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Translation of
Sefer Yaroslav: gal-'ed le-zekher 'irenu…

Edited by: Yitzhak Alperowitz

Published in Tel Aviv 1978

Susan Rosin

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Foreword		12
From the Organization Jaroslaw Organization in Israel		14
Jaroslav Down the Generations
The Beginnings of Jewish Settlement in Jaroslaw	Rabbi Moshe Steinberg	19
The Independent Community and its Rabbis	Rabbi Moshe Steinberg	26
Chevra Kadisha in Jaroslaw	Rabbi Moshe Steinberg	41
The Council of Four Lands	Rabbi M. Steinberg	43
History of the Jews in Jaroslav	Rabbi Moshe Steinberg	51
Jaroslav and Its History*	Mundek Hebenstreit	76
The City of Jaroslav and Its History*	Mundek Hebenstreit	81
Excerpt from a Polish newspaper in Jaroslav, 1946		89
Zionist Parties and Youth Movements
The beginnings of the Zionist Movements in Jaroslaw	Moshe Kalchheim	93
Zionist Activities in Jaroslaw During the 1920's	Asher Graf	99
“WIZO”	Mrs. H. Halberstam	103
The “Mizraḥi” Movement in Jaroslaw	Moishe`leh Kalchheim, Jerusalem	105
The “Mizrachi” Organization in Jaroslaw Between the Two World Wars*	Shmuel Schleider	109
“Hashomer Hatza'ir” - the Zionist Youth Movement	Binjamin Gevishi (Yumek Feldmaus)	112
“He-Ḥalutz Hatza'ir”	Leon Fast	124
The Hebrew Youth Society “Akiva” in Jaroslaw	Moshe Kalchheim	128
The “Akiva” Movement in Jaroslaw	Ben-Zion Krieger	134
The “Zionist Youth” Movement in Jaroslaw	Ephraim (Philip) Baumgarten	140
Betar	Dov Narzisenfeld	143
Jewish Academic Youth in Jaroslaw	Maximilian Meister	146
Education and Culture Institutions
The “Yad Harutzim” Hall	Moshe Kalchheim	153
On the Schools I Studied in and the Teachers	Dov (Barak) Fruchtman	157
The “Yavneh” School	Dov (Barak) Fruchtman	161
The “Tarbut ” Library	Dov (Berek) Fruchtman	163
The cheders and the Teachers	Moshe Kalchheim	165
The cheders and the Teachers*	Moshe Kalchheim	168
Supporters of the Military*	Shmuel Schleider	173
Religious Life
The Synagogues	Moshe Kalchheim	177
The Synagogues*	Moshe Kalchheim	186
My Grandfather's Synagogue	Moshe Meizler	198
The “Agudat Israel” [religious] Organizations	Boruch Kalcheim	200
Ways of Life, Experiences, Recollections
Jews and Poles in Jaroslaw And Their Relationship in the Years 1918-1945	Mundek Hebenstreit	205
Jews and Poles in Jaroslaw And Their Relationship in the Years 1918-1945	Mundek Hebenstreit	215
The Town Wherein I was Nourished by Zionism	Attorney Moshe Aridor (Weihenmayer)	227
With Jaroslav Jewry	Yeshayahu Rabinowitz	230
With Jaroslaw Jewry*	Yeshayahu Rabinowitz	237
Jaroslaw As I Knew It	Dr. Yitzhak Schwartzbart	246
Zionist Jaroslaw	Dr. Yitzhak Schwartzbart	248
Purim in Town*	Moshe Kalchheim	249
Jewish Sport in Jaroslaw	Mundek Hebenstreit	253
Recollections of my Town	David Isman	261
The “Incident” at the Opening of the Wiata Targowa Town Market	Pinhas Wintgreen	264
Music and Entertainment	Erna Zilberman	265
Holocaust and Heroism
Poem on the Murdered Jewish People*	Yitzhak Katzenelson	270
Our Town is Burning	Mordecai Gebirtig	274
Our Exile from Jaros³aw to the Siberian Forests	Moshe Katz	275
In Memoriam	Alexander Silberman	280
In the Struggle against the Nazis	Mundek Hebenstreit	281
From the Ghetto to the Forest	Moshe Kalchheim	284
Personalities and Characters
HaRav R' Yitzchak HaLevi Steinberg z"l	Moshe HaLevi Steinberg, Rabbi of Kiryat Yam	300
My Father, Dr. Yitzhak Rabinowitz	Arye Rabinowitz	302
Lines to the character of the author Eisik Schealtiel Graeber		303
Steinbock	Moshe'l Kalchheim, Jerusalem	303
R' Shimon Spiegel	Moshe Kalchheim	304
Chelimer the Teacher	Moshe Kalchheim	306
R' David Rapp, ritual slaughterer from Jaroslaw	Moshe Kalchheim	307
Reb Sender Amster*	Moshe Kalchheim	309
The Life and Public Service of Dr. Moshe (Maurycy) Rager	Ziva Korn (Rager)	313
Aharon Gerblich	Yakov Gerblich	314
Shayeh Lang	Moshe Kalchheim	315
Berko Winter	Moshe Kalchheim	316
Janek Kostman in “HeHalutz”	Shoshana Kostman	317
Ziggy Dubshitz	Moshe Kalchheim	319
Yakov Moshe Gilead-Glatt	Yoel Gilead (Glatt)	320
Imek Roschwald	Haya Ziegel	322
Dulek Altshuler and his Summer Camps	Ziva Korn (Rager)	323
Jaroslav Townspeople Societies in Israel
The Committee of Former Residents of Jaroslaw in Tel Aviv and the Environs		325
Irgun Yotzey Jaroslaw in Haifa		329
Those We Remember		336
Yizkor		372
English
Preface	The Editorial Board	7
Introduction	The Committee of the Jaroslav	8
From the Editorial Board		12
Jaroslav: Its History and Jewish Community	Yitzhak Alperowitz	14