ווײַט-מיזרחדיקער צענטער פֿאַר ייִדישע שפּראַך- און קולטור-פֿאָרשונגען
Far Eastern Research Center for Jewish Culture and Yiddish
Дальневосточный Центр Изучения Идиша и Еврейской Культуры
FOUNDATION YEAR:
2007
PLACE:
BIROBIDZHAN, JEWISH AUTONOMOUS REGION, RUSSIA
HOST ORGANISATION:
Far Eastern State Academy for Humanities and Social Studies a.k.a. Sholem Aleichem State University
PROJECTS:
FAR-EASTERN JEWISH HERITAGE MUSEUM
INTERNATIONAL YIDDISH SUMMER SCHOOL 2008 (with Bar-Ilan University) - August 18 - September 1, 2008, Birobidzhan
YIDDISH ARCHIVE RESEARCH
INTERNATIONAL YIDDISH SUMMER SCHOOL 2007 (with Bar-Ilan University) - August 13-30, 2007, Birobidzhan
EVENTS:
March 14, 2011: A “Philippine Marker” was unveiled at the Jan Zwartendijk Memorial Garden on the Boys Town Jerusalem campus, saluting Philippine President Manuel Luis Quezon (1878-1944) who offered 10,000 visas for the European Jews and 1,200 visas were later issued in 1940-41. The Philippine Ambassador to Israel Ms. Petronila Garcia was handed the second volume of "Mizrekh: Jewish Studies in the Far East" which deals with the issue.
January 27, 2011: PRESENTATION OF "MIZREKH: JEWISH STUDIES IN THE FAR EAST, 2011. Vol. II: Religion - Philosophy - Identity.
Payap University, McGilvary College of Divinity, Chiang Mai, Thailand
August 21, 2008: SYMPOSIUM "BIROBIDZHAN JEWISH HERITAGE" (with Birobidzhan City Hall), Birobidzhan
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