Birobidzhan: Caring for Jews in the Jewish Autonomous Republic

Travel deep in Siberia, and you’ll find Birobidzhan, the “Jewish Autonomous Region“ established by Stalin in the 1930s. That’s where Tsilla lives, one of the last Jews in her village and one of tens of thousands of impoverished elderly Jews across the former Soviet Union who receive food, medicine, and more from JDC. This is her story.