Birofeld (; ) is a village (selo) in Birobidzhansky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is an early Jewish settlement, which was founded in 1928 when a large collective farm was established in the area.Establishment and Development of the JAR In 2003, a Jewish Book Festival took place here.Jewish Book Festival in Priamurie Region In 2006, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Mordechai Scheiner, visited Birofeld with the Jewish community of Birobidzhan.Jewish Cemeteries Catalog for Birobidjan As of 2007, some of the original Jewish settlers still lived here.The 2nd Birobidzhan International Summer Yiddish Program
See also Jews and Judaism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
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