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Feb 16, 2018, 7:50:02 PM2/16/18
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A recurring subject in Yizkor books are accounts by survivors of the Holocaust who
returned to their home towns after the defeat of Germany. In "Stones Tell the
Tale," Eliezer Schenker writes of his return to Oswiecim in Poland, a name from
which Auschwitz was derived. Jews called the town Oshpitzin. Schenker and his
family arrived "shriveled, hungry, dressed in tatters and penniless...and stood at
the train station of my birth-town without any possibility of recognizing it." He
describes movingly his visit to the cemetery which had been desecrated and where
he found a bomb crater where his mother's grave had been and he set a task for
himself to help restore it. Later, he asked himself if it was "right to abandon the
remaining vestiges of the cultural and religious heritage of Polish Jewry to the
Poles" and he decided to stay, which he did for ten years.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1671584499530365
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, MD
Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
Towns: Wojnilow (http://bit.ly/2nOj336), Kovel (http://bit.ly/2Edyg3Q)
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A recurring subject in Yizkor books are accounts by survivors of the Holocaust who
returned to their home towns after the defeat of Germany. In "Stones Tell the
Tale," Eliezer Schenker writes of his return to Oswiecim in Poland, a name from
which Auschwitz was derived. Jews called the town Oshpitzin. Schenker and his
family arrived "shriveled, hungry, dressed in tatters and penniless...and stood at
the train station of my birth-town without any possibility of recognizing it." He
describes movingly his visit to the cemetery which had been desecrated and where
he found a bomb crater where his mother's grave had been and he set a task for
himself to help restore it. Later, he asked himself if it was "right to abandon the
remaining vestiges of the cultural and religious heritage of Polish Jewry to the
Poles" and he decided to stay, which he did for ten years.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1671584499530365
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, MD
Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
Towns: Wojnilow (http://bit.ly/2nOj336), Kovel (http://bit.ly/2Edyg3Q)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't miss the first IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
to be held in Eastern Europe and our 38th overall! The Warsaw, Poland
Hilton Hotel & Conference Center will be the base for lectures, panels,
networking, and historic excursions and a unique Resource Village!
Mark your calendar for 5-10 August 2018 and visit iajgs2018.org for details.
Early registration is now open through 28 April 2018.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Watch JewishGen's video -- click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nASSn4rDXh4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Planning to use Ancestry.com? Start by using the "Ancestry Search Box"
on the JewishGen homepage.
By doing this, any eventual subscription to Ancestry.com will result in
Jewishgen receiving a commission.
It's an easy way to help JewishGen!
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Support JewishGen with a contribution to the JewishGen General Fund!
http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/
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Sign up for the JGFFAlert!
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BDrake@PewResearch.org BDrake@PewResearch.org
Feb 23, 2018, 11:37:36 AM2/23/18
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This account of "Tragic Encounters" in the Yizkor book of Sarny has an unusual
twist. Yaakov Tzuk relates instances of murder, accident, and misfortune that
had shaken the town with the result that there was "practically no connections
of friendship developed and stuck [with the Gentile population] because of
their malevolent attitude towards the Jews." He then ends with an incident on
Yom Kippur when a group of Subbotniki asked to come into the synagogue and say
something but was driven away. This group was a Russian sect of Christian
origin who had adopted Jewish customs and practices and held their Sabbath on
Saturdays. Tzuk later visited their place of worship and wondered afterwards
if this was an opportunity lost.
URL: https://business.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1678612818827533
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring MD
Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel
This account of "Tragic Encounters" in the Yizkor book of Sarny has an unusual
twist. Yaakov Tzuk relates instances of murder, accident, and misfortune that
had shaken the town with the result that there was "practically no connections
of friendship developed and stuck [with the Gentile population] because of
their malevolent attitude towards the Jews." He then ends with an incident on
Yom Kippur when a group of Subbotniki asked to come into the synagogue and say
something but was driven away. This group was a Russian sect of Christian
origin who had adopted Jewish customs and practices and held their Sabbath on
Saturdays. Tzuk later visited their place of worship and wondered afterwards
if this was an opportunity lost.
