The Birobidzhaner Shtern (Yiddish: ביראָבידזשאַנער שטערן; Russian: Биробиджанер Штерн Birobidžaner Štern; "The Birobidzhan Star") is a newspaper published in both Yiddish[1] and Russian in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast of Russia.

It was set up in November 1930 in Birobidzhan[2] to cater for the newly arrived Jewish immigrants.

During the Second World War, Birobidzhaner Shtern became part of the newspaper “Birobidzhanskaya Zvezda”.

The newspaper, led by a local Yiddish-speaking woman, Yelena Sarashevskaya,[10][11] features Yiddish and Russian articles written by contributors from different countries, including Yoel Matveyev and Velvl Chernin.

The current rabbi, Efraim Kolpak, is also a vocal supporter of the newspaper and Yiddish activism in Birobidzhan.