Looking for Jewish Communities in Deepest Siberia 🇮🇱 (Jewish Autonomous Oblast)

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  • Ever since I was a kid, I dreamt of visiting the regions of the world that were the farthest away from where I grew up. The Jewish Autonomous Oblast was one of them.
    I made it to Birobidzhan 😊
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    This was easily one of the best trips of my life.
    In my quest to set foot in every single federal subject in Russia, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast' was number 40 out of 85! Don't forget to follow me on Instagram for live updates @davelegenda 📷
    Also if you can subscribe and please like this video that would help very much CHEERS THANK YOU ✨✨
    Here's where I stand as of now:
    Moscow ✔️
    Moscow Oblast' ✔️
    Saint Petersburg ✔️
    Leningradskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Vladimirskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Yaroslavskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Ivanovskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Krasnodarskij Kraj ✔️
    Tulskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Tatarstan Republic ✔️
    Tverskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Nizhegorodskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Kaluzhskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Murmanskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Smolenskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Ryazanskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Astrakhanskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Kalmykia Republic ✔️
    Volgogradskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Bryanskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Udmurtia Rebublic ✔️
    Yekaterinburgskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Tyumenskaya Oblast' ✔️
    Karelia Republic ✔️
    North Ossetia-Alania Republic ✔️
    Rostov Oblast' ✔️
    Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug ✔️
    Republic of Crimea ✔️
    Sevastopol ✔️
    Permskij Kraj ✔️
    Chelyabinsk Oblast' ✔️
    Kirov Oblast' ✔️
    Komi Republic ✔️
    Udmurtian Rebublic ✔️
    Bashkortostan Republic ✔️
    Ulyanovsk Oblast' ✔️
    Amur Oblast ✔️
    Khabarovsk Kraj ✔️
    Primorskij Kraj ✔️
    Jewish Autonomous Oblast' ✔️
    Which means I'm at 40/85. Still 45 to go! Hopefully a lifetime will be enough ⚠️
    I spent so much time in my childhood and school years reading about the most remote regions of Russia. I'm ever so happy to have the chance now to travel in Russia and see with own eyes these places that I spent countless days reading about. Places like the Jewish Autonomous Oblast are definitely some clear examples. Especially Birobidzhan- a city so far from where I was born and grew up, with such a fascinating history. 😊
    As I found myself in Khabarovsk, in the very Far East of Russia, I had the perfect chance to go and visit the Jewish Autonomous Oblast by simply jumping on a two-hour train ride across the Far East of Russia 🔥🔥🔥
    The Jewish Autonomous Oblast is the only autonomous oblast in the entirety of Russia. Even more curiously, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast is the only federal subject in Russia where Yiddish is an official language.
    It was set up by Stalin in 1934 as part of a policy to provide minority nationalities within the Soviet Union with territories in which they could be free to pursue their cultural heritage.
    The Jewish population of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the Soviet Union peaked at around 45,000 to 50,000 Jews in 1948. After that, due to the harsh climate of the Russian Far East, the majority of the Jewish population in and around Birobidzhan started emigrating to Israel and other destinations. Nowadays, Jews constitute less than 2% of the local population in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.
    Birobidzhan is very much often one of the stops on the traditional route of the transiberian. Although trains do not stop here for long, you're always pretty much guaranteed to pass through via Birobidzhan if you will ever be on a train traveling from Moscow to Vladivostok, on the Pacific Ocean.
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    My goal is to reach all of the federal subjects of Russia. I'm currently halfway through my goal, and by visiting the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and its capital Birobidzhan, I ticked another federal subject off the list.
    What is coming up next? Stay tuned to find out!
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  • @DaveLegenda
    @DaveLegenda  2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I promise I'll go to Norilsk when I get 50k subs. Chukotka if I ever get to 100k subs. 1 millions subs, Novaya Zemlya. In the meanwhile, follow me on Instagram at @davelegenda as we will be now getting even deeper into Siberia...

    • @ichibanmanekineko
      @ichibanmanekineko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Novaya Zemlya ♥️

    • @100amper
      @100amper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      David, you have a pleasant voice, especially in Russian with an accent) You can just read books on the video and goosebumps from the softness of the voice)

    • @kuroguren
      @kuroguren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      c'mon people bring him to 100k!

    • @KEITGAMER
      @KEITGAMER 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nova Zemlya, how to get there? And Is Norilsk not a closed city?

    • @tomasmalin
      @tomasmalin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      but can you get the permission?

  • @SgtRocko
    @SgtRocko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    WONDERFUL VIDEO! I lived in Birobidzhan with my uncle for a few years in the 1980s. I loved it there. BOY has it changed!!! The population of Jewish people has shrunk VERY badly since then. It was a good place to live then. We Pioneers would fight to see who would be assigned to read the Birobidzhaner Shtern aloud in the train station (we'd get a chit for a sweet or slice of Doctorskaya for doing it LOL). Oh - Davide - Israel's official language is Hebrew (though many people still speak Yiddish - like all my family, including the little kids) - but sadly, they teach arabic in schools instead of the Jewish language Yiddish. ANYHOW... I still have family in Birobidzhan - had I known....!!! Great video, dear friend!

