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Translation of
Kehilat Lenin; Sefer Zikaron
Edited by: M. Tamari
Published in Tel Aviv, 1957
Acknowledgments
Project Coordinator
Sanford A. Kaplan z”l
Our sincere appreciation to Zvi Issers, of Holon, Israel,
This is a translation of: Kehilat Lenin; Sefer Zikaron (The Community of Lenin; Memorial Book),
Editors: M. Tamari, Tel Aviv, Former Residents of Lenin in Israel and in the USA, 1957 (H,Y, 407 pages).
Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Lenin
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| The Story of Lenin | |
| Mordechai Zaitchik and Yitzkhok Slutzky: The beginning of Lenin | 11 |
| Yehoshua Grinberg: The Estate | 15 |
| Mordechai Zaitchik: Sources of Livelihood and Economic Existence | 18 |
| Until World War I | |
| Mordechai Zaitchik: The Appearance of the Town Until the Year 1910 | 21 |
| Mordechai Zaitchik: During the Years of the First World War | 22 |
| Between the two World Wars | |
| Mordechai Zaitchik: The Influence of the Border on Life in the Town | 27 |
| Anonymous: Border Changes at the End of the First World War | 27 |
| Sarah Fogelman (Kolpenitzky): My visit to Lenin in 1936 | 30 |
| Mordechai Zaitchik: The External View of the Town Before the Holocaust | 33 |
| Immigration to Israel | |
| Yehoshua Greenberg: My Immigration (Aliyah) to the Land of Israel | 37 |
| Chaim Shalev: Our Immigration (Aliyah) to the Land of Israel | 37 |
| The Holocaust | |
| Mordekhai Zaytshik: The town of Lenin during 1939 – 1941 | 47 |
| Mordekhai Zaytshik: Escape from the Forced Labor Camp in Hantsavichy | 65 |
| Mordekhai Zaytshik: Among the Partisans | 72 |
| Mordekhai Zaytshik: Standing at the mass grave | 92 |
| Menashe Ben-Yisrael (Yulevitsh): The lonely mound | 93 |
| Yehuda Tsiklik: The partisans' attack on Lenin | 94 |
| Zvi (Herzl) Zukrovitsh: Wandering | 98 |
| Yitzkhok Reingold: Seventy years of sufferings and hardship | 101 |
| Partisans who survived | 104 |
| The Sacred Community (Kehilat HaKodesh) | |
| Mordekhai Zaytshik: Synagogues | 109 |
| A. Golob, A.I. Slutzky, M. Zaytshik: Cantors and ritual slaughterers | 110 |
| Mordekhai Zaytshik: Cantors, Sextons | 111 |
| Daily Life | |
| Mordekhai Zaytshik: The “office” and the farm | 117 |
| Mordekhai Zaytshik: Characters and customs | 117 |
| Mordekhai Migdalovitsh: The village Jews | 118 |
| Mordekhai Zaytshik: The Sluch River | 121 |
| Yocheved Amit: The Lag Baomer Celebration | 122 |
| Michael Rechavi: A winter eve wedding | 125 |
| Sarah Fogelman (Kolpenitzky): In the Counsel of the Poor People | 126 |
| Eliyahu Shalev: Father Johann Popenko – A righteous Gentile | 127 |
| Avrom -Yitskhak Slutzky: Chaim Grune Yente's | 129 |
| Yitskhok Slutzky: Bere'le the Bookseller | 131 |
| Educational and Cultural Institutions | |
| Avrom -Yitskhok Slutzky: Educational, medical and sanitary conditions in Lenin | 135 |
| Mordechai Zaitchik: Cultural life | 137 |
| Avrom -Yitskhok Slutzky: An unsuccessful Purim party | 144 |
| Zelig Yulevitsh: Educational institutions | 147 |
| Khaim Yonai: The “Heder” of Teacher X | 150 |
| Dov Zaytshik: The Lenin branch of “Tarbut” | 151 |
| Zila Zaretzky: My town Lenin | 154 |
| Parties and Youth Organizations | |
| Avrom -Yitskhok Slutzky: The Beginning of the Zionist Movement in Our Town | 159 |
| Herzl Zukrovitsh: The “Hekhalutz” Movement | 161 |
| Ben Shamai: Betar | 164 |
| People and Personalities | |
| Mordechai Zaitchik: HaRav R' Yehudah Turetski Zts”L | 167 |
| Yitzchak Slutsky: HaRav R' Yehudah Turetzki Zts”L | 169 |
| Khaim Shalev: Rabbi Moshe Tomashov | 170 |
| Mordechai Zaitchik: Rabbis R' Nachman Wasserman and R' Moshe Milstein | 173 |
| Avrom –Yitskhok Slutzky : R' Avrom –Yitskhok Chinitz | 174 |
| Eliyahu Shalev: Loyal friends | 175 |
