Govorowo Memorial Book
(Goworowo, Poland)

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Translation of
Goworowo; sefer zikaron

Edited by Aviezer Burstin, Dov Kossovsky

Published by The Govorover Societies in Israel, the USA and Canada, Tel Aviv, 1966

 

Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Lester Blum

 

Emeritus coordinator: Martin Jacobs

 

This translation of the Goworowo Yizkor book has been donated by Lester Blum and Elaine Ann Blum in honor of their father, Abraham Isaac Blum in recognition of his dedication to preserving the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

 

This is a translation from Goworowo; sefer zikaron [Yiddish: Govorovo Yizkor-bukh] (Govorowo memorial book)
Editors: Aviezer Burstin, Dov Kossovsky, Publisher: The Govorover Societies in Israel, the USA and Canada, Tel Aviv, 1966
[Irgunei yots'ei Govorovo beYisrael, Artsot habrit, veKanada]
[Yiddish: Govorovo landsmanshaftn in Yisroel, Amrike [sic] un Kanade], Pages: 512 Languages: H,Y,E


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TOC translated by Martin Jacobs

 
Title Author Page
 
Goworowo map 6
Table of Contents 8
Forward – Hebrew The Editors 12
Forward – Yiddish The Editors 14
 
The Shtetl
A Chapter of History   16
Goworowo Half a Century Ago Abraham Schwartzberg 24
Once There Was… Meyshe Granat 28
A Walk Through the Shtetl   37
 
Rabbis
Rov Solomon Zalmen Klepfish Moses Zinowits 55
Rov Jacob Judah Kahana-Butsian Moses Zinowits 57
A Few Memories of the Old Rov Rov N. Talmud 59
The Last Rov A. Avinoam 61
Rov Alter Moses Mordkhe Burshtin Rov Samuel Aaron Halevi Pardes 65
 
The Religious Life
Jewishness in the Town Yosef Gurka 66
Among Hasidim Avrom Levin 68
Der Beys-medresh (The Study-house) Yosef Gavati 76
The Aleksander “shtibl” Yosef Zilbertson 79
The Ger “shtibl” Yosef Gur 82
The Vurke “Shtibl” Avrom Holtsman 86
The “Progressive” Minyen G. Yosef 88
Kheydarim un Melamdim (Religious Schools and Teachers) Yosef Gurka 90
The “Kosher” Kheydarim Yosef Gurka 99
Yeshive People Yosef Gurka 100
Two Brothers Daughter of Yankev Dov 109
The Beys-Yankev Schools Rov Yitskhak Shafran 110
The “Shomrey Shabes” Group A. Inbri 114
Khevre Kadishe The Burial Society Bar Bey-Rav 116
 
Community Bureaus and Institutions
The Local Council Bar-Even 118
The Jewish Community A. Bar-Even 121
Schooling and Education A. Boki 124
The Merchants' Association D. Ben-Yitskhak 131
The Artisans' Association Meyshe Granat 135
The Free Loan Society B. Alef 139
Hospitality B. Avi-Eyzer 140
Housing Poor Travelers and Visiting the Sick A. Avi-Uriel 142
 
Parties and Organizations
The Zionist Organization K. Ber 144
My Activity in “Tsukunft” and the “Bund” Rokhl Brestel-Grudke 151
The Rise and Development of the “Poaley-tsion” Zionist Socialists Meyshe Granat 156
The Revisionist Movement B. Kosovski 165
“Mizrakhi”, “He'khaluts-Ha'mizrakhi”, and “Ha'shomer-ha'dati” Y. Avi-Sore 173
“Tseirey Agudas Yisroel” Rabbi Yitskhak Shafran 176
“Basya” and “Banos Agudas Yisroel” Rabonit Rivke Rozental-Shtshetshina 179
“Ha'shomer ha'tsair” Elieyzer Levin 182
The Left “Poaley-tsion” Neyekh Karvat 186
The Brener Library Avrom Holtsman 187
The Agricultural Training Camp “Pulkha” in Tshirnye Aron Shron 190
The Preparatory Training Point in Pasheki Leyvi Varshaviak 195
The Drama Circles Avrom Holtsman 198
The Work of the National Funds A. Sh. Menakhem 204
 