    • @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367
      @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hahah a chit for some baloney sausage .. the ussr was pretty rough.

    • @pavelyudin8832
      @pavelyudin8832 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is unexpected to find out that Yiddish still in Use in some families. Good news! Thank you.

    • @cehaem2
      @cehaem2 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don´t think you´re Israeli since you don´t know the reason why Yiddish is being frowned up by the state.

  • @ΓιώργοςΓλήνης
    @ΓιώργοςΓλήνης 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    About the same had happened to me and my family when we tried to visit the Jewish museum in Salonica, in Greece.
    The security guard was very rude and treated us like terrorists.

    • @pavelyudin8832
      @pavelyudin8832 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is famous watchman syndrome
      .. Unfortunately I think everyone met such troubles

    • @ronjohnson5070
      @ronjohnson5070 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Next time carry a backpack and wear a shemagh around your neck. Throw the backpack and run 😂

    • @isabelhadasa6092
      @isabelhadasa6092 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're not the victim. Jewish people who need to hire security for their places of worship for a very real fear of attack, they are the victims. I'm sure you are good people who just want to visit. But keep the reality in mind...

  • @andreysmirnov9858
    @andreysmirnov9858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    12:30
    I know it's frigid cold but just warning you, it's Russian tradition to always take gloves and mittens off before shaking hands, for respect, even if its this cold😂

    • @fortunaaaaaaaa
      @fortunaaaaaaaa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Даа, я когда это увидел, меня аж передёргнуло

  • @hdanielnoble6572
    @hdanielnoble6572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    You are too loud for a Russian location. You are acting like an American tourist in Disneyland.

    • @Star_man89
      @Star_man89 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      никто черт возьми не просил заткнись

    • @Ado702
      @Ado702 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Star_man89 shat th fak ap

  • @_louise_4849
    @_louise_4849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    oh my god, yes
    thank you for making a video about this place.
    this is the one region of russia which has always fascinated me, so i'm extra happy you've gone here, it has such a bizarre history lol

  • @bidenhasdementia6804
    @bidenhasdementia6804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    A Russian security guard in Camo kicking you out of a Jewish synagogue 😂😂😂 as a Jew I can’t help but laugh. I admire your perseverance though! Jews couldn’t get out of Russia and the Far East fast enough post ww2.. would love to see a video on Jewish culture sometime though. If you are ever in America I can certainly help you out in Philadelphia!

    • @RustedCroaker
      @RustedCroaker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How do you know the guard wasn't a Jew?

    • @puzzled012
      @puzzled012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well, actually Soviet Union did not want Jews to leave so much so they (and all the citizens) were forbidden to leave

    • @vassiliosazopoulos8618
      @vassiliosazopoulos8618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@puzzled012 you don't know anything

    • @bestchannelintheworld
      @bestchannelintheworld 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@puzzled012 literally the opposite, Jews were the only ethnicity privileged to leave the USSR.

    • @mariolinagiangi4993
      @mariolinagiangi4993 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think that what the guard did was quite understandable. I mean: a synagogue with no historical significance in Russia's far east (and it was even closed at that. Look at the opening hours: weekdays 10.00, Shabbos and Holidays 11.00) in a place with a dwindling Jewish population, and you come here saying that you are a tourist and you want to learn Jewish culture? Mmmm... He must have gotten quite suspicious. I mean: have you ever happened to board an El Al flight? :)

  • @MrNorthwestmaan
    @MrNorthwestmaan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Actually, Yiddish is not the official language in Israel, which makes the whole thing even more interesting.

    • @MrNorthwestmaan
      @MrNorthwestmaan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Igor Rogovtsev Yes, a lot of ideology was mixed into that. In Israel they also banned and fined newspapers and theaters in Yiddish. Yiddish was the language of Jewish European ethnicity that was formed in Europe many centuries ago. In Israel they wanted to create a common language and a new ethnicity that would unite all the completely different European and Middle Eastern ethnicities of religious Jews and their descendants. It had a partial success. Exile was a Christian myth that was gladly adopted by the new Israeli ideology which most likely does not have much in common with reality. The ideas of ethnicity and peoples are pretty recent, a couple of centuries old. It’s a complicated subject with lots of books written about it…

    • @ShaareiZoharDaas
      @ShaareiZoharDaas ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yiddish is a more valid language then "modern" hebrew

    • @ShaareiZoharDaas
      @ShaareiZoharDaas ปีที่แล้ว

      @igorrogovtsev10 assimilated self hating jews are not to be trusted if you are interested in learning facts see Avigdor Miller on any topic but Torah Nation is a good start

    • @Yishai-Aviad-Amar
      @Yishai-Aviad-Amar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s Hebrew, I’m a Israeli.

