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 of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, 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 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. 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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