Scholars, Leaders, Types and Personalities  
Naske Goworower I. I. Trunk 206
Reb Meyshe Yehoshe Ginzburg of Blessed Memory Meyshe Granat 209
Reb Avrom Mordkhe Fridman of Blessed Memory A. Bashan 211
My Father the Cantor & Ritual Slaughterer Eliahu Yankev Brukhansky 212
My Father Reb Yonatan Zilbertson Yosef Zilbertson 216
Reb Matisyahu Rozen of Blessed Memory B. Itshes 218
My Parents B. Kosovski 221
Reb Meyshe Tenenboym May God Avenge His Blood A. Bashan 226
Reb Menashe Holtsman of Blessed Memory Avrom Holtsman 229
Avrom Shafran May God Avenge His Blood Sh. Yitskhak 231
Five Generations Khave bas Yankev Dov 233
Mayer Zev Tehilim May God Avenge His Blood Yitskhak Shafran 237
A Memorial Candle for my Family Menukhe Zeltser-Grudka 239
Reb Borekh Mints of Blessed Memory A. Boshon 240
Reb Mayer Romaner of Blessed Memory A. Boshon 241
Reb Yankev Hersh Vengrov A. Boshon 243
Reb Fayvl Brik May God Avenge His Blood A. Boshon 244
Yoel'ke the Baker A. Bar-Even 245
In memory of my father R. Moses Skurnik May His Memory be for a Blessing Khayim Skurnik 248
Rov Khayim Mordkhe Bronrot May His Sainted Memory be a Blessing Sh. D. Yerushalmi 249
Rov Avrom Mendl Galant Meyshe Khayim Galant 251
Hasidic Personalities Yosef Zilbertson 252
R. Avrumke Tsalke, May God Avenge His Blood A. Bashan 256
History of One Family in Goworowo Yitskhak Vardi-Rozenblum 258
My Uncle Reb Efrayim Leyb Boynem Yankev Gurka 263
Reb Velvl and Feyge Blumshteyn May God Avenge Their Blood A. Boshon 265
Reb Mordkhe Leyb Gurka of Blessed Memory Y. Ben-Khasid 266
Reb Hershl Glogover of Blessed Memory M. Rimon 269
Reb Elkhonen Fridman May God Avenge His Blood M. Rimon 270
Reb Yisroel Yitskhak Shron May God Avenge His Blood A. Inbar 271
Reb Khayim Dovid Shron May God Avenge His Blood A. Inbar 272
Reb Khayim Leyb Marianski the Cantor-Ritual Slaughterer Y. Avi-Sore 273
Reb Tsvi Aleyarzsh the Zamoshtsh Rebi of Blessed Memory A. Ben-Even 274
Reb Yankev Shtshetshina of Blessed Memory A. Boshon 276
Reb Yeshaye Hertsberg May God Avenge His Blood Yosef Gurka 277
Reb Yudl Sheyniak of Blessed Memory B. Avi 278
Monument to a Living Soul Khave Bernshteyn-Burshtin 279
Khane Papiertshik of Blessed Memory B. P. Miryam 280
Two figures – Rokhl Shmilke's and Khane Rivke Khaye bas Yankev Dov 281
Reb Borekh Kuperman of Blessed Memory A. Beys 282
Reb Asher Kutner May God Avenge His Blood Rov Avrom Alter Kutner / A. Ben 283
Reb Shleyme Leyb and Reb Khayim Borekh Shakhter of Blessed Memory Tsipora Zaltsberg-Shakhter 284
Reb Gedalye Grinberg of Blessed Memory G. Even 286
My Grandfather Reb Yankev Shabsay of Blessed Memory Rivke Rozenberg-Shafran 287
Reb Yehoshe Rozen of Blessed Memory A. Boshon 292
Reb Yankev Rozenberg May God Avenge His Blood Y. Ben-Mordkhe 294
My Home Rivke Vinderboym-Proska 296
Pesh'ke Goldman Kh. Sh. Kazshdan 297
Reb Mordkhe Shmelts of Blessed Memory Khaye Shmelts 298
Binyumin Ginzburg Rifke Rozenberg-Shafran 300
Leyb Kersh May God Avenge His Blood Y. Sh. Herts 302
The Bundist Leader Feyge Sheyniak 304
Memorial light for our distinguished brother Moses Granat / Isaac Granat 305
Elhanan Kosovsky D. Avi-Dani 308
 