    • @estherhayoun8358
      @estherhayoun8358 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is Hebrew not Yiddish

  • @blyax
    @blyax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    на картах у этой синагоги оценка 3,1. Видимо туда не пустили и других туристов

    • @goldpaulike5304
      @goldpaulike5304 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Best English speaker in Russia

    • @blyax
      @blyax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@goldpaulike5304 is this irony about me? :)
      I specially wrote for the author in russian

    • @DaveLegenda
      @DaveLegenda  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ahah how do you say "LOL" in Russian

    • @blyax
      @blyax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DaveLegenda лол, так и говорим "/\()/\"

  • @danavipuzzles7308
    @danavipuzzles7308 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    FYI, Hebrew is the official language in Israel, not Yiddish. Yiddish is a more modern Jewish language that developed in Europe a number of centuries ago, which combines German, English, and Hebrew together into one, changes the pronunciation, and makes it a language. In contrast, Hebrew dates back thousands of years and is the original language of the Tanakh (the Jewish bible, which many people refer to as the "old testament"). Yiddish is usually only spoken by religious Chassidic Ashkenazi Jews, most of whom reside in NYC (where I live). There a Chassidic neighborhoods here where there are also signs in Yiddish. In Israel, however, most Jews speak Hebrew, and only a small percentage of Chassidic Jews speak Yiddish.
    In case you're wondering how I know all this, I'm Jewish, was born in the USSR (Ukraine), came to NY in 1990 (which is where I've been living for most of the past 32 years), and also lived in Israel for a bit over 4 years. I'm not currently very religious, but was religious for about 10 years. I don't speak Yiddish, but I encounter it regularly. I do, however, speak Hebrew, Russian, and (obviously) English.
    P.S. The name of the street Shalom Aleichem means "Greetings to you all" (loosely translated) / "Peace (be) upon you all" (literally translated) and is a common greeting in Hebrew, kind of like saying "Hey, good to see you!" It's more common among religious Jews to say Shalom Aleichem, whereas less religious Jews (particularly Israelis, who speak Hebrew daily), usually just say Shalom as a greeting.

    • @danavipuzzles7308
      @danavipuzzles7308 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Igor RogovtsevI don't know the history of some Jewish town in Siberia, nor should I expected to know the history of every Jewish town in the world just because I'm a Jew, or every Jewish town in Russia because I was born there. I'm merely explaining the definition of Shalom Aleichem. It's like if I'd expect you to know the meaning behind some street name here in NY or somewhere in Israel. I'm not ignorant, you just seem to lack common sense and want to try to look smart at my expense. I can't say that you've accomplished that all too well.
      FYI, despite being born in the USSR, I grew up in the US from the age of 4. So, I'm more an American Jew than I am a Russian Jew. I just speak the language because my parents continued to speak it.

    • @danavipuzzles7308
      @danavipuzzles7308 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Igor Rogovtsev I don't speak Yiddish, nor have I ever been into reading for leisure. Hence, I know nothing about him. And when I was religious, the only reading I did was religious texts, so I'm only familiar with religious commentators like Rashi, the Rambam, the Ramban, etc. Now these are names almost every Jew knows. A Yiddish writer is someone only some Yiddish speaking Jews might know.

    • @danavipuzzles7308
      @danavipuzzles7308 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Igor Rogovtsev I don't have a clue who Cervantes is. As I noted, reading for leisure was never a hobby of mine. There are people who enjoy reading for fun, and there are those who hate it. I was always the latter. Fiddler on the Roof is perhaps the most famous Jewish story in the world that most Jews and non-Jews have heard, so yes, I've heard of that one.

    • @danavipuzzles7308
      @danavipuzzles7308 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Igor Rogovtsev Do you even realize that you're misspelling Sholem? The proper spelling in modern-day and Sephardic Hebrew is Shalom, in Ashkenazi Hebrew is Sholom, and in Yiddish is Shulem. You clearly don't know Hebrew for you to be so focused on the fact that there's some writer that took these words as his pseudonym, while completely disregarding the meaning of the words themselves. I'll tell you this much. 99% of Jews who'd visit this town and see the sign would have no clue that it's about some Yiddish writer, but most of them would know the meaning of the words Shalom Aleichem. I don't see the point of this whole discussion. I simply commented on the video to note the fact that Yiddish is not the main language in Israel (as David mistakenly noted in the video), and to point out a few things about the meaning of the words Shalom Aleichem on the sign. Rather than trying to call me ignorant, while completely disregarding the info I wrote, you could have simply politely added that the meaning of that specific sign is based on a Yiddish writer who took on the pseudonym Shalom Aleichem.

