The Research Centre’s task involve, first and foremost, the processing of the Museum’s existing collections and compiling an informational-representative database of current exhibits, as well as stimulating research in all areas connected with Eastern European Jewry. A vital aspect of the Centre is its scientific educational activity.
In this area, the Centre aims to fill a special niche in Russophone Judaica, taking on integrating and intermediary functions, without duplicating the functions of other existing scientific and educational structures.
In this area, the Centre aims to fill a special niche in Russophone Judaica, taking on integrating and intermediary functions, without duplicating the functions of other existing scientific and educational structures.
Areas of activity include:
The Museum’s collections have, to a great extent, been built up thanks to gifts and donations. At present, the Museum holds a considerable collection of photographs, postcards, letters from the front, diplomas, certificates and so forth. This collection beautifully illustrates the daily life, sufferings and hopes of Jews from the late nineteenth to mid twentieth century.
The Research Center is glad to present the mini-movie about Leonid Utesov which enriches the main exposition. The movie is represented by Uri Gershovich, the Research Center of the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center director, and Galina Evtushenko, the movie director
Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center is happy to announce the opening of Research Center library for visitors, starting from October 15, 2018.
In the fellowship program participated Tova Benjamin (PhD candidate, New York University, USA) with a research project “In Russian Courts and Prisons: Jewish autonomy in Imperial Russia and the Early Soviet Union (1880-1920)