Jews and Judaism in Asia - Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Jews and Judaism in Russia, Jews and Judaism in Southeast Asia (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Jews and Judaism in Russia, Jews and Judaism in Southeast Asia, Jews and Judaism in Southwest Asia, Jews and Judaism in the Soviet Union, Synagogues in Asia, Amur River, List of Jews born in the former Russian Empire, History of the Jews in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, History of the Jews in Oman, Far Eastern Railway, History of the Jews in Qatar, Organization for Jewish Colonization in Russia, List of Asian Jews, David Bergelson, Vilna Rabbinical School and Teachers' Seminary, Bahrain Synagogue, Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue, History of the Jews in Indonesia, Alexander Vinnikov, Ohr Avner Foundation, Komzet, Lev Toitman, Administrative divisions of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Amur Bridge Project, Machanaim, List of Jewish Autonomous Oblast leaders, Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Amurzet, Russian Jewish Congress, Birobidzhaner Shtern, Birobidzhan Jewish National University, Pyotr Smidovich, RAJE, Lesser Khingan, Bira, Russia, Yiddishkeit, Coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Aesopian synagogue. Excerpt: The following is a list of Jews born in the territory of the former Russian Empire. It is geographically defined, so it also includes people born after the dissolution of the Russian Empire in 1922 and its successor the Soviet Union in 1991. A few years before The Holocaust, the Jewish population of the Soviet Union (excluding Western Ukraine and the Baltic states who were not part of the Soviet Union then) stood at over 5 million, most of whom were Ashkenazic as opposed to Sephardic, with some Karaite minorities. It is estimated that over half died directly as a result of the Shoah. Many more emigrated to Israel, USA, Argentina, and Germany, though Russia and Ukraine still have among the larger Jewish populations in the world today (440,000 in Russia, 300,000 in Ukraine). Chaz...