    • @danavipuzzles7308
      @danavipuzzles7308 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Igor Rogovtsev You very well can misspell a name, when the name is based on a phrase that has a set spelling. Yiddish in itself does that with Hebrew. It takes Hebrew and misspells and mispronounces it as its incorporated into Yiddish. And no, most Jews have no clue who this writer is. Knowing his work Fiddler on the Roof doesn't mean knowing the name of the author who wrote it.

  • @MarkMerkesh
    @MarkMerkesh 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My brother, I’m so upset that you got a bad experience. It was your mistake to go there… because you should have been looking for Jewish life in Khabarovsk! I’m a Jew living in Khabarovsk and I work in the synagogue so if you’ll come here again it will be a great pleasure for me to show you our community and even to invite on a Jewish holiday. Also I know some Italian) you’re welcome in Khabarovsk synagogue, just let me know❤

  • @jrj97
    @jrj97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Generally, turning up to a synagogue unannounced isn’t a good idea (unless maybe it’s a very famous major tourist site). Strangers turning up saying they’re looking for Jewish people - no matter how innocently it is intended - are likely to arouse suspicions, especially in places where there are not many Jews. Synagogues and Jewish community centres unfortunately have often been targets, and as you may know attacks and all sorts of bad things seem to be increasing in recent years. Please don’t take it too personally, it is sadly more of a response to the world we live in than it is to you…!

    • @oldbagira2192
      @oldbagira2192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This would lead to bad consequences in your country. In Russia, this will be treated calmly and without dirty thoughts.

    • @jackstarr4726
      @jackstarr4726 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As if that's any excuse...
      More churches have been targeted than synagogues...

  • @SapphiR3_
    @SapphiR3_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Oh man, as an Israeli I really want to visit there!
    Thanks for filming your trip!

    • @anaselaboushi8412
      @anaselaboushi8412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      U actually dont exist

    • @dimasikadi4441
      @dimasikadi4441 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      maslahatim qishda kelmang juda sovuq yozda esa chivin koʻpayib ketadi

  • @jianfrancisco3895
    @jianfrancisco3895 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    From Chinese Christian Subscriber in SE ASIA My Russian husband Andrei informed me there are no Jewish People there they all left 100% for greener pastures in Moscow & other Russian cities & other nations. No opportunity there to prosper like in Moscow & St Petersburg. All your video are wonderful we enjoy so much watching you here in Singapore & Philippines.

    • @turbolife_travel4481
      @turbolife_travel4481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, most of the Jews left, but some stayed, we saw them in the synagogue and in the cafe when we were there. For them Birobidzhan is home

  • @fdfgfdffd9303
    @fdfgfdffd9303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live here. Your questions 👇🏻

  • @theSalukie
    @theSalukie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I had a very similar experience in a synagogue in Kyiv Ukraine, and I’m Jewish

    • @Hanys8
      @Hanys8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's sad..

    • @edlawrence5059
      @edlawrence5059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watch out for Kevin Young, the anti-Semite.

    • @RustedCroaker
      @RustedCroaker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You have to write a petition to Zelensky lol.

    • @negationf6973
      @negationf6973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I haven't been to a synagogue in a long time, but here in the US, they're normally open to visitors.

    • @aarons7836
      @aarons7836 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kiev

  • @orientalvision
    @orientalvision 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The true reason that he insisted upon staying in the restaurant carriage is that He’s too embarrassed to sit beside that hot Russian chick in his chamber who seemed a bit cold and uninterested in him

    • @markyboy531
      @markyboy531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Then he did the right thing. Why bother a woman who is not interested? I bet you are a right creep mate. Dont have much knowledge of women i bet 😂😂

    • @johnbullpit9481
      @johnbullpit9481 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh! I didn't latch onto the chick. I'll have to rewind.

    • @seanvandiijk2889
      @seanvandiijk2889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The girl was looking at him not being disgusted by him, russians are not regular slavic ppl, like western aligned like Ukraine, slovenia, slovakia, poland, latvia, etc, in those places for sure you are going to be treated in rude manner specially if you are a latin american. Anyway i felt ppl were not so happy and that might be because as the two men joked, Italy is from NATO. I don't know but maybe russians are tought not to talk with western US aligned tourist because they might be not tourists but spies.

  • @lrn_news9171
    @lrn_news9171 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I read about every region and cities in Russia as well, the far east, especially Primorsky Krai is my favorite due to the landscape and vast Mongolian oak forests. I have this obsession about RUSSIA lol

  • @justraw2746
    @justraw2746 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    your videos is not shit... its always interesting to watch... im always waiting for your new uploads.... keep exploring idol!

