St. Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies

About St. Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies

According to Wikipedia, St. Petersburg Institute of Jewish Studies is a private institution of higher education in the area of Jewish Studies in Saint Petersburg, Russia. History Leningrad Jewish University was established in 1989 as a continuation of the Baron Günzburg's Courses for Oriental Studies and the Petrograd / Leningrad Jewish University . The latter was closed by the Soviet Authorities as "unnecessary" in 1925. The new Leningrad Jewish University was created in 1989 during the new Soviet policy of Perestroika by enthusiasts and Jewish Activists, Ilya Dvorkin , Vaniamin Lukin, Khava Korzakova, and others. During its first year '89/90 only evening classes were offered of Hebrew, history, Torah studies, as well as seminars on Ethnography, Linguistics and Local History, and several others.