russian
publishing house
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established in the 1990s which publishes books on
Jewish
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topics in
Russian language
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. It is linked with two associations "Gishrey Tarbut" (in
Israel
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) and "The Bridges of Culture" (in Russia), and distributes its books primarily in these two countries.
In 2010 Gesharim was awarded a "For Merits" medal by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, with the remarks that "according to the opinion of many qualified readers, 'Gesharim' is the best publishing house that publishes books on Jewish topics in Russian today. Year after year it enriches
Russian Jews
The history of the Jews in Russia and areas historically connected with it goes back at least 1,500 years. Jews in Russia have historically constituted a large religious and ethnic diaspora; the Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest pop ...
, wherever they might live, with Jewish books of the highest level."
[Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, 24 March 2010]
EAJC Medal Awarded to Famous Publisher
References
External links
www.gesharim.org
Book publishing companies of Russia
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