  • @bharathigunturu6969
    @bharathigunturu6969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I eagerly await for your videos. Thanks for showing nook and corners of Russia. You reminded me of my young years, even as a Kid I used to spend hours of time studying russian maps okrugs, oblasts. From India

  • @ElliaUrucun
    @ElliaUrucun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi Davide, i watched your Viedeos for a couple of time now and i like it. Of course inspired by bald but can't get enough of this travel Videos from spots i wouldn't like to visit but very interested in 😅 a small thing, if you want to See a Real "russian Jewish town' i would highly recommend 'Uman' in Ukraine. A town where the famous Rabbi Nacnmann died and there are now living about 200.000 people now and 90.000 hassidic jews of Them 😅 i Was there, couldn't trust my eyes. More religious jews than in Jeruslam 😅

  • @Mark-oi8rd
    @Mark-oi8rd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In Israel Yiddish in not official language, Hebrew is

  • @Ivanov7
    @Ivanov7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I am a Russian jew, I live in St. Petersburg, but I would like to go to live in the Jewish autonomous oblast, despite the cold winters. I hope that this project will resume and many young jews will come to develop this region.

    • @Ivanov7
      @Ivanov7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @kaıser причём здесь русские?! Я написал, что я русский еврей! Читать не умеешь?!

    • @Ivanov7
      @Ivanov7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @kaıser русский - это прилагательное, еврей - это существительное. Помимо русских евреев, есть, например, русские немцы и т.д.. Если ты чего-то не знаешь, то разберись в данном вопросе, а не указывай другим как им себя называть.

    • @KairosR848
      @KairosR848 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @kaıser В английском языке нет разделения между понятием русский и российский, но в русском языке есть, русский - это этническая принадлежность , а российский - это принадлежность к стране(к гражданству). Хотя исторически ,если брать понятие Россия позаимствованное у греков в изначальном смысле, это означает тоже самое ,что и русский(на примере сочинений Константина VII Багрянородного), просто одно(русские) - это самоназвание, а другое(Россия) - это то как греки называли Русь, которое потом перетекло в официальное название страны(соответственно и граждан), когда в ней уже было много разных других этносов. Вот у этого друга сверху еврейского, эти понятия слились в "русский еврей", хотя такого не бывает в принципе(это как сказать акулий жираф), может быть только российский еврей - то есть этнический еврей с гражданством страны России, у евреев этническая принадлежность определяется по матери, а у русских по отцу. И кстати "русский" - это не просто прилагательное, это субстантивированное(substantivum) прилагательное, то есть образованное от существительного. Раньше для обозначения этноса оно шло всегда с приставкой "люди", взять даже какую-нибудь Ландратскую перепись 1716-1717 года, там обычно для обозначения народа писалось "русские люди", а не просто "русские", это уже затем это упростили и перестали добавлять "люди". Не дайте себя запутать.

    • @germanshepherd6638
      @germanshepherd6638 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @kaıser kraut !

    • @bitter_truth8646
      @bitter_truth8646 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If you are a Jewish then go to live in Oblast or Israel

  • @mornemarais4198
    @mornemarais4198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You are uncovering more than you know keep up the good work you are proving history to be false and written by the winners
    thanks keep up the good work brother!!

  • @salilprashant6749
    @salilprashant6749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Amazing video as usual Davide! Love from India! ❤️❤️

  • @SuperBaller901
    @SuperBaller901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Anyone else find Dave after watching a lot of Bald? Love your videos!

  • @liavbohadana1670
    @liavbohadana1670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    as an israeli , yiddish is not offical langugae and only 10-8 percent know it

    • @oh2mp
      @oh2mp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How about those texts on the signs in this video? Were they in Yiddish or actually Hebrew? Did you see?

    • @karapuzo1
      @karapuzo1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@oh2mp The house of culture sign is in Yiddish. Hebrew and Yiddish use the same alphabet but are different languages.

    • @oh2mp
      @oh2mp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karapuzo1 yes I know that. But i don't know the albhabet and can't see from text is it Yiddish or Hebrew. That's why I asked :)

  • @jameskeefe1761
    @jameskeefe1761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've long been curious about this place as well. This video helped satisfy my curiosity. It is nice, that even though most of the Jews seem to have left for other places, the townsfolk are paying homage to the Jewish history of the location, maintaining he restaurant and synagogue. It is disappointing that there are no Jews there any more. Its eerie to see their cultural landmarks but not see them there.

  • @Lee1Hundead
    @Lee1Hundead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for another upload 👍 I sincerely look forward to your vlogs. I know things can get hard but I appreciate all of the content and exploration you do, never stop exploring!

  • @TheDanslb
    @TheDanslb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bald has better luck hehe, but also smarter not to go to Siberia in the dead of winter ....

  • @johnroff1941
    @johnroff1941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I do enjoy your videos: but please, when you go to these cities, show the streets and buildings. Thanks.

  • @s57rw
    @s57rw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I never eat dill untill went in 2015 to Irkutsk and Baykal lake. I found it delicious. After returning back next year planted some on my garden and we use it :) Ok everybody has it own perception of taste :) Saluti da Slovenia!