| Chaim Shalev: R' Yisrael Isar HaLevi Nekrycz | 177 |
| Yitskhok Slutsky: Reb Zalman Shmelkin | 179 |
| Tzila Zaritzki: R'Dov-Ber Baruchin | 183 |
| Chaim Shalev: In Memory of our Dear Grandfather and Grandmother | 185 |
| Shlomo Glenson: R'Israel Glenson | 187 |
| Khaim Shalev: Reb Aryeh Greiv | 188 |
| Mordkhai Rubenstein (Migdalovitsh): Reb Yitskhok Dannenberg | 189 |
| Mordkhai Rubenstein (Migdalovitsh): Reb Aron-Leib Zaytshik | 191 |
| Y. Klinov: Dr. Aron Singalowski | 192 |
| Mordechai Zaitchik: Moshe Ben Aron-Leib Zaytshik | 195 |
| Moshe Migdalovitsh: Reb Aron Migdalovitsh | 196 |
| Mordkhai Rubenstein (Migdalovitsh): Reb Elyakim Migdalovitsh | 198 |
| Mordkhai Rubenstein (Migdalovitsh): Aron Milner | 198 |
| Leah and Sarah Kolpenitzky: Eliezer Kolpenitzky | 200 |
| Mordkhai Rubenstein (Migdalovitsh): Yitskhok Kolpenitzky | 202 |
| Meir Booktsin: R' Yosef–Noah Rabinowitz | 203 |
| Mordkhai Rubenstein (Migdalovitsh): Yehudah son of R' Shlomo Rubenstein | 206 |
| Yakov Berger : Moshe Shmelkin | 207 |
| Menashe Ben–Yisroel, Mordkhai Rubenstein (Migdalovitsh): R' Yisroel son of R' Menashe Latukha | 209 |
| Meir Booktsin: The humble of the earth | 211 |
| Lenin Countrymen Worldwide | |
| Mordkhai Rubenstein (Migdalovitsh): Reb Avrom-Yitskhok Slutzky | 217 |
| The Community Register (Lists of victims of the Holocaust and their relatives) | 223 |
| Yiddish | |
| The Rise of the Shtetl Lenin | |
| Eng. Mordechai Zeitchik: Our Shtetl (Village) Lenin: A Yizkor (Memorial) Book | 237 |
| Engineer Mordechai Zaitchik: The Founding of Lenin | 243 |
| Yehoshua Grinberg: The Estate and the “Office Quarter” | 247 |
| Culture and Education | |
| Avraham Yitzhak Slutzki: The Cultural Situation in our Shtetl | 253 |
| Mordechai Zeitchik: The Cultural Life | 255 |
| Living Conditions | |
| Avraham-Yitzhak Slutzki: Education and Sanitary-Medical Situation in Lenin | 265 |
| Destruction and Revenge | |
| Mordechai Zeitchik: The Years 1939 – 1941 | 271 |
| Yehuda Tziklik Partisans | 272 |
| I. Biegelman: The Partisans' Operation in Sinkewitz | 275 |
| Masha Slutzki: Bad News | 276 |
| Parties and Institutions | |
| Avraham Yitzhak Slutzki: The Zionist Movement | 281 |
| Henia Schusterman: The “General-Zionist” Hechalutz in Lenin | 282 |
| Recollections | |
| Mordechai Zaitchik: Once there was a shtetl | 287 |
| Mordechai Zaitchik: Types and customs | 291 |
| Sarah Fogelman (Kulpanitske): My Mother | 294 |
| Yitzhak Slutzki: Berele the Bookseller [Mokher Sefarim] | 295 |
| Avraham Yitzhak Slutzki: Chaim Grone–Yentes | 296 |
| Henia Schusterman: My Parents | 299 |
| Menashe Yulewitz (Latocha): The Lenin Hard Workers | 299 |
| M. Jaffe: A Guest in our Town | 301 |
| Synagogues and Religious Personnel | |
| Mordechai Zeitchik: Synagogues and Religious Personnel | 307 |
| Mordechai Zeitchik: The Rabbi R'Yehuda Turetzki z”l | 309 |
| Avrom-Yitskhok Slutski: HaRov Reb. Yehuda Turetski, z”l | 312 |
| Mordechai Zeitchik: Cantors | 313 |
| Personalities | |
| Avraham Yitzhak Slutzki: R'Avraham-Yitzhak Chinitz | 319 |
| Aharon (Arke) Chinitz: Uncle R'Moshe | 320 |
| Mordkhai Zaytshik: Autobiography of Avrohom-Yitskhok Slutsky | 323 |
| Landslayt (countrymen) in America | |
| The Activity and Aid of the American Landsmanshaft | 329 |
| Mordechai Rubinstein (Migdalowitz): Itke Khinitch – “the Mother of Lenin” | 335 |
| Mordechai Rubinstein (Migdalowitz): Kalman Temkin | 336 |
| Menashe Yulevitsh: Khishe Cohen | 338 |
| S. Hirszohn: Yakov (Jacob) Yulewitch | 344 |
| Fallen in defense of the Fatherland | 345 |
| Memorial Candles | 350 |
| [Note: These last two titles are in Hebrew, so the sections may also be in Hebrew, though they are listed in the Yiddish section.] | |
| Photographs | |
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