There may have been several songs about Birobidjan, I know another one I used to arrange with La KUMPANIA ZELWER (France) you can hear it on "Daïssa" Album (Le Chant du Monde-Harmonia Mundi, 2003)
no, sorry, I don't know. There is no author or date of appearence to find in the Booklet. There is some information including lyrics written in German @ haGalil.com www.hagalil.com/galluth/russland/russia12.htm