    • @VaNArMaNi
      @VaNArMaNi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Irkutsk and Slovenia are far away. Are you a slovenian? :)

    • @s57rw
      @s57rw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@VaNArMaNi Yes I'm from Slovenia :)

    • @PEHUKCA
      @PEHUKCA 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it definitely goes well with some sour cream

  • @amfnyc
    @amfnyc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im jewish-never knew this existe until few months go, grandparents came from ussr but they didnt know bout it either, really interesting

  • @user-vh1ys5qr1o
    @user-vh1ys5qr1o 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    have you served the army are you nato or enemy. this was mad funny 😂😂

  • @ivcretivs891
    @ivcretivs891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    11:55 official Israeli language is Hebrew tho

  • @WNKL542
    @WNKL542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hello Dave!!! I don't know if you are already in Yakutsk, but if you go there you can meet Mathews Chushi. He is a zambian guy studying in Yakutsk, he has a youtube channel and uploads everyday :)
    It can be interesting partner and guide while you are in the city 😁

  • @birdman9860
    @birdman9860 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    8:56 I wonder where they are now, Zaporizhzia?

  • @mariogaravello9568
    @mariogaravello9568 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Caro Davide, ti seguo da un po’ di tempo e trovo molto interessanti, curiosi e incredibili i tuoi video di un paese immenso di cui non si sa nulla o poco più, ma che ti affascina e ti incuriosisce sempre più. Volevo chiederti di dove sei e perché alcuni video sono in italiano e alcuni in inglese. Ti auguro un buon proseguimento e spero che ci mostrerai ancora tanti aspetti incredibili di questo paese. Grazie ancora.

  • @AyushGuptaAyushgupta
    @AyushGuptaAyushgupta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ARE YOU FROM NATO OUR ENEMY😂😂😂😂

  • @michald5350
    @michald5350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    In the spirit of the conclusion of the video, you could have called it "I visited Birobidzhan so that you would not have to". And I mean it in the most positive way. I am a European Jew, so I was very interested in what you saw during your trip, but I cannot imagine ever going there myself. Stay safe!

  • @РэйЧехов
    @РэйЧехов 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Every time you shake someone's naked hand in gloves surprises me. Cause it's mauvais ton in Russian culture. Or both in gloves (which is rare) or both naked hands.
    Also here in Russia we call the behaviour of man in camo "ohrannik syndrome". It's when person with very easy job thinking he has a lot of power on his workplace. They are very not polite people asking to turn of camera and call police on every your move.

    • @arrow2589
      @arrow2589 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are handshakes bad?

    • @yuriythebest
      @yuriythebest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@arrow2589 he meant that shaking someone's hand while your hand is gloved and theirs is not is rude in eastern european culture, usually if that is the case it's polite to either take your glove off, or for the handshake to be replaced by a fistbump if both people have gloves

    • @alnerisoldier8081
      @alnerisoldier8081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@arrow2589 it is not rude, but it is respekt full if you take your gloves of when shaking hands

    • @Ivanov7
      @Ivanov7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I live in Russia and generally do not shake hands with anyone, neither with gloves nor without gloves.

    • @RustedCroaker
      @RustedCroaker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alnerisoldier8081 Now, with all that COVID situation traditions are changing.

  • @Kremlinbot-mz1cm
    @Kremlinbot-mz1cm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only one region with rainbow on flag

  • @arthurclass4808
    @arthurclass4808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You should do a Q/A video Davide, would be great to get to know you better, you're background and how you ended up in Russia

  • @thawsief91
    @thawsief91 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is better ashkenazy jews in birobizhan or south east Siberia they have sea river they have geothermal hydrogen is better for east european jews. And sepharadic jews for patagonia. And mizrahi and yemenites jews for baja california. West usa califonia Arizona and western australia

  • @karolkrska7280
    @karolkrska7280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am surprised you dont eat dill.It s delicious.

  • @marystonge1
    @marystonge1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This makes me think of “Fiddler on the Roof”.

  • @chocolatemintliqour
    @chocolatemintliqour 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gread video...next time ask for Habad..they always help. Btw moscow has a large jewish population

  • @charlesk1089
    @charlesk1089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dave, you note that there is essentially no Jewish culture in Birobidzhan.
    What then are the cultural influences in Birobidzhan ?
    Are there signs of Siberian indigenous cultures present, like Evenki, etc. ?
    Or just purely European Russian culture ?

    • @greasher926
      @greasher926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah the Jewish Autonomous Oblast is 93% Russian, 3% Ukrainian, and 1% Jewish. Meaning that there is only 3% left over for other. If you want to see Evenki people, your best bet would be the Evenkiysky district, it used to be its own autonomous okrug, but because of its small population of only 15k people it got absorbed into Krasnoyarsk Krai. As of 2002 it was 21.5% Evenk. There are also other districts with sizable native populations too, such as the Nanaysky District in Khabarovsk krai where the Nanai make up 22% of the population.

