Nayfeld (russian: Найфельд, yi, נייפעלד) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

('' selo'') in

Birobidzhansky District Birobidzhansky District (russian: Биробиджа́нский райо́н, yi, ביראָבידזשאַן סקי דיסטריקט) is an administrativeLaw #982-OZ and municipalLaw #227-OZ district (raion), one of the five in the Jewish Auton ...

of the

Jewish Autonomous Oblast The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть, (ЕАО); yi, ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט, ; )In standard Yiddish: , ''Yidishe Oytonome Gegnt'' is a federal subject ...

, located from

Birobidzhan Birobidzhan ( rus, Биробиджа́н, p=bʲɪrəbʲɪˈdʐan; yi, ביראָבידזשאַן, ''Birobidzhan'') is a town and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near th ...

. One of the early

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...

ish 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. Jewish Cemeteries Catalog for Birobidjan
Federation of Jewish Communities In 2003, a Jewish Book Festival took place here. Jewish Book Festival in Priamurie Region
Federation of Jewish Communities In 2006,

Mordechai Scheiner Mordechai Sheiner ( he, מרדכי שיינר; russian: Мордеха́й Шейнер) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi associated with the Chabad Hasidic movement. Sheiner served as Chief Rabbi of Jewish Autonomous Oblast from 2002 to 2011.

, the

Chief Rabbi Chief Rabbi ( he, רב ראשי ''Rav Rashi'') is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a ...

of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, visited the village.

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{{Coord, 48, 29, 47, N, 133, 6, 10, E, display=title Rural localities in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Historic Jewish communities Yiddish culture in Russia Populated places established in 1928

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