Valdgeym was founded in 1928 by a group of Jewish settlers from the areas of modern Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland. In 1929, Valdgeym's first school was established with all subjects taught in Yiddish.[1] Among the founders was L. Geffen, who, with his family, fled a small shtetl near Wilno, Lithuania.[3] In 2004, his son Zyama Geffen, age 83, still lived on the Valdgeym collective farm that his father founded. Zyama was six years old when his father moved to the area in 1928.[4]
In 1980, a Yiddish school was opened in the settlement.[5] During the early 20th century, SovietChairman of the Central Executive CommitteeMikhail Kalinin desired that Valdgeym and other localities of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast become new centres of Jewish life of the Soviet Union.[6]
valdgeym, russian, Валдгейм, yiddish, װאלדהײם, valdheym, german, waldheim, rural, locality, selo, birobidzhansky, district, jewish, autonomous, oblast, russia, place, where, first, collective, farm, established, jewish, autonomous, oblast, 1992, largest, farmi. 48 43 N 132 54 E 48 717 N 132 900 E 48 717 132 900Valdgeym Russian Valdgejm Yiddish װאלדהײם Valdheym German Waldheim is a rural locality a selo in Birobidzhansky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Russia Valdgeym was the place where the first collective farm was established in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast 1 As of 1992 Valdgeym was the largest farming cooperative in the region 2 Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 References 4 See alsoEtymology editThe name is Yiddish meaning forest home History editValdgeym was founded in 1928 by a group of Jewish settlers from the areas of modern Lithuania Latvia and Poland In 1929 Valdgeym s first school was established with all subjects taught in Yiddish 1 Among the founders was L Geffen who with his family fled a small shtetl near Wilno Lithuania 3 In 2004 his son Zyama Geffen age 83 still lived on the Valdgeym collective farm that his father founded Zyama was six years old when his father moved to the area in 1928 4 In 1980 a Yiddish school was opened in the settlement 5 During the early 20th century Soviet Chairman of the Central Executive Committee Mikhail Kalinin desired that Valdgeym and other localities of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast become new centres of Jewish life of the Soviet Union 6 References edit a b Stalin s Forgotten Zion Search for Identity Veterans of Russia s Jewish land take lots of pride in the good ol days Where Russians Cursed in Yiddish The Jews of the Soviet Union The History of a National Minority Khrushchev on the Withering Away of the Jewish National HomeSee also editJews and Judaism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Valdgeym amp oldid 1222240242, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
