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Issued by OZET (1925-38) the Soviet organization that sought to improve the socio-economic status of disenfranchised Russian Jews by, resettling them from their traditional shtetls, and onto agricultural communes established on land provided by the State. The best known OZET-sponsored project was the creation of the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan, located in the Russian Far East. At its height in the 1930’s, OZET membership had reached 300,000 members. In addition to membership dues, OZET relied on support from donations raised overseas, as well as funds raised through lotteries - held five times between 1928 and 1933. Overall, OZET sponsored the resettlement of 126,000 Jews to the new communes.