The Jewish Community Center of St. Petersburg is an organization dedicated to the study, development and dissemination of Jewish culture. The Jewish Community Center is located in the city center at ul. Rubinstein , 3 [1]
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History
The Jewish community in St. Petersburg appeared at the end of the 18th century. In 1802, a Jewish cemetery was founded in the Lutheran part of the Volkov cemetery and the first community book, Pinkas, was opened. After 20 years, about 370 Jews officially resided in the city. Since there was a Pale of Settlement in Russia at that time, the key to their stay in Petersburg was their conversion to Orthodoxy. The liberalism of Alexander II led to a sharp increase in the Jewish population. According to censuses on religion and language for 1869, 6624 Jews and 6745 speakers of the Jewish language lived in St. Petersburg, in 1881 - 14,249 Jews and 16,826 speakers of the Jewish language, and in 1890 - 15,331 Jews and 10,353 speakers Jewish language, not exceeding 1.64% of the city’s population during this period [2] .
In 1863, the first rabbi appeared in the city. In 1893, the Great Choral Synagogue was opened. According to the data for 1900, there were 19,279 Jews in St. Petersburg [3] .
The February revolution led to an influx of Jews into St. Petersburg, and by the 20s there were already 100 thousand people, and by the beginning of the blockade - 180 thousand people. According to the 2002 census, 35,000 Jews lived in St. Petersburg. According to most experts, this figure is underestimated (due to the shortcomings of the census), and the real number of the Jewish population of the city is much higher.
City Rabbis
- 1863-1875: Abraham Isaakovich Neumann
- 1876-1907: Abraham Notovich Drabkin
- 1908-1930: David-Tevel Gertselievich Katsenelenbogen
- 1909-1918: Moses Girshevich Aizenshtadt ( official rabbi )
- 1934-1936: Mendel Aronovich Gluskin
- 1943-1973: Abram Ruvimovich Lubanov
- 1980-1997: Efim Zavelievich Levitis
- Since 1997: Menachem-Mendl Pevzner
Strength in St. Petersburg
- The dynamics of the Jewish population in the city of St. Petersburg
| 1926 [4] | 1939 [5] | 1959 [6] | 1970 [7] | 1979 [8] | 1989 [9] | 2002 [10] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84,480 | 201 542 | 168 641 | 162,500 | 142,730 | 106 142 | 36 570 |
- The dynamics of the number of other Jewish ethnic groups in St. Petersburg
| People | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Jews | four | 15 | 47 | 209 | 42 |
| Georgian Jews | 13 | 9 | one | 23 | 6 |
| Central Asian Jews | - | one | one | 95 | ten |
Society
Are acting
- Synagogue “In Primorsky”, Komendantsky Prospekt, 4, shopping mall StroyDom, entrance 9
- Synagogue "On Vasilievsky", 5th line V.O., d. 32
- Synagogue "On Kamennoostrovsky", Kamennoostrovsky Ave., 63
- Synagogue "On Moscow", Pl. Chernyshevsky, d. 11, hotel "Russia"
- Synagogue "Beit Menachem", Novolitovskaya St., 7a
- The synagogue "Ogel Moshe" [11] .
- Migdalor nab. R. Fontanka, d. 130
Notes
- ↑ Jewish Community Center building painted with anti-Semitic threat inscriptions
- ↑ St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia / History // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ St. Petersburg // Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron . - SPb. , 1908-1913.
- ↑ 1 2 1926 All-Union Population Census. The national composition of the population by region of the RSFSR . " Demoscope ." Archived on April 9, 2012.
- ↑ 1939 All-Union Population Census. The national composition of the population by regions of Russia . " Demoscope ." Archived on April 9, 2012.
- ↑ 1959 All-Union Census. The national composition of the population by regions of Russia . " Demoscope ." Archived on April 9, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 1970 All-Union Population Census. The national composition of the population by regions of Russia . " Demoscope ." Archived on April 9, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 1979 All-Union Population Census. The national composition of the population by regions of Russia . " Demoscope ." Archived on April 9, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 1989 All-Union Population Census. The national composition of the population by regions of Russia . " Demoscope ." Archived on April 9, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 2002 All-Russian Population Census. The national composition of the population by regions of Russia . " Demoscope ." Archived February 17, 2012.
- ↑ For Georgian Jews in St. Petersburg opened its own synagogue . Rosbalt.RU (06/30/2010). Archived on April 9, 2012.