Electronic catalogue of "The Jewish World in Postcards"
exhibition on CD-ROM



CD-ROM presents the electronic version of "The Jewish World in Postcards" exhibition dedicated to various aspects of Jewish life in Russia in the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.

The project was realized by the ORT-St.Petersburg Centre jointly with the Multimedia-studio "Mart" by the order of the "Petersburg Judaica" Centre with the support of St.Petersburg branch of JDC.

During the organization of the "Jewish World in Postcards" exhibition the creators tried not only to revival the memory of illustrated postcards as the remarkable phenomenon in the Jewish culture, but also show with their help a great variety of Jewish life forms existed in Russia at the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.


On the CD-ROM all postcards were presented in folowing sections:

  • Life Cycle
  • Within the Pale of Settlement
  • People on the Way
  • Beyond the Pale of Settlement
  • The Russian Word "Pogrom"
  • Palestinophilism and Zionism

    Each section annotates with ontext bilingual (English and Russian) comments.

    CD-ROM has the comfortable navigation and friendly program interface.