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Russia's Jewish autonomous district

A railway worker conducts repairs to the Birobidzhan railway station. The sign behind him is in both Russian and Yiddish. (Grant Slater) Khava Yavitz, 77, reads from a copy of the collected works of Shalom Aleichem in Birobidzhan's Jewish community center. (Grant Slater) Tefillin and kipot are stored in cubbies in the main hall of the Birobidzhan synagogue. (Grant Slater) Dov Kofman helps carry in his Beit Tshoova community's new Torah, a gift from the Jewish community of Japan, in 2003. (Daniel Turk) The main theater in Birobidzhan displays a banner celebrating 75 years of the Jewish Autonomous Region. (Grant Slater)

The main theater in Birobidzhan displays a banner celebrating 75 years of the Jewish Autonomous Region. (Grant Slater)

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