  • @turbolife_travel4481
    @turbolife_travel4481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not bad, but it's not Siberia. This is the Far East, these are completely different parts of Russia. But you did your best. We also made a video about Birobidzhan, but we told its founding story.

  • @doomera5911
    @doomera5911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love these videos of unique communities

  • @pavelstebl9966
    @pavelstebl9966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is a difference between Hebrew and Yiddish (a Jewish dialect of German).

  • @russianstuard2458
    @russianstuard2458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did you stay there for the night or did you carry on? When I was there I stopped at the Центральная hotel and 2 FSB officers came over asking me questions why I was there!. Its a nice city to visit once and I'm glad I did it! If I go back It would be to do a vlog! great video you did there!

    • @DaveLegenda
      @DaveLegenda  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can confirm that I didn't encounter any FSB officials during my time in Birobidzhan. Pity, would have been fun. Yours is a crazy story!

  • @JobyJoby-iw2wr
    @JobyJoby-iw2wr 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Past due to pick up New Khazaria out of Palestine and relocate Khazarael to where it belonged all along: Jewish Autonomous Oblast.

  • @jeffreyroland2212
    @jeffreyroland2212 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Davide, you're not a failure and I thought that your video was still very interesting! And for the record, I have always thought that it would be an interesting place to visit!

  • @Tom4ick
    @Tom4ick 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting! but the official language of Israel is Hebrew, which is very different from Yiddish ;) Also the Russians seem to be so rude, as someone who understands it, I found it very cringe and hard to listen to them.

  • @sodinc
    @sodinc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It seems this synagogue was overwhelmed by italian tourists that week, so you was kicked out

    • @DaveLegenda
      @DaveLegenda  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Italian tourists...always ruining the fun for others

  • @assafandrei1281
    @assafandrei1281 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    All vloggers eat the same food, something is wrong there

  • @animefreak9667
    @animefreak9667 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    for the next time you can better call them before you visited the synagogue unannounced.

  • @animefreak9667
    @animefreak9667 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    for the next time you can better call them before you visited the synagogue unannounced.

  • @MintPro47
    @MintPro47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Early gang you make very nice videos thank you so much

  • @ChrisH-1952
    @ChrisH-1952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great vid as always, but that's Hebrew script. Yiddish is something else altogether.

    • @ivcretivs891
      @ivcretivs891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No, *actual* Yiddish was/is written in Hebrew script, it's just that transcriptions for laymen are quite popular.

  • @patandderry8416
    @patandderry8416 ปีที่แล้ว

    You don't like dill in Russia?
    You are in the wrong country.

  • @brennanando
    @brennanando 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My wife said that when you were speaking with Danil and Pavel you accidentally said unsolvable crimes instead of street signs))

    • @DaveLegenda
      @DaveLegenda  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did I? That's...funny!

    • @brennanando
      @brennanando 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DaveLegenda she said that you said висяки instead of вывески 😀

  • @ThatOneCatto
    @ThatOneCatto ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As an Israeli it's very odd to see street signs in Hebrew script😅

  • @oldragon666
    @oldragon666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well done, thank you!

  • @yurippp634
    @yurippp634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Second

  • @dlandis8146
    @dlandis8146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would they understand "smekel in the tukkus oy vey" there?

  • @KacyJones
    @KacyJones ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for making this video and being brave enough to stick it out despite the unfriendly interactions.

  • @iiitansx
    @iiitansx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    yiddish is not an official language in Israel, only arabic and ofc hebrew

  • @meverything4913
    @meverything4913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We definitely need an update soon on how you are doing and your opinion of the Russia Ukraine War

  • @צבירוזן-י4ט
    @צבירוזן-י4ט 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bald and Bankrupt did a video on his visit to Birobidjan..so no,this is not the only video about looking for Jews in Birobidjan….B&B managed to have a nice visit at the local Synagogue….btw, Yiddish is not an official language in Israel…in any case,thank you for your interesting video,I’m sad that you did not get the proper welcome experience one should have in a synagogue.Love your channel.Shalom.

    • @nHx2009
      @nHx2009 ปีที่แล้ว

      But Bald filmed it half of the year after this video

    • @VanirTraditionalist
      @VanirTraditionalist 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bald is Jewish which may have helped

    • @Byebye10
      @Byebye10 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@VanirTraditionalistHow do you know? He's British

    • @VanirTraditionalist
      @VanirTraditionalist 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Byebye10 because he mentioned it in a video

  • @Alexandros.Apeirwtan
    @Alexandros.Apeirwtan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    your videos look exactly the same like bald and bankrupt's , i really do like them!

  • @Original_TM7
    @Original_TM7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When will u go to Yakutia?

  • @sakhanet3
    @sakhanet3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi I'm a random dude from Yakutia and do you plan to visit Yakutsk (Yakutia)

    • @DaveLegenda
      @DaveLegenda  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm coming next week! If you have Instagram send me a message there

  • @edgilchrist379
    @edgilchrist379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They are sneaky.