Memories and Episodes
I Remember You! Y. Zerubavel 309
A Jewish Town for the Folk Engineer A. Rays 313
Goworowo Israel Ritov 316
The Betar in Goworowo Yosef Khrust 319
The Amshinover Rebi in Goworowo Yisroel Rituv, Israel 323
The Excommunication Yitskhak Dovid Tehilim, America 324
The “Eyruv” Affair Sh. L. Tsitron 325
An Evening After Shabes A. Bar-Even 327
A Wintry Shabes Dawn Yosef Zilbertson 330
Shabes at Home Feyge Sheyniak 331
Memories of Youth Sore Tsimerman-Romaner 332
Four Years in Goworowo Rov Menakhem Belfer 334
Two neighboring towns Jacob Katz 336
Martyrdom R. Tsvi A. Slushts 339
My Family Yitskhak Romaner 340
My Road to Erets-Yisroel Sore Blumshteyn-Skurnik 341
With the Rebi's Approval Yitskhak Blumshteyn 344
A Jew Travels to Erets-Yisroel Aharon Shron 346
Goworowo in My Eyes Cantor Nosn Stolnits 351
A Story of Khomets and Peysakh A. B. Shoshoni 352
Footnotes to an essay H. Yustus 355
A Story with “Nadlitshbove” B. Dines 359
Shtetl Pranksters A. Goworower 361
Teaching an In-law a Lesson A. Goworower 365
Two Episodes Yankev Gurka 368
Wouldn't You Know It Meyshe Sarne 371
Town Curiosities Khone Vaysbord / Sh. Ts. 373
Shleyme Akive, the Town Fool A. B. Shoshoni 376
Town Folklore M. Rimon 379
Goworowo in “HaTsefira”, 1887   380
 
Destruction and Mass Murder
On Polish Fields Binem Heler 381
“Although we are condemned to death we have not lost the divine image” Dr. Arye Leon Kububi 382
“I Seek My Brother” Yedidiye Frenkel 384
This Is How It Began Yitskhak Romaner 387
Diary of a Mobilized Soldier Yankev Gurka 390
The Destruction Meyshe Molovani 394
A month with the German beasts Moses Dranitsa 401
A Look Back Peysakh Tshervin 405
The last Kol Nidre night Eve Bernstein-Burstin 410
So that you may remember. . . R. Isaac Shafran 414
Elegy A. Ben-Ir 416
A page of Talmud saved me B. Aviezer 417
In the crematoria Yosef Perlstein 420
Hear O Israel. . . Rachel Auerbach 423
Martyrdom in exile K. Noah 425
Goworowo without Jews Mordecai Govartshik 427
Kaddish R. Moses Bernstein 429
Psalm of David A. Y. Brukhensky 432
 
These I remember
Prayer for the dead   434
List of the slain   435
Obituary notices   447
 
Landsmanshaft organizations  
The Yotse Govorovo organization in Israel Aaron Shran 481
The Free Loan Society of the Yotse Govorovo organization in Israel Abraham Levine 486
Goworowo societies in America Isaac Safran 488
The Goworowo landsmanshaft in Canada A. Ben-Meir 492
Goworowo people in other countries   494
An expression of thanks Vaad Irgun Yotse Govorova BeYisrael 495
English summary of the book   I – XVI

 

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