The Marmaros Book;
In Memory of 160 Jewish Communities
(Maramures Region)
Translation of
Sefer Marmarosh; mea ve-shishim kehilot kedoshot be- yishuvan u-ve-hurbanan
Compiled and Edited by S.Y. Gross and Y. Yosef Cohen
Tel Aviv, Beit Marmaros, 1983, 1996
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This is a translation from: Sefer Marmarosh; mea ve-shishim kehilot kedoshot be- yishuvan u-ve-hurbanan
(The Marmaros Book; In Memory of 160 Jewish Communities), Compiled and Edited by S.Y. Gross and Y. Yosef Cohen,
Tel Aviv, Beit Marmaros, 1983, 1996
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Translated by Moshe A. Davis
| Part I Introductory Chapters |
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| Chapter 1 |
Historical Background, Geography, and Demographics of the Marmaros Region |
| Chapter 2 |
The First Jews in Marmaros, and the Jewish Census of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries |
| Chapter 3 |
Torah Life, Chassidus, and Community Organization in Marmaros |
| Chapter 4 |
The Torah Scholars of Marmaros (Including a List of Publications of the Rabbinical Figures of Marmaros) |
| Chapter 5 |
Halachic Discussions Between the Rabbinical Leaders of Marmaros and the Rabbinical Leaders of Neighboring Regions |
| Chapter 6 |
The Daily Life of the Jews of Marmaros |
| Chapter 7 |
The Holocaust of Jewish Marmaros |
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| Part II The Individual Jewish Settlements of Marmaros
(note: a small number of the tiniest settlements are mentioned only in the articles of larger neighboring towns) |
| Kretsnif |
| Drahiv |
| Bicskof |
| Nankif |
| Kusnicza |
| Ganics |
| Vinif |
| Leh |
| Neresniza |
| Rachov |
| Ober Bistra |
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