  • @ttanucha
    @ttanucha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Julius freaking Caesar" (c)

  • @user-nh7my6gg5b
    @user-nh7my6gg5b 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why is bro so loud

  • @Zestieee
    @Zestieee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:48 okay that's LITERALLY me

    • @DaveLegenda
      @DaveLegenda  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      geonerds from all over the world reunite

  • @kenneth6731
    @kenneth6731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was this a case of Xenophobia? I hope not.

  • @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e
    @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I feel like maybe because there's so few of them left in that area they cannot be too careful when it comes to strangers. I hope you left them information to be able to find your content so they know that you weren't there for any malicious purposes.

    • @jackstarr4726
      @jackstarr4726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, it's never them. Everybody else in the world is always to blame.

    • @MrCatfail
      @MrCatfail ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackstarr4726 ?? to blame for what?

  • @reeu5five534
    @reeu5five534 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yiddish! lol!

  • @ellgndd5343
    @ellgndd5343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    11:51 bro Yiddish is not an official language in Israel.
    Hebrew is the official language and Arabic is a recognised language, Yiddish is not even recognised in Israel, so the only state that Yiddish is an official language is Jewish autonomous oblast

  • @parkdalemassive
    @parkdalemassive 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your best video yet

  • @nathanmccoy4053
    @nathanmccoy4053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would love to visit that city

  • @arielschant9841
    @arielschant9841 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can speak yiddish, the sign says:
    שטאָטישער קולטור־פּאלאץ
    Schtotischer Kultur-Palatz
    City’s Culture Palace
    Then, to say hello, depending where you’re from and your dialect, you can say:
    Hey היי
    Hoy הוי
    Hallo האללאָ⁠
    Gut-Morgen גוט־מאָרגן
    or more traditionally Sholem-Aleychem שלום־עליכם which means “peace be upon you” and it’s also the name of the writer in the street you saw earlier.
    Forschmack פאָרשמאק (literally “fore-taste”) is an Eastern European, and typically Aschkenazi, appetiser.

  • @elladowling2005
    @elladowling2005 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🙄🤣🤣🤣🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🙄

  • @stevenross6880
    @stevenross6880 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The language is Hebrew ., Not yiddish. Yiddish is a separae jewish cultural language mostly made up of European Jews

  • @Nmelhorn860
    @Nmelhorn860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video Davide!

  • @theangrychicken5026
    @theangrychicken5026 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As an Israeli jew with slavic roots i must say that it was really funny that you've been kicked out of the synagogue, but to be honest - if you want to know more about judaism and Russian judaism in general - just go to a "beit habad" - בית חבד. And there also a synagogue in Moscow, although visiting this synagogue which you've been kicked from has been added to my "to be" list of places in Russia 😂😂😂 i wonder if this guy will kick me to even if i'll tell him that im jewish and i want to come in and pray.

  • @akai.christo
    @akai.christo ปีที่แล้ว

    Saluti dalla Sudamerica. Qui un figlio e nipoti di italiani. Molto buon laboro. Complementi..!!
    In boca luppo!!
    💪🙂👍

  • @disoccupato
    @disoccupato 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grazie per questo video

  • @theundertaker8653
    @theundertaker8653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super tes vidéos Bro vivement la suivante !

  • @biomanization
    @biomanization 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    David, next maybe you can go to India or Afghanistan to find the last living Jews in these countries. Good luck, zeit gezunt! Oh, you might also try Vilna in Poland for yiddishkeit

  • @nathanielroadrunnerepps6409
    @nathanielroadrunnerepps6409 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, ACIENT OF DAYS, THATS A SONG THIS IS BUMBLEBEE! I REALLY DID LET HONEY BEES EAT FROM ME!

  • @beeverywhere9003
    @beeverywhere9003 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tell us Davide how you get visa to enter russia?as i heard no touristic visa only for" force majeur"what your secret
    Grazie mille bravo ragazzo

  • @mishasalt9429
    @mishasalt9429 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its Hebrew not Yiddish. if im not mistaking, Yiddish doesnt even have a written form

  • @nathanielroadrunnerepps6409
    @nathanielroadrunnerepps6409 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    VICKIE WINANS, FIRST TRUMPET SOUND, THATS A SONG THIS IS BUMBLEBEE!

  • @Locxd
    @Locxd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Davide,i think you should go to the most remote city in russia. The city is called "dikson"

  • @nathanielroadrunnerepps6409
    @nathanielroadrunnerepps6409 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    CITYLIGHTS,MUSIC MEETS HEAVEN, ACIENT OF DAY'S THAT'S A SONG THIS IS BUMBLEBEE!

  • @nathanielroadrunnerepps6409
    @nathanielroadrunnerepps6409 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    RICKY DILLARD, THE HAND OF THE LORD, THATS A SONG THIS IS BUMBLEBEE!