On April 14, 2013 Center for Jewish Studies opened an exhibition Jews on Soil: Agro-Joint and agricultural colonies of South Ukraine in the 1920s – 1930s at the Shevchenko’s Museum.
The exhibition presents materials, which address formation and development of the Jewish agricultural settlements on the territory of Ukraine from the middle of the XIX century until the end of of the thirties of the XX century. In the beginning of the twenties of the XX century, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee supported the project of restoration of the Jewish colonies in South Ukraine and signed the contract with the Soviet government. In June of 1924 an agricultural unit called Agro-Joint was coined. Its primary task was issuing help (financial, professional, technical, material) to groups of settlers. The unit existed until 1938 in the Soviet Union. (more…)