URL: https://business.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1678612818827533
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring MD
Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
BDrake@PewResearch.org BDrake@PewResearch.org
Mar 3, 2018, 1:00:31 AM3/3/18
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Reb Meir Moshe, a blacksmith, lived a good life in a village where he was the only Jew among Christians, according to this tale from the Yizkor book of Olkeniki in Lithuania. He had the respect and affection of the Christians farmers but was lonely among them like other lonely Jews who were scattered in the nearby villages. Then a miracle happened, and he and other Jews like him in those villages and found themselves and all their belongings transported to Olkeniki. "No matter where Reb Meir looked he saw Jews from the neighboring villages" and as he and others settled in and made their lives "The beauty of the town and its residents' generosity, attracted the hearts of the Jews who lived in the area." Aptly, the chapter is titled "Legend and Reality in the town of Olkeniki."
URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1685945171427631
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, MD
Reb Meir Moshe, a blacksmith, lived a good life in a village where he was the only Jew among Christians, according to this tale from the Yizkor book of Olkeniki in Lithuania. He had the respect and affection of the Christians farmers but was lonely among them like other lonely Jews who were scattered in the nearby villages. Then a miracle happened, and he and other Jews like him in those villages and found themselves and all their belongings transported to Olkeniki. "No matter where Reb Meir looked he saw Jews from the neighboring villages" and as he and others settled in and made their lives "The beauty of the town and its residents' generosity, attracted the hearts of the Jews who lived in the area." Aptly, the chapter is titled "Legend and Reality in the town of Olkeniki."
URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1685945171427631
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, MD
BDrake@PewResearch.org BDrake@PewResearch.org
Mar 10, 2018, 3:51:19 AM3/10/18
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Here are two often humorous accounts from the Yizkor book of Yedintzi
(Edinet) Bessarabia about two of the common occupations for Jews in
the shtetls - butchers and water carriers. The butchers, aside from
supplying their wares to customers, "themselves used to like feasting
and enjoying meals with varenikes, meat-filled knishes, and dairy
bagels that used to swim in oil or butter. They themselves were broad-
shouldered, with stuffed bellies and their wives were also rolly-polly,
heavy-set." As for the water carriers, "their water-carrying was
dramatic. During the winter frosts long icicles would hang down from
their barrels and cans, just as they did from the roofs." They also had
to deal with young pranksters who would like to sneak up on them and
pull the cork from their barrels.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1692369717451843
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, MD
Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
Here are two often humorous accounts from the Yizkor book of Yedintzi
(Edinet) Bessarabia about two of the common occupations for Jews in
the shtetls - butchers and water carriers. The butchers, aside from
supplying their wares to customers, "themselves used to like feasting
and enjoying meals with varenikes, meat-filled knishes, and dairy
bagels that used to swim in oil or butter. They themselves were broad-
shouldered, with stuffed bellies and their wives were also rolly-polly,
heavy-set." As for the water carriers, "their water-carrying was
dramatic. During the winter frosts long icicles would hang down from
their barrels and cans, just as they did from the roofs." They also had
to deal with young pranksters who would like to sneak up on them and
pull the cork from their barrels.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1692369717451843
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, MD
Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
BDrake@PewResearch.org BDrake@PewResearch.org
Mar 16, 2018, 9:02:27 PM3/16/18
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I can do no better job in introducing this chapter from the Yizkor book of Suvalk
(Suwalki) Poland than whoever assembled this collection: "Yiddish folksongs in
Eastern Europe knew no boundaries. The melodies went from country to country,
wherever Jews lived and wherever Yiddish was their language. Nevertheless, there
were some Yiddish folk songs which were characteristic of one country or even of
one region and were sung there more than elsewhere. Suwalk Jews were no exception.
We show here some of the songs which were especially popular over 100 years ago."
URL: https://business.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1700830633272418
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, MD
Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel
I can do no better job in introducing this chapter from the Yizkor book of Suvalk
(Suwalki) Poland than whoever assembled this collection: "Yiddish folksongs in
Eastern Europe knew no boundaries. The melodies went from country to country,
wherever Jews lived and wherever Yiddish was their language. Nevertheless, there
were some Yiddish folk songs which were characteristic of one country or even of
one region and were sung there more than elsewhere. Suwalk Jews were no exception.
We show here some of the songs which were especially popular over 100 years ago."
URL: https://business.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1700830633272418
Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, MD
Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
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